A History of Our Own Times, Volume 2Belford, Clarke & Company, 1884 - Great Britain |
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... held by Mr. Gladstone . The contrast indeed between the style of his speaking and that of Mr. Gladstone or Mr. Disraeli was enough to dishearten any political assembly . Mr. Gladstone had brought to his budget speeches an eloquence that ...
... held by Mr. Gladstone . The contrast indeed between the style of his speaking and that of Mr. Gladstone or Mr. Disraeli was enough to dishearten any political assembly . Mr. Gladstone had brought to his budget speeches an eloquence that ...
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... held the post of chief superintendent of trade there . He sent to the Chinese authorities , and demanded the surrender of all the men taken from the Arrow . merely did he demand the surrender of the men , but he insisted that an apology ...
... held the post of chief superintendent of trade there . He sent to the Chinese authorities , and demanded the surrender of all the men taken from the Arrow . merely did he demand the surrender of the men , but he insisted that an apology ...
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... held to have justified itself in a merely practical sense . It seems to have been thoroughly appre- ciated by a grateful public . It was not easy after a while to get judicial power enough to keep the supply of divorces up to the ever ...
... held to have justified itself in a merely practical sense . It seems to have been thoroughly appre- ciated by a grateful public . It was not easy after a while to get judicial power enough to keep the supply of divorces up to the ever ...
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... held in the case of very bad conduct ; but in any ordinary case the convicts , " unless they have transgressed the prison rules , and acted in such a manner as to incur an unfavor- able report from the prison authorities , are , after a ...
... held in the case of very bad conduct ; but in any ordinary case the convicts , " unless they have transgressed the prison rules , and acted in such a manner as to incur an unfavor- able report from the prison authorities , are , after a ...
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... held to be for evermore accursed of God . His dearest friend , his nearest relations , shrank back from him in alarm and ab- horrence . When Helen Macgregor , in Scott's romance , would express her sense of the degradation that had been ...
... held to be for evermore accursed of God . His dearest friend , his nearest relations , shrank back from him in alarm and ab- horrence . When Helen Macgregor , in Scott's romance , would express her sense of the degradation that had been ...
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Page 278 - ... carry on war against a Power with which it is at peace ; and also to use like diligence to prevent the departure from its jurisdiction of any vessel intended to cruise or carry on war as above, such vessel having been specially adapted, in whole or in part, within such jurisdiction, to warlike use.
Page 136 - I'll read you matter deep and dangerous ; As full of peril and adventurous spirit, As to o'er-walk a current, roaring loud, On the unsteadfast footing of a spear.
Page 157 - Canada, acceding to this confederation, and joining in the measures of the United States, shall be admitted into, and entitled to, all the advantages of this Union ; but no other colony shall be admitted into the same, unless such admission be agreed to by nine States.
Page 278 - Her Majesty's Government, in order to evince its desire of strengthening the friendly relations between the two countries and of making satisfactory provision for the future...
Page 160 - Labouchere, a select committee of the House of Commons was appointed to inquire into the state of the British possessions under the company's administration.
Page 382 - We don't want to fight, but by jingo if we do We've got the ships, we've got the men, we've got the money, too; We've fought the Bear before, and while Britons shall be true The Russians shall not have Constantinople.
Page 278 - A neutral Government is bound — First, to use due diligence to prevent the fitting out, arming, or equipping, within its jurisdiction, of any vessel which it has reasonable ground to believe is intended to cruise or to carry on war against a Power with which it is at peace...
Page 278 - Secondly, not to permit or suffer either belligerent to make use of its ports or waters as the base of naval operations against the other, or for the purpose of the renewal or augmentation of military supplies or arms, or the recruitment of men. " Thirdly, to exercise due diligence in its own ports and waters, and, as to all persons within its jurisdiction, to prevent any violation of the foregoing obligations and duties.
Page 203 - Ride your ways," said the gipsy, "ride your ways, Laird of Ellangowan — ride your ways, Godfrey Bertram ! — This day have ye quenched seven smoking hearths — see if the fire in your ain parlour burn the blyther for that Ye have riven the thack off seven cottar houses — look if your ain roof-tree stand the faster.
Page 333 - Derby described the Speech from the Throne, at the opening of the session of 1865, as a sort of address very proper to be delivered by an aged minister to a moribund Parliament.