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Page 79
... illustrated by the examples of Russia and Finland , of Austria and Hungary , of Sweden and Norway , was not encouraging , and we dared not allow a hostile Parliament at the very heart of the Empire . Such a Parliament , had it been in ...
... illustrated by the examples of Russia and Finland , of Austria and Hungary , of Sweden and Norway , was not encouraging , and we dared not allow a hostile Parliament at the very heart of the Empire . Such a Parliament , had it been in ...
Page 97
... illustrated the need for some of the changes in naval administration to which Lord Selborne had referred in his memorandum prefixed to the Navy Estimates . Lord Charles , who had lately returned from holding the second command in the ...
... illustrated the need for some of the changes in naval administration to which Lord Selborne had referred in his memorandum prefixed to the Navy Estimates . Lord Charles , who had lately returned from holding the second command in the ...
Page 106
... illustrated . His recently purchased estate of Dalham Hall , near Newmarket , was entailed on his brother , Colonel Francis Rhodes , and his heirs male , with re- mainder to another brother , Captain E. F. Rhodes , and his heirs male ...
... illustrated . His recently purchased estate of Dalham Hall , near Newmarket , was entailed on his brother , Colonel Francis Rhodes , and his heirs male , with re- mainder to another brother , Captain E. F. Rhodes , and his heirs male ...
Page 135
... illustrated by the failure which attended the efforts of the American Congress and State Legislatures to grapple with trusts . Mr. Rea ( Gloucester ) , in an interesting speech , main- tained that the British steamship companies , which ...
... illustrated by the failure which attended the efforts of the American Congress and State Legislatures to grapple with trusts . Mr. Rea ( Gloucester ) , in an interesting speech , main- tained that the British steamship companies , which ...
Page 155
... illustrated both good feeling and self - restraint . For an account of the negotiations leading up to the Peace and the terms of surrender themselves the reader must be referred to Mr. Whates's African Chapter in this volume . Here it ...
... illustrated both good feeling and self - restraint . For an account of the negotiations leading up to the Peace and the terms of surrender themselves the reader must be referred to Mr. Whates's African Chapter in this volume . Here it ...
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