| Great Britain - 1855 - 494 pages
...the employment of any means calculated to display the weakness of the Ottoman empire. Above all, they ought to refrain from putting armies and fleets in motion for the purpose of, waking the tomb of Christ a cause of quarrel maong Christians." Such was England's noble testimony... | |
| Great Britain. Parliament - Great Britain - 1854 - 772 pages
...exclusive privileges, on a spot near which the heavenly host proclaimed, ' Peace on earth and good-will towards men ;' when we see rival Churches contending...such a spectacle is melancholy indeed. Both parties should be told that, above all, they ought to refrain from putting armies and fleets in motion for... | |
| William Freke Williams - 1854 - 952 pages
...the employment of any means calculated to display the weakness of the Ottoman empire. Above all, they ought to refrain from putting armies and fleets in...tomb of Christ a cause of quarrel among Christians." Such was the state of things when Prince Mentschikoff arrived at Constantinople as a special ambassador... | |
| Henry Drummond - Great Britain - 1860 - 522 pages
...exclusive privileges, on a spot near which the heavenly host proclaimed, ' peace on earth and good-will towards men ; ' -when we see rival churches contending...thought of such a spectacle is melancholy indeed. Your excellency will understand, therefore, first, that into the merits of this dispute Her Majesty's... | |
| Henry Drummond - Great Britain - 1860 - 524 pages
...the employment of any means calculated to display the weakness of the Ottoman empire. Above all, they ought to refrain from putting armies and fleets in...tomb of Christ a cause of quarrel among Christians." I have read this passage because I think it exceedingly creditable to the person who indicted it —... | |
| Alexander William Kinglake - Crimean War, 1853-1856 - 1863 - 598 pages
...exclusive privileges in ' a spot near which the heavenly host proclaimed ' peace on earth and goodwill towards men — when we ' see rival Churches contending...a narrow and technical point of view, the claim of France might be upheld, because it was based upon a treaty between France and the Porte which could... | |
| Alexander William Kinglake - Crimean War, 1853-1856 - 1863 - 618 pages
...exclusive "privileges in a spot near which the heavenly host "proclaimed peace on earth and goodwill towards "men — when we see rival Churches contending..."from putting armies and fleets in motion for the °niP "PurPose °f making the tomb of Christ a cause of ' "quarrel among Christians."* Still, in a... | |
| Cassell, ltd - 1865 - 642 pages
...the employment of any means calculated to display the weakness of the Ottoman Empire. Above all, they ought to refrain from putting armies and fleets in...Tomb of Christ a cause of quarrel among Christians." The French Government appears to havo seen more deeply into the controversy, or to havo known better... | |
| Charles Brandon Boynton - Eastern question (Balkan) - 1866 - 534 pages
...Ambassador was the first to 'speak of having recourse to force, and to threaten the in' tervention of a French fleet to enforce the demands of his 'country....a narrow and technical point of view, the claim of France might be upheld, because it was based upon a treaty between France and the Porte which could... | |
| James Ewing Ritchie - 1866 - 912 pages
...exclusive privileges on a spot near which the heavenly host proclaimed peace on earth, and good-will ratitude the solace of religion, we disclaim alike...the right and the desire to impose our convictions The actual subject of dispute was a veiy simple one. " Stated in bare terms," says Mr. Kinglake, "... | |
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