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... feeling towards Russia , and would rejoice to see her with open ports on the Pacific , stretching her giant limbs in peaceful development . But for the stupid , cruel , and corrupt bureaucracy which dominates Russian policy those who ...
... feeling towards Russia , and would rejoice to see her with open ports on the Pacific , stretching her giant limbs in peaceful development . But for the stupid , cruel , and corrupt bureaucracy which dominates Russian policy those who ...
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... feeling of Persia to England . Object lessons in disinterestedness convince nations who regard mere protestations as the idle wind . It may be questioned whether our position in the Gulf would have been favourably affected by the ...
... feeling of Persia to England . Object lessons in disinterestedness convince nations who regard mere protestations as the idle wind . It may be questioned whether our position in the Gulf would have been favourably affected by the ...
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... feeling , and is only too glad to deal with any good customers . The Russians cannot compete with much advantage in banking outside their own country , for the price of money is far higher in Petersburg than in London . The vital ...
... feeling , and is only too glad to deal with any good customers . The Russians cannot compete with much advantage in banking outside their own country , for the price of money is far higher in Petersburg than in London . The vital ...
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... feels bound to condemn the Jameson raid , there are those who still look upon it as a manifestation of the Uitlander grievances . These , they say , are the cause of all the mischief , and until these are redressed there will be no ...
... feels bound to condemn the Jameson raid , there are those who still look upon it as a manifestation of the Uitlander grievances . These , they say , are the cause of all the mischief , and until these are redressed there will be no ...
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... feelings has been elected as a direct consequence of the conspiracy . Both the Transvaal and Free State are arming in f defence . Natives are bewildered and rising on all sides , and they scarcely show that predilection for British rule ...
... feelings has been elected as a direct consequence of the conspiracy . Both the Transvaal and Free State are arming in f defence . Natives are bewildered and rising on all sides , and they scarcely show that predilection for British rule ...
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Page 270 - Dreading e'en fools, by flatterers besieged, And so obliging, that he ne'er obliged; Like Cato, give his little senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applause; While wits and Templars every sentence raise, And wonder with a foolish face of praise — Who but must laugh, if such a man there be? Who would not weep, if Atticus were he? What though my name stood rubric on the walls, Or plaster'd posts, with claps, in capitals? Or smoking forth, a hundred hawkers load, On wings of winds came flying...
Page 1 - And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory ; and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.
Page 121 - In and for each Province the legislature may exclusively make laws in relation to education, subject and according to the following provisions: 1) Nothing in any such law shall prejudicially affect any right or privilege with respect to denominational schools which any class of persons have by law in the Province at the union...
Page 417 - All scattered in the bottom of the sea, Some lay in dead men's skulls ; and in those holes Where eyes did once inhabit, there were crept (As 'twere in scorn of eyes) reflecting gems, That woo'd the slimy bottom of the deep, And mock'd the dead bones that lay scatter'd by.
Page 270 - Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer ; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike : Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike ; Alike reserved to blame or to commend ; A timorous foe, and a suspicious friend ; Dreading e'en fools, by flatterers besieged, And so obliging, that he ne'er obliged ; Like Cato, give his little senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applause...
Page 121 - Province, an Appeal shall lie to the Governor-General in Council from any Act or Decision of any Provincial Authority affecting any Right or Privilege of the Protestant or Roman Catholic Minority of the Queen's Subjects in relation to Education: 4.
Page 854 - It is because, in addition to all other grounds, its infinite resources combined with its isolated position render it master of the situation and practically invulnerable as against any or all other Powers.
Page 421 - The Sun came up upon the left, Out of the sea came he! And he shone bright, and on the right Went down into the sea. Higher and higher every day, Till over the mast at noon—" The Wedding-Guest here beat his breast, For he heard the loud bassoon.
Page 498 - This firm foundation is that of the social feelings of mankind; the desire to be in unity with our fellow creatures, which is already a powerful principle in human nature, and happily one of those which tend to become stronger, even without express inculcation, from the influences of advancing civilization.
Page 38 - THE Offering of Christ once made is that perfect redemption, propitiation, and satisfaction, for all the sins of the whole world, both original and actual ; and there is none other satisfaction for sin, but that alone. Wherefore the sacrifices of Masses, in the which it was commonly said, that the Priest did offer Christ for the quick and the dead, to have remission of pain or guilt, were blasphemous fables, and dangerous deceits.