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Disraeli

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Dis·rae·li  (dz-rl), Benjamin. First Earl of Beaconsfield. Known as "Dizzy." 1804-1881.
British politician and novelist. He served as prime minister (1868 and 1874-1880) and was instrumental in extending the power and scope of the British Empire.
Disraeli [dɪzˈreɪlɪ]
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(Biographies / Disraeli, Benjamin, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield (1804-1881) M, British, POLITICS: statesman, WRITING: novelist, POLITICS: prime minister) 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)
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Noun1.DisraeliDisraeli - British statesman who as Prime Minister bought controlling interest in the Suez Canal and made Queen Victoria the empress of India (1804-1881)
Benjamin Disraeli, First Earl of Beaconsfield


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In the lives of two of these, Bulwer-Lytton and Benjamin Disraeli, there are interesting parallels.
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Wonderful masculine stories followed about Bright and Disraeli and coalition governments, wonderful stories which made the people at the dinner-table seem featureless and small.
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Irais is deeply interested in the experiment; she reads so many English books, and has heard so much about primroses, and they have got so mixed up in her mind with leagues, and dames, and Disraelis, that she longs to see this mysterious political flower, and has made me promise to telegraph when it appears, and she will come over.
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