The Quarterly Review, Volume 235William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero John Murray, 1921 - English literature |
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... increase the numbers of their trained men , and eventually to realise the theory of the armed nation , ' which led ... increases the chances of war by developing the martial instinct of nations , and by placing in the hands of ambitious ...
... increase the numbers of their trained men , and eventually to realise the theory of the armed nation , ' which led ... increases the chances of war by developing the martial instinct of nations , and by placing in the hands of ambitious ...
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... increased to 87 at the last election , Laurier was chosen as Blake's successor . He had been elected leader of the French - Canadian group of the Liberal party in the House of Commons in the first session of the 1878 Parliament . It has ...
... increased to 87 at the last election , Laurier was chosen as Blake's successor . He had been elected leader of the French - Canadian group of the Liberal party in the House of Commons in the first session of the 1878 Parliament . It has ...
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... increased the cost of living , retarded immi- gration , and was responsible for the large and continuing exodus to the United States of native - born Canadians , and also of new - comers from the United Kingdom . At no time during ...
... increased the cost of living , retarded immi- gration , and was responsible for the large and continuing exodus to the United States of native - born Canadians , and also of new - comers from the United Kingdom . At no time during ...
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... increased his popularity . For popularity he enjoyed , however far removed from the people his nature essen- tially was . In the early days , indeed , especially at the time when he was under the evil influence of General Count Grünne ...
... increased his popularity . For popularity he enjoyed , however far removed from the people his nature essen- tially was . In the early days , indeed , especially at the time when he was under the evil influence of General Count Grünne ...
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... increasing tangle of intricate political problems , and to find for them even a partially satisfactory solution . The Emperor was blind to the dangers with which he and his Empire were threatened by the inflammable material which had ...
... increasing tangle of intricate political problems , and to find for them even a partially satisfactory solution . The Emperor was blind to the dangers with which he and his Empire were threatened by the inflammable material which had ...
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Page 11 - 231.—The Allied and Associated Governments affirm and Germany accepts the responsibility of Germany and her allies for causing all the loss and damage to which the Allied and Associated Governments and their nationals have been subjected as a consequence of the war imposed upon them by Germany and her allies.
Page 193 - (2) Reciprocity of treatment of foreign workers. (3) The prevention of anthrax. (4) The protection of women and children against lead poisoning. (5) The establishment of Government Health Services. (6) The application of the Berne Convention of 1906 on the prohibition of the use of white phosphorus in the manufacture of matches. The
Page 8 - that compensation will be made by Germany for all damage done to the civilian population of the Allies and their property by the aggression of Germany by land, by sea, and from the air.
Page 221 - and regard of our voyage, and for the better confirmation thereof, willed every man the next Sunday following to prepare himself to receive the communion as Christian brethren and friends ought to do, which was done, in very reverend sort; and so with good contentment every man went about his business.
Page 55 - He sees with equal eye, as God of all, A hero perish or a sparrow fall. ••,••• And now a bubble burst, and now a world.
Page 194 - in framing any Recommendation or Draft Convention of general application, the Conference shall have due regard to those countries in which climatic conditions, the imperfect development of industrial organisation
Page 194 - other special circumstances, make the industrial conditions substantially different, and shall suggest the modifications, if any, which it considers may be required to meet the case of such countries.
Page 191 - States selected for the purpose by the Government delegates to the Conference, excluding the delegates of the eight States mentioned above. The period of office of the Governing Body is three years.
Page 7 - which may be concluded by the Allied and Associated Powers with the Powers who fought on the side of Germany, and to recognise whatever dispositions may be made concerning the territories of the former Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, of the Kingdom of Bulgaria and of the Ottoman Empire, and to recognise the new States within their frontiers as there laid down.
Page 221 - There happened this extraordinary case, one of the most romantique that ever I heard in my life and could not have believed but that I did see it, which was this : about a dozen able lusty proper men come to the coach side with tears in their eyes, and one of them that spoke for the rest