The Quarterly Review, Volume 232William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) John Murray, 1919 - English literature |
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... action of Louis Napoleon as ' making war on Austria in order to wrest her two Italian kingdoms from her , which were assured to her by the treaties of 1815 , to which England is a party . ' 6 The long friendship of the House of Hanover ...
... action of Louis Napoleon as ' making war on Austria in order to wrest her two Italian kingdoms from her , which were assured to her by the treaties of 1815 , to which England is a party . ' 6 The long friendship of the House of Hanover ...
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... action . Mr Disraeli , speaking as Prime Minister at the Lord Mayor's Banquet , at once took the opportunity of paying a tribute to the magnanimity and prudence which France had displayed ; and the Queen wrote to the Emperor a letter ...
... action . Mr Disraeli , speaking as Prime Minister at the Lord Mayor's Banquet , at once took the opportunity of paying a tribute to the magnanimity and prudence which France had displayed ; and the Queen wrote to the Emperor a letter ...
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... action depended mostly on interchange of share capital . About two years before the war , an internal difference manifested itself , when the accounts for the preceding year were presented to the pool . The Elberfeld Company claimed an ...
... action depended mostly on interchange of share capital . About two years before the war , an internal difference manifested itself , when the accounts for the preceding year were presented to the pool . The Elberfeld Company claimed an ...
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... actions . I remember Mr McNeil coming to the office on several occasions and the men about the place speculating on the amount of graft he would be paid . ' It was also one of my duties to telephone all orders for goods that we did not ...
... actions . I remember Mr McNeil coming to the office on several occasions and the men about the place speculating on the amount of graft he would be paid . ' It was also one of my duties to telephone all orders for goods that we did not ...
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... action have been much discussed . It was asserted by the unveracious Holwell that he was warned by Alivirdi Khan , his predecessor , against the ambitions of the European nations ; and , though Holwell's evidence would not hang a dog ...
... action have been much discussed . It was asserted by the unveracious Holwell that he was warned by Alivirdi Khan , his predecessor , against the ambitions of the European nations ; and , though Holwell's evidence would not hang a dog ...
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Page 199 - Captain, if you look in the maps of the orld, I warrant you sail find, in the comparisons between Macedon and Monmouth, that the situations, look you, is both alike. There is a river in Macedon, and there is also moreover a river at Monmouth.
Page 147 - They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them.
Page 261 - And whereas conditions of labour exist involving such injustice, hardship and privation to large numbers of people as to produce unrest so great that the peace and harmony of the world are imperilled; and an improvement of those conditions is urgently required...
Page 205 - Two Voices are there ; one is of the Sea, One of the Mountains ; each a mighty Voice : In both from age to age Thou didst rejoice, They were thy chosen Music, Liberty...
Page 147 - WITH proud thanksgiving, a mother for her children, England mourns for her dead across the sea. Flesh of her flesh they were, spirit of her spirit, Fallen in the cause of the free. Solemn the drums thrill : Death august and royal Sings sorrow up into immortal spheres. There is music in the midst of desolation And a glory that shines upon our tears.
Page 307 - She did not blame Lady Russell, she did not blame herself for having been guided by her; but she felt that were any young person, in similar circumstances, to apply to her for counsel, they would never receive any of such certain immediate wretchedness, such uncertain future good.
Page 245 - Nothing in this Covenant shall be deemed to affect the validity of international engagements, such as treaties of arbitration or regional understandings like the Monroe doctrine, for securing the maintenance of peace.
Page 261 - Whereas the League of Nations has for its object the establishment of universal peace, and such a peace can be established only if it is based upon social justice...
Page 308 - I saw that my own feelings had prepared my sufferings and that my want of fortitude under them had almost led me to the grave.
Page 309 - She grew absolutely ashamed of herself. Of neither Darcy nor Wickham could she think without feeling that she had been blind, partial, prejudiced, absurd.