...which were long remembered, that Mr. Horsman had retired into his political cave of Adullam, and had called about him every one that was in distress, and every one that was discontented. 3 It is claimed for Mr. Lowe that his conduct in these debates, which made him for a short time the...

...which were long remembered, that Mr. Horsman had retired into his political cave of Adullam, and had called about him every one that was in distress, and every one that was discontented.3 It is claimed for Mr. Lowe that his conduct in these debates, which made him for a short...

...termed "Adullamites" by Mr. Bright, who compared them to the assembly in the Cave of Adullam, when David called about him every one that was in distress and every one that was discontented. The name stuck like a bur, and probably did as much as anything else to prevent further disaffection in...

...person, very prominent at the time, with the Hebrew chief who gathered round him in the cave of Adullam every one that was in distress, and every one that was discontented. The Whig malcontents were at once christened Adullamites, and a group of rebellious politicians have ever...

...person, very prominent at the time, with the Hebrew chief who gathered round him in the cave of Adullam every one that was in distress, and every one that was discontented. The Whig malcontents were at once christened Adullamites, and a group of rebellious politicians have ever...

...electoral reform. The spirit of their activity communicated itself to every part of the country. " Every one that was in distress, and every one that was discontented," gathered under the banner of reform, not necessarily because they saw in the extension of the franchise...

...second night of the first reading debate Bright flung at Lowe the taunt that he had " retired into his political cave of Adullam, and he has called about...in distress and every one that was discontented." 1 The issue was joined on a motion of one of the Adullamites, Lord Grosvenor, that the House declined...

...memorable passage delighted the House and added a phrase— Adullamite l — to the English language : The right hon. gentleman below me [Mr. Horsman] said...was discontented. The right hon. gentleman has been long anxious to form a party in this House. There is scarcely any one on this side of the House who...

...what follows may be made clear at a glance. Bright said : The right hon. gentleman [Mr. Horsman] . . . has retired into what may be called his political...gentleman has been anxious to form a party in this House, . . . and at last the right hon. gentleman has succeeded in hooking the right hon. gentleman the member...

...Uith of March, compared this party to the assembly which came to the • >f Adullam, when David ealled about him every one that was in distress and every one that was discontented. The defection of the Adullamites led to the overthrow of Lord Russell's ministry. Adventurers. [•*< MKKI...