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... further evaded or ignored . We must either contract the boundaries of our Empire or we must expand our military forces until they are sufficient to defend from all aggression the vast inland frontiers over sea , which our Navy cannot ...
... further evaded or ignored . We must either contract the boundaries of our Empire or we must expand our military forces until they are sufficient to defend from all aggression the vast inland frontiers over sea , which our Navy cannot ...
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... further expansion . The era of territorial aggrandisement by conquest from other Powers had ended ; but huge tracts of the world were open to British enterprise , and natural forces came into play to promote an enormous extension ...
... further expansion . The era of territorial aggrandisement by conquest from other Powers had ended ; but huge tracts of the world were open to British enterprise , and natural forces came into play to promote an enormous extension ...
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... further infantry divisions , was on the whole smoothly effected . The gigantic task of transporting the enormous mass of men , animals , and stores across 6,000 miles of sea was accomplished with a speed and a success which no other ...
... further infantry divisions , was on the whole smoothly effected . The gigantic task of transporting the enormous mass of men , animals , and stores across 6,000 miles of sea was accomplished with a speed and a success which no other ...
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... further and speculate on the possibility of a close alliance between Germany and Holland , which would open the ports of the latter country to the warlike navy of the former , and bring us once again face to face with a great naval ...
... further and speculate on the possibility of a close alliance between Germany and Holland , which would open the ports of the latter country to the warlike navy of the former , and bring us once again face to face with a great naval ...
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... further chance . The whole question , which is beyond the scope of this paper , will doubtless be considered later on , since it remains in the thoughts of military men interested in the defence of the country , and has lately found ...
... further chance . The whole question , which is beyond the scope of this paper , will doubtless be considered later on , since it remains in the thoughts of military men interested in the defence of the country , and has lately found ...
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Page 150 - O, for a muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest heaven of invention ! A kingdom for a stage, princes to act, And monarchs to behold the swelling scene ! Then should the warlike Harry, like himself, Assume the port of Mars ; and, at his heels, Leash'd in like hounds, should famine, sword, and fire, Crouch for employment.
Page 57 - Butter and honey shall he eat, That he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good. For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good, The land that thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of both her kings.
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Page 66 - AND he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, that there be some of them that stand here which shall not taste of death, till they have seen the kingdom of God come with power.
Page 500 - Britain that the parties constructing or owning the same shall impose no other charges or conditions of traffic thereupon than the aforesaid governments shall approve of as just and equitable ; and that the same canals or railways, being open to the citizens and subjects of the United States and Great Britain on equal terms...
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Page 77 - The most accomplished way of using books at present is two-fold: either first, to serve them as some men do lords, learn their titles exactly, and then brag of their acquaintance. Or secondly, which is indeed the choicer, the profounder, and politer method, to get a thorough insight into the index, by which the whole book is governed and turned, like fishes by the tail.
Page 504 - The Suez Maritime Canal shall always be free and open, in time of war as in time of peace, to every vessel of commerce or of war, without distinction of flag.