The Quarterly Review, Volume 225William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero John Murray, 1916 |
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... BELGIAN REFUGEES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM 188 1. First Report of the Departmental Committee appointed to consider and report on questions arising in connection with the reception and employment of the Belgian Refugees in this country ...
... BELGIAN REFUGEES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM 188 1. First Report of the Departmental Committee appointed to consider and report on questions arising in connection with the reception and employment of the Belgian Refugees in this country ...
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... Belgian land is split up by the laws of succession , by the density of a population - denser than in France - demanding land , and by the profit which accrues to landlords from what the Dutch call versnip- pering . Whereas 6 per cent ...
... Belgian land is split up by the laws of succession , by the density of a population - denser than in France - demanding land , and by the profit which accrues to landlords from what the Dutch call versnip- pering . Whereas 6 per cent ...
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... Belgian . He is not convinced that owned land is on the whole better worked than rented land . It is worth noticing that there are 32,000 acres of culti- vated land owned by the communes . After special investigations Mr Rowntree thinks ...
... Belgian . He is not convinced that owned land is on the whole better worked than rented land . It is worth noticing that there are 32,000 acres of culti- vated land owned by the communes . After special investigations Mr Rowntree thinks ...
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... Belgian farmer was able to pay so much more for his land than the English farmer because of Government help , with light railways , for example- the transport facilities are better than in any other country in the world ' because of his ...
... Belgian farmer was able to pay so much more for his land than the English farmer because of Government help , with light railways , for example- the transport facilities are better than in any other country in the world ' because of his ...
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... Belgians may once more be the masters of the destinies of their own country , the rural development of which has been for so many years an inspiration to every student of agricultural sociology . J. W. ROBERTSON SCOTT . The recently ...
... Belgians may once more be the masters of the destinies of their own country , the rural development of which has been for so many years an inspiration to every student of agricultural sociology . J. W. ROBERTSON SCOTT . The recently ...
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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.
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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...
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Page 445 - during the continuance of the present war, to issue regulations,' or, in other words, to make any laws which approve themselves to the Cabinet, ' for securing the public safety and the defence of the realm.
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 402 - He must do at least one good turn to somebody every day. 4. A scout is friendly. He is a friend to all and a brother to every other scout.