party cry
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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 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
The Juarists saluted him by their party cry, "Viva la libertad!"
From France in the Nineteenth Century by Latimer, Elizabeth
He belonged to no camp; he was a slave to no party cry; utterly unselfish, his sole aim was to seek after the truth for the sake of truth, and to proclaim it.
From An Outline of Russian Literature by Baring, Maurice
Lady Tyrrell—all the ladies, in fact—have set their minds on it, and if I objected there would instantly be a party cry against me, and that is the one thing I have always avoided.”
From The Three Brides by Yonge, Charlotte Mary
