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By 1838, the “blessed spirit” was virtually defunct, but its electoral base and crusading energy had become vital components of northern Whiggery.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 18, 2018
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Theory of the Presidency Whiggery has its virtues.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Red Rob's shoulder, here, has sworn a solemn league and covenant against you; and, as to my two front teeth, they are complete nonconformists to Whigs and Whiggery, through all generations.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 15 by Various
But those opinions and those tactics have been accidents of Whiggery.
From Prime Ministers and Some Others A Book of Reminiscences by Russell, George William Erskine
Halifax, a Trimmer indeed, but of closer affinities with Whiggery than with Toryism, and the chief upholder of the Whig doctrine on the question of the succession, became Lord Privy Seal.
From William the Third by Traill, H. D. (Henry Duff)