William Ewart Gladstone and His Contemporaries: Fifty Years of Social and Political Progress, Volumes 3-4Blackie, 1883 - Great Britain |
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... soon out of sight . They travelled over 180 miles without halt , having relays of horses on the way . They at length reached unmolested a lonely spot upon the sea - coast , where , according to previous arrangements , a whale - boat was ...
... soon out of sight . They travelled over 180 miles without halt , having relays of horses on the way . They at length reached unmolested a lonely spot upon the sea - coast , where , according to previous arrangements , a whale - boat was ...
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... soon became evident that the emperor had deter- mined to make an end of " the sick man " and administer his estate ; and the refusal of England to become an accomplice seemed to increase his obstinacy , or rather to change its character ...
... soon became evident that the emperor had deter- mined to make an end of " the sick man " and administer his estate ; and the refusal of England to become an accomplice seemed to increase his obstinacy , or rather to change its character ...
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... soon have made a pacific government unpop- ular . England could not advise the ministry of the sultan to accept the Vienna note , the Russian interpretation of which had been distinctly declared to be at variance with the intention of ...
... soon have made a pacific government unpop- ular . England could not advise the ministry of the sultan to accept the Vienna note , the Russian interpretation of which had been distinctly declared to be at variance with the intention of ...
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... soon afterwards he was accused and suspected of being in effect adverse to England and of acting inimically to the na- tional honour by his foreign sympathies . The " dead - set " made on the prince by a large part of the newspaper ...
... soon afterwards he was accused and suspected of being in effect adverse to England and of acting inimically to the na- tional honour by his foreign sympathies . The " dead - set " made on the prince by a large part of the newspaper ...
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... soon as the Russian troops entered the princi- palities Turkey issued a manifesto , and on the 5th of October declared war . The four west- ern powers , desiring still to avert decided hostilities if possible , sent to the Turkish gen ...
... soon as the Russian troops entered the princi- palities Turkey issued a manifesto , and on the 5th of October declared war . The four west- ern powers , desiring still to avert decided hostilities if possible , sent to the Turkish gen ...
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Page 5 - There is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed by the Creator into a few forms or into one; and that, whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being evolved.
Page 117 - It would be superfluous in me to point out to your lordship that this is war.
Page 76 - I say, I am yet too young to understand that God is any respecter of persons. I believe that to have interfered as I have done — as I have always freely admitted I have done — in behalf of His despised poor, was not wrong, but right.
Page 76 - I feel entirely satisfied with the treatment I have received on my trial. Considering all the circumstances, it has been more generous than I expected. But I feel no consciousness of guilt.
Page 120 - And I further declare and make known that such persons of suitable condition will be received into the armed service of the United States to garrison forts, positions, stations, and other places and to man vessels of all sorts in said service.
Page 106 - I cannot but regard your decisive utterances upon the question as an instance of sublime Christian heroism which has not been surpassed in any age or in any country. It is indeed an energetic and reinspiring assurance of the inherent power of truth, and of the ultimate and universal triumph of justice, humanity, and freedom.
Page 137 - The angel of death has been abroad throughout the land ; you may almost hear the beating of his wings. There is no one, as when the first-born were slain of old, to sprinkle with blood the lintel and the two side-posts of our doors, that he may spare and pass on ; he takes his victims from the castle of the noble, the mansion of the wealthy, and the cottage of the poor and the lowly, and it is on behalf of all these classes that I make this solemn appeal.
Page 75 - I have another objection, and that is that it is unjust that I should suffer such a penalty. Had I interfered in the manner which I admit, and which I admit has been fairly proved...
Page 210 - That it be an instruction to the committee that they have power to alter the law of rating ; and to provide that in every parliamentary borough the occupiers of tenements below a given...
Page 89 - Now, in order that none of our subjects may unwarily render themselves liable to the penalties imposed by the said statute, we do hereby strictly command, that no person or persons whatsoever do commit any act, matter, or thing whatsoever, contrary to the provisions of the said statute, upon pain of the several penalties by the said statute imposed, and of our high displeasure. And we do hereby further warn...