In the dusty corridors of power, Disraeli was an exotic orchid whose drag enlivened many a boring wet Monday.
Benjamin Disraeli: Dead Cool|Simon Doonan|September 30, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Such are the f-stops on what Disraeli called “the greasy pole.”
Obama's Awkward Group Photo|Christopher Buckley|November 17, 2008|DAILY BEAST
On the first night Disraeli made a capital speech, and nobody else on their side would speak at all.
The Greville Memoirs (Third Part) Volume II (of II)|Charles Cavendish Fulke Greville
I cannot terminate these remarks without saying a word or two about Disraeli's great antagonist, Peel.
Political and Literary essays, 1908-1913|Evelyn Baring
They exalted the unknown Disraeli out of sheer delight at his Byronic ability to irradiate everything with romance.
George Du Maurier, the Satirist of the Victorians|T. Martin Wood
Disraeli's instinctive affinity for some kind of mystic teaching is indicated by Vivian Grey's first request to his father. '
Hours in a Library|Leslie Stephen
This speech, which was not particularly good, has been universally considered as a snub to Disraeli.
A Journal of the Reign of Queen Victoria 1837-1852 - (Volume 3 of 3)|Charles C. F. Greville
British Dictionary definitions for Disraeli
Disraeli
/ (dɪzˈreɪlɪ) /
noun
Benjamin, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield. 1804–81, British Tory statesman and novelist; prime minister (1868; 1874–80). He gave coherence to the Tory principles of protectionism and imperialism, was responsible for the Reform Bill (1867) and, as prime minister, bought a controlling interest in the Suez Canal. His novels include Coningsby (1844) and Sybil (1845)