The Quarterly Review, Volume 232William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) John Murray, 1919 |
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... increase of French armaments created an alarm similar to that which in recent years was inspired by Germany . During this period , Queen Victoria , by letter and by frequent personal intercourse , exerted herself to main- tain both ...
... increase of French armaments created an alarm similar to that which in recent years was inspired by Germany . During this period , Queen Victoria , by letter and by frequent personal intercourse , exerted herself to main- tain both ...
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... increase of French armaments proved . I said this was intolerable , that France could not for years make war , and that I thought we ought , in concert with the other Powers , to hold the strongest language to both countries , declaring ...
... increase of French armaments proved . I said this was intolerable , that France could not for years make war , and that I thought we ought , in concert with the other Powers , to hold the strongest language to both countries , declaring ...
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... increased largely during the years immediately before the war , and the varieties of work and operations on which they were employed also increased , yet the classes of work and operations which had come into being , on which women ...
... increased largely during the years immediately before the war , and the varieties of work and operations on which they were employed also increased , yet the classes of work and operations which had come into being , on which women ...
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... increase of 792,000 ; and of these 704,000 were females who had directly replaced males and were doing work cus- tomarily done by men . Significant as this latter figure is , it must also be remembered that the character of the work in ...
... increase of 792,000 ; and of these 704,000 were females who had directly replaced males and were doing work cus- tomarily done by men . Significant as this latter figure is , it must also be remembered that the character of the work in ...
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... increased domestic responsibilities of a woman worker with a soldier - husband at the front also tended to increase ' absence from work without notice . ' Assuming , however , reasonable working hours and a fairly uniform wage , the war ...
... increased domestic responsibilities of a woman worker with a soldier - husband at the front also tended to increase ' absence from work without notice . ' Assuming , however , reasonable working hours and a fairly uniform wage , the war ...
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Page 199 - Captain, if you look in the maps of the orld, I warrant you sail find, in the comparisons between Macedon and Monmouth, that the situations, look you, is both alike. There is a river in Macedon, and there is also moreover a river at Monmouth.
Page 147 - They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them.
Page 261 - And whereas conditions of labour exist involving such injustice, hardship and privation to large numbers of people as to produce unrest so great that the peace and harmony of the world are imperilled; and an improvement of those conditions is urgently required...
Page 205 - Two Voices are there ; one is of the Sea, One of the Mountains ; each a mighty Voice : In both from age to age Thou didst rejoice, They were thy chosen Music, Liberty...
Page 147 - WITH proud thanksgiving, a mother for her children, England mourns for her dead across the sea. Flesh of her flesh they were, spirit of her spirit, Fallen in the cause of the free. Solemn the drums thrill : Death august and royal Sings sorrow up into immortal spheres. There is music in the midst of desolation And a glory that shines upon our tears.
Page 307 - She did not blame Lady Russell, she did not blame herself for having been guided by her; but she felt that were any young person, in similar circumstances, to apply to her for counsel, they would never receive any of such certain immediate wretchedness, such uncertain future good.
Page 245 - Nothing in this Covenant shall be deemed to affect the validity of international engagements, such as treaties of arbitration or regional understandings like the Monroe doctrine, for securing the maintenance of peace.
Page 261 - Whereas the League of Nations has for its object the establishment of universal peace, and such a peace can be established only if it is based upon social justice...
Page 308 - I saw that my own feelings had prepared my sufferings and that my want of fortitude under them had almost led me to the grave.
Page 309 - She grew absolutely ashamed of herself. Of neither Darcy nor Wickham could she think without feeling that she had been blind, partial, prejudiced, absurd.