The Quarterly Review, Volumes 222-223William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero John Murray, 1915 - English literature |
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Page 28
... attacks on some of his contemporaries are not to be judged by modern standards of taste , but must be looked at in the light in which they would be generally understood in his day . The Roman populace , when in merry mood , were wont to ...
... attacks on some of his contemporaries are not to be judged by modern standards of taste , but must be looked at in the light in which they would be generally understood in his day . The Roman populace , when in merry mood , were wont to ...
Page 42
... attack a neighbour and extend one's own frontiers . ' But Treitschke , misapplying his Darwinism , is spared all scruple . The historical rôle of Prussia began in the days when this Power incorporated , one after the other , the German ...
... attack a neighbour and extend one's own frontiers . ' But Treitschke , misapplying his Darwinism , is spared all scruple . The historical rôle of Prussia began in the days when this Power incorporated , one after the other , the German ...
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... , except those of self - interest . There are only opportunities , and these are fugitive . He is the best diplomatist who watches for the fit occasion to attack . War ! war ! The living God ( says Treitschke THE GERMAN SPIRIT 43.
... , except those of self - interest . There are only opportunities , and these are fugitive . He is the best diplomatist who watches for the fit occasion to attack . War ! war ! The living God ( says Treitschke THE GERMAN SPIRIT 43.
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... attack each single Power in turn , as they have failed to grasp the true character and resources of the nations which they would forcibly sweep aside . H. S. Chamberlain cites Luther's dictum that the Germans are a blind people , ' and ...
... attack each single Power in turn , as they have failed to grasp the true character and resources of the nations which they would forcibly sweep aside . H. S. Chamberlain cites Luther's dictum that the Germans are a blind people , ' and ...
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... attack on Antwerp , in which a force of artillery , stated to comprise two hundred guns including numerous howitzers of large calibre , was also employed . The retreat of the Germans from the Marne had been so hurried that it seemed ...
... attack on Antwerp , in which a force of artillery , stated to comprise two hundred guns including numerous howitzers of large calibre , was also employed . The retreat of the Germans from the Marne had been so hurried that it seemed ...
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