party cry
Example Sentences
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It remained for a second French revolution, combined with the infatuation of English tories, to supply the motive power which converted a party cry into a national demand for justice.
From The Political History of England - Vol XI From Addington's Administration to the close of William IV.'s Reign (1801-1837) by Brodrick, George C. (George Charles)
The Juarists saluted him by their party cry, "Viva la libertad!"
From France in the Nineteenth Century by Latimer, Elizabeth
The party cry of ‘driving out the pollution’ was raised against the Alcmaeonidae and other families in Athens, who were supposed to lie under a traditional curse.
From The Seven Plays in English Verse by Sophocles
It is happily only a party cry, and that only of so meagre a nature, that it is almost an inaudible squeak.
From Fern Vale (Volume 3) or the Queensland Squatter by Munro, Colin
He saw the danger of allowing responsible government to remain a party cry, and he removed "that most delicate and debatable subject" from party politics by conceding the whole position.
From British Supremacy & Canadian Self-Government, 1839-1854 by Morison, J. L. (John Lyle)
