My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köideG. Bell & Sons, 1905 - 447 pages |
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Page 157
... native villages ; -it is the advocates and beneficiaries of this inhuman system who , when a partial restitution of their unholy gains is proposed , are the loudest in their cries of " robbery " ! But all the robbery , all the ...
... native villages ; -it is the advocates and beneficiaries of this inhuman system who , when a partial restitution of their unholy gains is proposed , are the loudest in their cries of " robbery " ! But all the robbery , all the ...
Page 158
... native soil , and to relieve all alike from a heavy burden of unnecessary and unjust taxation . This will be the true statesmanship of the future , and it will be justified alike by equity , by ethics , and by religion . In the few ...
... native soil , and to relieve all alike from a heavy burden of unnecessary and unjust taxation . This will be the true statesmanship of the future , and it will be justified alike by equity , by ethics , and by religion . In the few ...
Page 161
... native stream , here approaching its source , and with frequent views of the Beacons when nearer hills did not intervene to block the view . After a pleasant walk of about six miles we reached the tiny village of Trallong , the parish ...
... native stream , here approaching its source , and with frequent views of the Beacons when nearer hills did not intervene to block the view . After a pleasant walk of about six miles we reached the tiny village of Trallong , the parish ...
Page 178
... native stream , A river clear and bright , Which showed a fair and much - lov'd scene Unto my lingering sight . " We had to go to Glamorganshire to partially survey and make a corrected map of the parish of Cadoxton - juxta- Neath ...
... native stream , A river clear and bright , Which showed a fair and much - lov'd scene Unto my lingering sight . " We had to go to Glamorganshire to partially survey and make a corrected map of the parish of Cadoxton - juxta- Neath ...
Page 187
... natives of the ancient town of Bideford , Devon , which they continually referred to as the standard of both manners and morality , to the great disadvantage of the Welsh . They were both old , perhaps between sixty and seventy , and ...
... natives of the ancient town of Bideford , Devon , which they continually referred to as the standard of both manners and morality , to the great disadvantage of the Welsh . They were both old , perhaps between sixty and seventy , and ...
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