The Quarterly Review, Volume 225William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, Sir John Murray IV, William Smith, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero John Murray, 1916 - English literature |
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... - operation in India . Resolution by the Govern- ment of India , in leaflet form . Calcutta : Super- intendent , Government Printing , 1914 . And other works . - 349 - 368 8328.2 ART . 6. - GERMAN BUSINESS METHODS IN FRANCE.
... - operation in India . Resolution by the Govern- ment of India , in leaflet form . Calcutta : Super- intendent , Government Printing , 1914 . And other works . - 349 - 368 8328.2 ART . 6. - GERMAN BUSINESS METHODS IN FRANCE.
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... ment . At least half of these have been in the firing line , and the rest are on their way . Recruiting is still being vigorously pushed . The total number enlisted up to date and the Government's plans for the future are of course a ...
... ment . At least half of these have been in the firing line , and the rest are on their way . Recruiting is still being vigorously pushed . The total number enlisted up to date and the Government's plans for the future are of course a ...
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... ment of the Alaskan boundary dispute , the sting of which has , however , been largely forgotten in view of the long - standing friendship between the two peoples . This feeling of her own weakness , and the real or supposed danger of ...
... ment of the Alaskan boundary dispute , the sting of which has , however , been largely forgotten in view of the long - standing friendship between the two peoples . This feeling of her own weakness , and the real or supposed danger of ...
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... ment to Great Britain , ever since the days of Wolfe's victory at Quebec , and of Canada's dependence on the * Reciprocity Pamphlets , 1911 . Mother - Country for protection during the formative period of 12 WHY CANADA IS AT WAR.
... ment to Great Britain , ever since the days of Wolfe's victory at Quebec , and of Canada's dependence on the * Reciprocity Pamphlets , 1911 . Mother - Country for protection during the formative period of 12 WHY CANADA IS AT WAR.
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... ment in the liberties which they to - day enjoy , pride in the future greatness of England and her Dominions scattered throughout the whole of the globe - this , and much more , warms the hearts of French - Canadians to the Motherland ...
... ment in the liberties which they to - day enjoy , pride in the future greatness of England and her Dominions scattered throughout the whole of the globe - this , and much more , warms the hearts of French - Canadians to the Motherland ...
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Page 165 - If the peace of Europe can be preserved, and the present crisis safely passed, my own endeavour will be to promote some arrangement to which Germany could be a party, by which she could be assured that no aggressive or hostile policy would be pursued against her or her allies by France, Russia, and ourselves, jointly or separately.
Page 248 - It was said of Socrates, that he brought Philosophy down from Heaven to inhabit among Men ; and I shall be ambitious to have it said of me, that I have brought Philosophy out of Closets and Libraries, Schools and Colleges, to dwell in Clubs and Assemblies, at Tea-tables, and in Coffee-houses.
Page 239 - There are many more' shining qualities in the mind of man, but there is none so useful as discretion ; it is this indeed which gives a value to all the rest, which sets them at work in their proper times and places, and turns them to the advantage of the person who is possesed of them.
Page 11 - I am for it, because I hope to see the day when the American flag will float over every square foot of the British North American possessions clear to the north pole!
Page 166 - ... by France, Russia, and ourselves, jointly or separately. I have desired this and worked for it, as far as I could, through the last Balkan crisis, and, Germany having a corresponding object, our relations sensibly improved. The idea has hitherto been too Utopian to form the subject of definite proposals, but if this present crisis, so much more acute than any that Europe has gone through for generations, be safely passed, I am hopeful that the relief and reaction which will follow may make possible...
Page 275 - The following may not be declared contraband of war: — (1) Raw cotton, wool, silk, jute, flax, hemp, and other raw materials of the textile industries, and yarns of the same. (2) Oil seeds and nuts; copra. (3) Rubber, resins, gums, and lacs; hops. (4) Raw hides and horns, bones, and ivory. (5) Natural and artificial manures, including nitrates and phosphates for agricultural purposes. (6) Metallic ores.
Page 258 - He was followed by the First Lord of the Admiralty, the Secretary of State for War and the Secretary of State for Air, each of whom explained to the Conference the aspects of defence which concerned his special responsibilities.
Page 245 - A MAN who publishes his works in a volume, has an infinite advantage over one who communicates his writings to the world in loose tracts and single pieces. We do not expect to meet with any thing in a bulky volume, till after some heavy preamble, and several words of course to prepare the reader for what follows : nay, authors have established it as a kind of rule that a man ought to be dull sometimes ; as the...
Page 239 - And everich hostiler and tappestere Bet than a lazar or a beggestere ; For un-to swich a worthy man as he Acorded nat, as by his facultee, To have with seke lazars aqueyntaunce. It is nat honest, it may nat avaunce For to delen with no swich poraille, But al with riche and sellers of vitaille.
Page 246 - The king has humoured the genius of the place, and only made use of so much art as is necessary to help and regulate nature without reforming her too much. The cascades seem to break through the clefts and cracks of rocks, that are covered over with moss, and look as if they were piled upon one another by accident.