The life and times of viscount Palmerston, Volume 2; Volume 87 |
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... honour of his flag . On the 29th of December , 1849 , the English minister at Athens informed the Greek government that it would act unwisely , if , counting on the forbearance of England , it neglected to satisfy the demands which had ...
... honour of his flag . On the 29th of December , 1849 , the English minister at Athens informed the Greek government that it would act unwisely , if , counting on the forbearance of England , it neglected to satisfy the demands which had ...
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... honour and safety of the country to make any peace with France that would leave Spain and the Indies in possession of any branch of the House of Bourbon . " The executive government , notwithstanding that address , proceeded to ...
... honour and safety of the country to make any peace with France that would leave Spain and the Indies in possession of any branch of the House of Bourbon . " The executive government , notwithstanding that address , proceeded to ...
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... honour ! " Surely , if any man had reason to be satisfied with his lot , and to be certain of his continuance in office , it was England's Foreign Secretary at the end of 1850 . It had been the reproach of Englishmen that they took ...
... honour ! " Surely , if any man had reason to be satisfied with his lot , and to be certain of his continuance in office , it was England's Foreign Secretary at the end of 1850 . It had been the reproach of Englishmen that they took ...
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... honour had been polluted , and the laurels of the hero of Aliwal trailed in shame . There seems to have been no ground for this latter invective . But , at any rate , it was felt that a stop must be put to the Kaffir war ; that no honour ...
... honour had been polluted , and the laurels of the hero of Aliwal trailed in shame . There seems to have been no ground for this latter invective . But , at any rate , it was felt that a stop must be put to the Kaffir war ; that no honour ...
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... honour . For this purpose , nothing was refused , however unfounded , however personal , even by papers whose ordinary tone is courteous , or at least well - bred . Anecdotes without a particle of truth , or , what is worse , with some ...
... honour . For this purpose , nothing was refused , however unfounded , however personal , even by papers whose ordinary tone is courteous , or at least well - bred . Anecdotes without a particle of truth , or , what is worse , with some ...
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Page 99 - Cannon to right of them, Cannon to left of them, Cannon in front of them Volley'd and thunder'd ; Storm'd at with shot and shell, Boldly they rode and well, Into the jaws of Death, Into the mouth of Hell Rode the six hundred. Flash'd all their sabres bare, Flash'd as they turn'd in air Sabring the gunners there, Charging an army, while All the world wonder'd ; Plunged in the battery-smoke Right thro' the line they broke; Cossack and Russian Reel'd from the sabre-stroke Shatter'd and sunder'd.
Page 370 - That the maintenance inviolate of the rights of the States, and especially the right of each State to order and control its own domestic institutions according to its own judgment exclusively, is essential to that balance of power on which the perfection and endurance of our political fabric depend ; and we denounce the lawless invasion by armed force of the soil of any State or Territory, no matter under what pretext, as among the gravest of crimes.
Page 450 - On one side lay the Ocean, and on one Lay a great water, and the moon was full. Then spake King Arthur to Sir Bedivere: 'The sequel of to-day unsolders all The goodliest fellowship of famous knights Whereof this world holds record. Such a sleep They sleep - the men I loved.
Page 528 - Shame that skulks behind; Or pining Love shall waste their youth, Or Jealousy with rankling tooth That inly gnaws the secret heart, And Envy wan, and faded Care, Grim-visaged comfortless Despair, And Sorrow's piercing dart. Ambition this shall tempt to rise, Then whirl the wretch from high To bitter Scorn a sacrifice And grinning Infamy. The stings of Falsehood those shall try And hard Unkindness...
Page 197 - We declare it to be our royal will and pleasure that, none be in any wise favoured, none molested or disquieted, by reason of their religious faith or observances, but that all shall alike enjoy the equal and impartial protection of the law ; and we do strictly charge and enjoin all those who may be in authority under us that they abstain from all interference with the religious belief or worship of any of our subjects on pain of our highest displeasure.
Page 197 - Firmly relying ourselves on the truth of Christianity, and acknowledging with gratitude the solace of religion, we disclaim alike the right and the desire to impose our convictions on any of our subjects.
Page 47 - Such an act she must consider as failing in sincerity towards the Crown, and justly to be visited by the exercise of her constitutional right of dismissing that Minister. She expects to be kept informed of what passes between him and the foreign Ministers before important decisions are taken, based upon that intercourse ; to receive the foreign despatches in good time ; and to have the drafts for her approval sent to her in sufficient time to make herself acquainted with their contents before they...
Page 197 - We desire no extension of our present territorial possessions ; and, while we will permit no aggression upon our dominions or our rights to be attempted with impunity, we shall sanction no encroachment on those of others. We shall respect the rights, dignity, and honour of native Princes as our own ; and we desire that they, as well as our own subjects, should enjoy that prosperity and that social advancement which can only be secured by internal peace and good government.
Page 380 - How humble, yet how hopeful, he could be ; How, in good fortune and in ill, the same ; Nor bitter in success, nor boastful he, Thirsty for gold, nor feverish for fame.
Page 381 - The Old World and the New, from sea to sea, Utter one voice of sympathy and shame ! Sore heart, so stopped when it at last beat high : Sad life, cut short just as its triumph came.