The Quarterly Review, 232. köideWilliam 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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... army , you now resolve to make peace in a generous spirit ' ( ' Life of Lord Granville , ' II , 45 ) . King William's reply was a polite refusal . He must , he said , ' place in the first line the protection of Germany against the next ...
... army , you now resolve to make peace in a generous spirit ' ( ' Life of Lord Granville , ' II , 45 ) . King William's reply was a polite refusal . He must , he said , ' place in the first line the protection of Germany against the next ...
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... army was on the verge of mutiny ; and the French were unable to obtain the high pay which had been promised them . The only remedy which Bussy could apply was to get a grant of certain districts - the Northern Circars - to defray the ...
... army was on the verge of mutiny ; and the French were unable to obtain the high pay which had been promised them . The only remedy which Bussy could apply was to get a grant of certain districts - the Northern Circars - to defray the ...
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... army had been demoralised by promises of a donation , payment of which had been delayed . Little was done beyond defending Patna from the enemy until , in the autumn , the spirit of mutiny was crushed ; then the English advanced into ...
... army had been demoralised by promises of a donation , payment of which had been delayed . Little was done beyond defending Patna from the enemy until , in the autumn , the spirit of mutiny was crushed ; then the English advanced into ...
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... army . It was usual in India to pay officers when in the field an allowance , called batta , to enable them to meet the additional expenses of campaigning . In Bengal this had been fixed at a far higher rate than elsewhere , and the ...
... army . It was usual in India to pay officers when in the field an allowance , called batta , to enable them to meet the additional expenses of campaigning . In Bengal this had been fixed at a far higher rate than elsewhere , and the ...
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... army ; the increase of salaries , according to the rates asked ; the payment of wages to the strikers for a fortnight of February , and the whole month of March , as if they had worked ; and a pledge not to take any action , directly or ...
... army ; the increase of salaries , according to the rates asked ; the payment of wages to the strikers for a fortnight of February , and the whole month of March , as if they had worked ; and a pledge not to take any action , directly or ...
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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.