Victorian
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Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews said the new figure was "more than twice the estimated economic benefit" it would bring to the state.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
"This government is committed to public safety: we are building prison places at the fastest rate since the Victorian era, and taking the difficult decisions needed to lock up the most dangerous offenders."
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
The rejection of Victorian moral earnestness after World War I made the colorful Disraeli a more appealing character than his contemporaries, especially Gladstone.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
Disraeli’s personality and wit contrast favorably with the manner of today’s bland technocrats who combine the temper of Victorian radicals with the tone of Georgian political managers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
“Some of these toys look expensive,” Kendra said, standing beside an ornate Victorian dollhouse.
From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull
Like many educated Victorians, Stanley was dazzled as a child by travelogues and the Arabian Nights tales.
From BBC ● Feb. 15, 2026
"It was 2009 ahead of the bushfires where we saw those prevailing conditions and so we are indicating to all Victorians that this is a very serious set of weather conditions."
From BBC ● Jan. 25, 2026
The Victorians sparked the modern obsession with engineering “lots of different looking dogs to fit different human wants,” said Dr. Rowena Packer, senior lecturer at the University of London’s Royal Veterinary College.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 28, 2025
The Victorians worried about a “world denuded of larger significance,” but we suffer from both material surfeit and spiritual abundance, and are captive to a surplus of competing and increasingly angry gods.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025
Victor walks into the building—undisclosed location, of course—with Andrea Donahue, a coworker who doesn’t stop to admire the portraits of smiling Victorians and past presidents on the yellow walls.
From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera
