The Quarterly Review, Volume 233William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, George Walter Prothero John Murray, 1920 - English literature |
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... military operations were , in sailing - ship days , not easy to conduct in distant waters , even against a not very formidable enemy ; and the hostilities against China ( not technically a " war , " but " reprisals " ) that opened in ...
... military operations were , in sailing - ship days , not easy to conduct in distant waters , even against a not very formidable enemy ; and the hostilities against China ( not technically a " war , " but " reprisals " ) that opened in ...
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... military inferiority ; and the history of the next eighteen years is one of incessant friction , ending in fresh hostilities and a more stable settlement . It is , in a sense , with the year 1860 that China's inter- national relations ...
... military inferiority ; and the history of the next eighteen years is one of incessant friction , ending in fresh hostilities and a more stable settlement . It is , in a sense , with the year 1860 that China's inter- national relations ...
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... military strength such a reform was an essential preliminary . While , there- fore , chafing at the restrictions on her dealing with the foreigner which her own weakness imposed , she made but spasmodic efforts to save herself from the ...
... military strength such a reform was an essential preliminary . While , there- fore , chafing at the restrictions on her dealing with the foreigner which her own weakness imposed , she made but spasmodic efforts to save herself from the ...
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... relations in the Far East that followed . The war had indeed conclusively demon- strated Japan's strength and China's military weakness , and had thereby necessitated a revision of the estimates on 8 CHINA AND THE POWERS.
... relations in the Far East that followed . The war had indeed conclusively demon- strated Japan's strength and China's military weakness , and had thereby necessitated a revision of the estimates on 8 CHINA AND THE POWERS.
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... military strength , the regard paid to her had gradually increased ; and the war , by supplying a definite measure of that strength , defined also the position that must thenceforth be accorded to her . But that position , even with the ...
... military strength , the regard paid to her had gradually increased ; and the war , by supplying a definite measure of that strength , defined also the position that must thenceforth be accorded to her . But that position , even with the ...
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Page 425 - binding character; for one of the conditions of it was that Germany should agree to Armistice terms, which were to be such as would leave her helpless. Germany having rendered herself helpless in reliance on the Contract, the honour of the Allies was peculiarly involved in fulfilling their part, and, if there were ambiguities,
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Page 217 - This Church, as part of the Universal Church wherein the Lord Jesus Christ has appointed a government in the hands of Church Office-Bearers, receives from Him, its Divine King and Head, and from Him alone, the right and power, subject to no civil authority, to legislate and to adjudicate finally in all matters of doctrine, worship, government, and
Page 427 - The war had so shaken this system as to endanger the life of Europe altogether. A great part of the Continent was sick and dying; its population was greatly in excess of the numbers for which a livelihood was available ; its organisation was destroyed, its transport system ruptured,
Page 218 - The Church has the right to interpret these Articles, and, subject to the safeguards for deliberate action and legislation provided by the Church itself, to modify or add to them, but always consistently with the first Article hereof, adherence to which, as interpreted by the Church, is essential to its continuity and corporate life.
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