The annals of our time [1837 to 1868]. [With] 1871 toMacmillan and Company, 1875 - Great Britain |
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... elected for the sole object of concluding a peace , has exceeded its powers in dealing with questions beyond its competence , and because , even were it a Constituent Assembly , it would have no power to substitute its own will for that ...
... elected for the sole object of concluding a peace , has exceeded its powers in dealing with questions beyond its competence , and because , even were it a Constituent Assembly , it would have no power to substitute its own will for that ...
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... elected ; but with respect to the fourth , General Gari- baldi , the reporter proposed that , as he had al- ready given in his resignation , a fresh election should take place . Suddenly a member rose and exclaimed that Garibaldi had no ...
... elected ; but with respect to the fourth , General Gari- baldi , the reporter proposed that , as he had al- ready given in his resignation , a fresh election should take place . Suddenly a member rose and exclaimed that Garibaldi had no ...
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... elected General - in - Chief of France by the " Central Committee . " At Versailles the Mayors of Paris appear in the Assembly , wearing their scarfs of office , to demand that permanent communication be opened up with the capital , but ...
... elected General - in - Chief of France by the " Central Committee . " At Versailles the Mayors of Paris appear in the Assembly , wearing their scarfs of office , to demand that permanent communication be opened up with the capital , but ...
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... elected by the Municipal Councils . 9. - General Dombrowski appointed Com- mandant of the Commune of Paris , in place of General Bergeret . 10.-M. Jules Favre protests in the Versailles Assembly against the calumnies brought for- ward ...
... elected by the Municipal Councils . 9. - General Dombrowski appointed Com- mandant of the Commune of Paris , in place of General Bergeret . 10.-M. Jules Favre protests in the Versailles Assembly against the calumnies brought for- ward ...
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... elected , On the other hand , the Princes were understood to have pledged themselves to resign their seats and refrain from taking part in politics at pre- sent . In the debate on the occasion , M. Thiers professed great friendship for ...
... elected , On the other hand , the Princes were understood to have pledged themselves to resign their seats and refrain from taking part in politics at pre- sent . In the debate on the occasion , M. Thiers professed great friendship for ...
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Page 60 - I WAS glad when they said unto me, We will go into the house of the Lord.
Page 34 - Hence and because we all confidently believe that there are at present, and have been from time immemorial, many worlds of life besides our own, we must regard it as probable in the highest degree that there are countless seed-bearing meteoric stones moving about through space. If at the present instant no life existed upon this Earth, one such stone falling upon it might, by what we blindly call natural causes, lead to its becoming covered with vegetation.
Page 73 - States in respeot of these claims, they have arrived, individually and collectively, at the conclusion that these claims do not constitute, upon the principles of international law applicable to such cases, good foundation for an award of compensation or computation of damages between nations...
Page 117 - 2. That as Holy Scripture, in divers places, doth promise life to them that believe, and declare the condemnation of them that believe not, so doth the Church in this confession declare the necessity for all who would be in a state of salvation of holding fast the Catholic faith, and the great peril of rejecting the same.
Page 48 - American citizens and to maintain the dignity of the flag. It is hoped that all pending questions with Spain growing out of the affairs in Cuba may be adjusted in the spirit of peace and conciliation which has hitherto guided the two powers in their treatment of such questions.
Page 108 - You have despoiled Churches. You have threatened every corporation and endowment in the country. You have examined into everybody's affairs. You have criticised every profession and vexed every trade. No one is certain of his property, and nobody knows what duties he may have to perform to-morrow. I believe that the people of this country have had enough of the policy of confiscation.
Page 48 - An example has thus been set which, if successful in its final issue, may be followed by other civilized nations, and finally be the means of returning to productive industry millions of men now maintained to settle the disputes of nations by the bayonet and the broadside.
Page 52 - They believe that alcohol, in whatever form, should be prescribed with as much care as any powerful drug...
Page 138 - the abolition of the law of primogeniture and the limitation of the system of entails and settlements, so that ' life interests ' may be for the most part got rid of, and a real ownership substituted for them. It means also that it shall be as easy to buy or sell land as to buy or sell a ship, or, at least, as easy as it is in Australia and in many or in all the states of the American Union.
Page 49 - being, thank God, somewhat better, I am coming to church. I must leave, I fear, before the service is concluded, that I may watch by his bedside. Can you not say a few words in the early part of the service that I may join with you in prayer for my husband before I return to him?