The Quarterly Review, Volume 235William 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, 1921 |
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... centuries , and how it came about that , under their rule , this Empire attained importance and prosperity ; how it was possible for it to become a great Power and even , at one time , to take the lead on the Continent of Europe . He ...
... centuries , and how it came about that , under their rule , this Empire attained importance and prosperity ; how it was possible for it to become a great Power and even , at one time , to take the lead on the Continent of Europe . He ...
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... century and had been obliged thousands of times to make gracious remarks to the exhibitors or the organisers of these shows . No doubt the Kaiser himself would often have preferred to say something quite different , even to express the ...
... century and had been obliged thousands of times to make gracious remarks to the exhibitors or the organisers of these shows . No doubt the Kaiser himself would often have preferred to say something quite different , even to express the ...
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... century , had the effect of a provoking anachronism , which , moreover , was a positive mockery of the terrible gravity of the situation at that time . * The young Emperor and his consort As a matter of interest it may be mentioned that ...
... century , had the effect of a provoking anachronism , which , moreover , was a positive mockery of the terrible gravity of the situation at that time . * The young Emperor and his consort As a matter of interest it may be mentioned that ...
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... centuries of struggle to win . The American view appears to be that a bare majority is to have the right of dictating to the private individual in the matter of his tastes and habits . Such a view is utterly at variance with British ...
... centuries of struggle to win . The American view appears to be that a bare majority is to have the right of dictating to the private individual in the matter of his tastes and habits . Such a view is utterly at variance with British ...
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... centuries of suppression and diversion from its original channel , it has returned in modern times to the source of its earliest inspiration , there to be strengthened , enriched , and revived beyond all measure . To explain how Russia ...
... centuries of suppression and diversion from its original channel , it has returned in modern times to the source of its earliest inspiration , there to be strengthened , enriched , and revived beyond all measure . To explain how Russia ...
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Page 11 - 231.—The Allied and Associated Governments affirm and Germany accepts the responsibility of Germany and her allies for causing all the loss and damage to which the Allied and Associated Governments and their nationals have been subjected as a consequence of the war imposed upon them by Germany and her allies.
Page 193 - (2) Reciprocity of treatment of foreign workers. (3) The prevention of anthrax. (4) The protection of women and children against lead poisoning. (5) The establishment of Government Health Services. (6) The application of the Berne Convention of 1906 on the prohibition of the use of white phosphorus in the manufacture of matches. The
Page 8 - that compensation will be made by Germany for all damage done to the civilian population of the Allies and their property by the aggression of Germany by land, by sea, and from the air.
Page 221 - and regard of our voyage, and for the better confirmation thereof, willed every man the next Sunday following to prepare himself to receive the communion as Christian brethren and friends ought to do, which was done, in very reverend sort; and so with good contentment every man went about his business.
Page 55 - He sees with equal eye, as God of all, A hero perish or a sparrow fall. ••,••• And now a bubble burst, and now a world.
Page 194 - in framing any Recommendation or Draft Convention of general application, the Conference shall have due regard to those countries in which climatic conditions, the imperfect development of industrial organisation
Page 194 - other special circumstances, make the industrial conditions substantially different, and shall suggest the modifications, if any, which it considers may be required to meet the case of such countries.
Page 191 - States selected for the purpose by the Government delegates to the Conference, excluding the delegates of the eight States mentioned above. The period of office of the Governing Body is three years.
Page 7 - which may be concluded by the Allied and Associated Powers with the Powers who fought on the side of Germany, and to recognise whatever dispositions may be made concerning the territories of the former Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, of the Kingdom of Bulgaria and of the Ottoman Empire, and to recognise the new States within their frontiers as there laid down.
Page 221 - There happened this extraordinary case, one of the most romantique that ever I heard in my life and could not have believed but that I did see it, which was this : about a dozen able lusty proper men come to the coach side with tears in their eyes, and one of them that spoke for the rest