The Quarterly Review, Volume 230William 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, 1918 |
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... . I was discharged in December 1917 , as the result of the Government's undertaking to release men suffering materially in health . hard labour in the third division . At the end ( 21 ) -AN ENGLISH PRISON FROM WITHIN.
... . I was discharged in December 1917 , as the result of the Government's undertaking to release men suffering materially in health . hard labour in the third division . At the end ( 21 ) -AN ENGLISH PRISON FROM WITHIN.
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... result of a Com- mission of enquiry into the methods of American penitentiaries . During the period 1840-60 some ... results in any way justified even this term of existence ? It may be premised that the usual hard - labour sentence ...
... result of a Com- mission of enquiry into the methods of American penitentiaries . During the period 1840-60 some ... results in any way justified even this term of existence ? It may be premised that the usual hard - labour sentence ...
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... result of this neglect of the soul - and I have more to say which will emphasise this - is well described in a letter written from prison in December last by a friend of mine . ' Men , ' he writes , ' are animalised here . The Governor ...
... result of this neglect of the soul - and I have more to say which will emphasise this - is well described in a letter written from prison in December last by a friend of mine . ' Men , ' he writes , ' are animalised here . The Governor ...
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... result was that , in order to prevent my carrying out my intention of talking openly to my fellow prisoners , I was removed to a cell at a distance from the others , had a separate track to myself for the daily exercise , and spent the ...
... result was that , in order to prevent my carrying out my intention of talking openly to my fellow prisoners , I was removed to a cell at a distance from the others , had a separate track to myself for the daily exercise , and spent the ...
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... result of long imprison- ments . And in my case I felt that a complete physical breakdown also could only be avoided by a maintenance of my will - power unbroken ; for , in the confinement of my small and often very cold cell , the ...
... result of long imprison- ments . And in my case I felt that a complete physical breakdown also could only be avoided by a maintenance of my will - power unbroken ; for , in the confinement of my small and often very cold cell , the ...
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Page 98 - Germany, and, as incident to that, the extension to those governments of the most liberal financial credits, in order that our resources may so far as possible be added to theirs. It will involve the organization and mobilization of all the material resources of the country to supply the materials of war and serve the incidental needs of the nation in the most abundant and yet the most economical and efficient way possible.
Page 13 - The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
Page 391 - The House is crammed : tier beyond tier they grin And cackle at the Show, while prancing ranks Of harlots shrill the chorus, drunk with din, ' We're sure the Kaiser loves the dear old Tanks ! ' " I'd like to see a Tank come down the stalls, Lurching to rag-time tunes, or ' Home, sweet Home ! ' — And there'd be no more jokes in Music-halls To mock the riddled corpses round Bapaume.
Page 382 - In our heart of hearts believing Victory crowns the just, And that braggarts must Surely bite the dust, Press we to the field ungrieving, In our heart of hearts believing Victory crowns the just. Hence the faith and fire within us Men who march away...
Page 399 - The policy of His Majesty's Government, with which the Government of India are in complete accord, is that of the increasing association of Indians in every branch of the administration and the gradual development of self-governing institutions with a view to the progressive realisation of responsible government in India as an integral part of the British Empire.
Page 348 - ... —Provided that the Court may, notwithstanding that they are of opinion that the point raised in the appeal might be decided in favour of the appellant, dismiss the appeal if they consider that no substantial miscarriage of justice has actually occurred.
Page 406 - The Government of India must remain wholly responsible to Parliament, and saving such responsibility, its authority in essential matters must remain indisputable, pending experience of the effect of the changes now to be introduced in the provinces. In the meantime the Indian Legislative Council should be enlarged and made more representative and its opportunities of influencing Government increased.
Page 98 - I advise that the Congress declare the recent course of the Imperial German Government to be in fact nothing less than war against the government and people of the United States; that it formally accept the status of belligerent which has thus been thrust upon it; and that it take immediate steps not only to put the country in a more thorough state of defense but also to exert all its power and employ all its resources to bring the Government of the German Empire to terms and end the war.
Page 16 - The Lord hath been mindful of us: he will bless us; he will bless the house of Israel; he will bless the house of Aaron. He will bless them that fear the Lord, both small and great.
Page 382 - And so by ship to sea, and knew no more The fields of home, the byres, the market towns, Nor the dear outline of the English shore, But knew the misery of the soaking trench, The freezing in the rigging, the despair In the revolting second of the wrench When the blind soul is flung upon the air, And died (uncouthly, most) in foreign lands For some idea but dimly understood Of an English city never built by hands Which love of England prompted and made good.