The Life of Jameson, Volume 2E. Arnold and Company, 1922 - Jameson's Raid, 1895-1896 |
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... Merriman , and then by Sivewright and other agents . In 1893 Rhodes had a representative in Lisbon , and arranged to offer £ 700,000 for the territory . Portugal's price went up as her credit went down . Rhodes was by this time ...
... Merriman , and then by Sivewright and other agents . In 1893 Rhodes had a representative in Lisbon , and arranged to offer £ 700,000 for the territory . Portugal's price went up as her credit went down . Rhodes was by this time ...
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... Merriman — whether from personal reasons or be- cause he had fallen under the influence of J. W. Sauer , had become as bitter as the Bond , and the Bond under fanatical influences was going further in the support of the Republics than ...
... Merriman — whether from personal reasons or be- cause he had fallen under the influence of J. W. Sauer , had become as bitter as the Bond , and the Bond under fanatical influences was going further in the support of the Republics than ...
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... , not Bondsmen , who had now attached themselves to that cause- John Xavier Merriman and Jacobus Wilhelmus Sauer . They were an oddly assorted pair - Merri- man , tall , lean , aquiline , an English 212 THE LIFE OF JAMESON.
... , not Bondsmen , who had now attached themselves to that cause- John Xavier Merriman and Jacobus Wilhelmus Sauer . They were an oddly assorted pair - Merri- man , tall , lean , aquiline , an English 212 THE LIFE OF JAMESON.
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... Merriman had always been a master of in- vective ; he had wit , sarcasm , and eloquence at his command , and he delighted in exercising these gifts upon the Government which his party , for its own purposes , maintained in office ...
... Merriman had always been a master of in- vective ; he had wit , sarcasm , and eloquence at his command , and he delighted in exercising these gifts upon the Government which his party , for its own purposes , maintained in office ...
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... had asked for the suspension of the Constitution - it was to prevent such attempts as these to inflame racial hatred . Then he reminded Merriman rather 6 effectively how he used to rail at Rhodes for 214 THE LIFE OF JAMESON.
... had asked for the suspension of the Constitution - it was to prevent such attempts as these to inflame racial hatred . Then he reminded Merriman rather 6 effectively how he used to rail at Rhodes for 214 THE LIFE OF JAMESON.
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Page 243 - If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew To serve your turn long after they are gone, And so hold on when there is nothing in you Except the Will which says to them: «Hold on!
Page 208 - Moreover, he hath left you all his walks, His private arbours, and new-planted orchards, On this side Tiber; he hath left them you, And to your heirs for ever; common pleasures, To walk abroad, and recreate yourselves.
Page 110 - Not poppy, nor mandragora, Nor all the drowsy syrups of the world, Shall ever medicine thee to that sweet sleep Which thou ow'dst yesterday.
Page 273 - ... for that a friend is far more than himself. Men have their time, and die many times in desire of some things which they principally take to heart: the bestowing of a child, the finishing of a work, or the like. If a man have a true friend, he may rest almost secure that the care of those things will continue after him.
Page 75 - The rumour of massacre in Johannesburg that started you to our relief was not true. We are all right, feeling intense. We have armed a lot of men. Shall be very glad to see you. We are not in possession...
Page 51 - Goold" Adams arrives Mafeking Monday, and Heany, I think, arrives to-night ; after seeing '• him, you and we must judge regarding flotation, but all our foreign friends are now '• dead against it and say public will not subscribe one penny towards it even with you
Page 206 - Here— here's his place, where meteors shoot, clouds form, Lightnings are loosened, Stars come and go! Let joy break with the storm, Peace let the dew send! Lofty designs must close in like effects: Loftily lying, Leave him — still loftier than the world suspects, Living and dying.
Page 36 - It is under these circumstances that we feel constrained to call upon you to come to our aid should a disturbance arise here. The circumstances are so extreme that we cannot but believe that you and the men under you will not fail to come to the rescue of people who will be so situated. We guarantee any expense that may reasonably be incurred by you in helping us, and ask you to believe that nothing but • the sternest necessity has prompted this appeal.
Page 200 - He wrote on April 22nd, 1902. The Boer War had a month to go. Rhodes was dead a month. He died at the age of forty-eight, less pleasantly than he had supposed people did die of heart disease. ' At any rate, Jameson, death from the heart is clean and quick. There's nothing repulsive about it. It's a clean death, isn't it ? ' But they say the heat at Cape Town that summer was a plague.