The Quarterly Review, Volume 224John Murray, 1915 |
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... attacks with an acuteness and determination which showed no trace of the mental infirmity so often alleged , that Tasso finished the Canzone , ' an English version of which , in similar metre , now follows . The poem was enclosed in a ...
... attacks with an acuteness and determination which showed no trace of the mental infirmity so often alleged , that Tasso finished the Canzone , ' an English version of which , in similar metre , now follows . The poem was enclosed in a ...
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... attacks on grain - dealers ' stores are a normal feature of the situation . Thus , when the Government undertakes to control prices , its efforts , in so far as they succeed , do in fact determine the kind and quantity of food of large ...
... attacks on grain - dealers ' stores are a normal feature of the situation . Thus , when the Government undertakes to control prices , its efforts , in so far as they succeed , do in fact determine the kind and quantity of food of large ...
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... attack them was something superhuman . It was in fact an early instance of ' frightfulness ' on an imposing scale ; it doubtless had its effect in inducing the ready sub- mission of many Greek states , and lost nothing in its ...
... attack them was something superhuman . It was in fact an early instance of ' frightfulness ' on an imposing scale ; it doubtless had its effect in inducing the ready sub- mission of many Greek states , and lost nothing in its ...
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... attack at his pleasure . An Athenian admiral might , one would think , have two alternatives . He might either attempt to seize Callipolis ( Gallipoli ) , where he would at once have recovered the initiative , with a good harbour and ...
... attack at his pleasure . An Athenian admiral might , one would think , have two alternatives . He might either attempt to seize Callipolis ( Gallipoli ) , where he would at once have recovered the initiative , with a good harbour and ...
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... attack easier than ever ; and , worst of all , they were cut off from their base at Sestos , with no organised means of supplies . There was neither market nor town near them ; and they could provision themselves only by the primitive ...
... attack easier than ever ; and , worst of all , they were cut off from their base at Sestos , with no organised means of supplies . There was neither market nor town near them ; and they could provision themselves only by the primitive ...
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Abbasid Abydos Allies amount army attack Austria Banca Commerciale Italiana Bank barony belligerent blockade Britain British caliph carried cent century civilisation claims College of Arms Committee contraband Dalmatia Dardanelles Declaration of London defence Dniester economic effect Empire enemy estimated evidence expenditure exports fact Fatimid favour fishermen fishing fleet force foreign France French Galicia germ German Giolitti Government Greek hand Hellespont important industry Iņes interest Italian Italy Italy's King large number less loan London Lord manufacturers March March 31 ment methods military modern months Moslem motor naval neutral port Nietzsche Omayyad operations organisation Parliament patriotism pedigree peerage Peerage Law political position present produce proof of sitting prove Przemysl question realised recognised Russian Sestos ships shore Sonnino Straits Stryj submarine success supply Tasso tion trade troops vehicles vessel wheat whole wounds writ
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Page 403 - Hey, diddle diddle, the cat and the fiddle, The cow jumped over the moon. The little dog laughed to see such sport, And the dish ran away with the spoon!
Page 590 - Government with the utmost earnestness to the fact that the objection to their present method of attack against the trade of their enemies lies in the practical impossibility of employing submarines in the destruction of commerce without disregarding those rules of fairness, reason, justice, and humanity, which all modern opinion regards as imperative.
Page 77 - We have fed our sea for a thousand years And she calls us, still unfed, Though there's never a wave of all her waves But marks our English dead: We have strawed our best to the weed's unrests To the shark and the sheering gull. If blood be the price of admiralty, Lord God, we ha
Page 238 - The trade of neutrals with belligerents in articles not contraband is absolutely free, unless interrupted by blockade; the conveyance by neutrals to belligerents of contraband articles is always unlawful, and such articles may always be seized during transit by sea.
Page 318 - And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove ! For then would I fly away, and be at rest.
Page 419 - ... the privilege of remaining and continuing their trade, so long as they behave peaceably, and commit no offence against the laws ; and in case their conduct should render them suspected, and the respective governments should think proper to order them to remove, the term of twelve months from the publication of the order shall be allowed them for that purpose, to remove with their families, effects and property ; but this favour shall not be extended to those who shall act contrary to the established...
Page 411 - These homes, this valley spread below me here, The rooks, the tilted stacks, the beasts in pen, Have been the heartfelt things past-speaking dear To unknown generations of dead men, Who, century after century, held these farms, And, looking out to watch the changing sky, Heard, as we hear, the rumours and alarms Of war at hand and danger pressing nigh.
Page 47 - Thus far extend, thus far thy bounds, This be thy just circumference, O world ! " Thus God the heaven created, thus the earth, Matter unformed and void ; darkness profound Covered the abyss ; but on the watery calm His brooding wings the Spirit of God outspread, And vital virtue infused, and vital warmth, Throughout the fluid mass...
Page 305 - Achilles' wrath, to Greece the direful spring Of woes unnumbered, heavenly goddess, sing ! That wrath which hurled to Pluto's gloomy reign The souls of mighty chiefs untimely slain ; Whose limbs unburied on the naked shore, Devouring dogs and hungry vultures tore ; Since great Achilles and Atrides strove.
Page 321 - Awake, my mate! Shake off thy slumbers, and clear and strong Let loose the floods of thy glorious song, The sacred dirge of thy mouth divine For sore-wept Itys, thy child and mine; Thy tender trillings his name prolong With the liquid note of thy tawny throat; Through the leafy curls of the woodbine sweet The pure sound mounts to the heavenly seat, And Phoebus, lord of the golden hair, As he lists to thy wild plaint echoing there, Draws answering strains from his ivoried lyre, Till he stirs the dance...