The National ReviewW.H. Allen, 1910 - Great Britain |
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Page 27
... so that the ships may be completed rather less than three years hence ! Mr. McKenna gratified the Radical rump by hinting a doubt as to whether “ any demand will have to be made in the course of the present financial year .
... so that the ships may be completed rather less than three years hence ! Mr. McKenna gratified the Radical rump by hinting a doubt as to whether “ any demand will have to be made in the course of the present financial year .
Page 34
... by breathing fire and slaughter against the Peers , and by privately denouncing their less pot - valiant colleagues , secure in the consciousness that the latter will look to it that whatever may be said nothing rash will be done .
... by breathing fire and slaughter against the Peers , and by privately denouncing their less pot - valiant colleagues , secure in the consciousness that the latter will look to it that whatever may be said nothing rash will be done .
Page 47
... we should hear less about the defence of our coasts , as if the beginning and end of our duty were the preservation of our own hearths and homes . History may be misunderstood , but it cannot lie , and the fact that we have had to ...
... we should hear less about the defence of our coasts , as if the beginning and end of our duty were the preservation of our own hearths and homes . History may be misunderstood , but it cannot lie , and the fact that we have had to ...
Page 59
... the “ suave mari magno principle , with equanimity ; but we Englishmen , who actually live under the Constitution which he is only concerned to describe , may perhaps be pardoned if our feelings towards it are less philosophical .
... the “ suave mari magno principle , with equanimity ; but we Englishmen , who actually live under the Constitution which he is only concerned to describe , may perhaps be pardoned if our feelings towards it are less philosophical .
Page 64
... spirit of the legislation initiated by Pitt , Canning , and Huskisson , as opposed to the line of mere commercial individualism , adhered to more or less by both parties since the victory of Cobden's Free Trade principles .
... spirit of the legislation initiated by Pitt , Canning , and Huskisson , as opposed to the line of mere commercial individualism , adhered to more or less by both parties since the victory of Cobden's Free Trade principles .
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