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... side was an attitude of friendly but lofty isolation . We did not seek allies , nor indeed did we particularly want them , so long as we could rely on our own unaided strength at sea to guard us against any inter- national dangers that ...
... side was an attitude of friendly but lofty isolation . We did not seek allies , nor indeed did we particularly want them , so long as we could rely on our own unaided strength at sea to guard us against any inter- national dangers that ...
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... side by side against us the country was in more serious peril of invasion than at almost any time in its previous or subsequent history . In 1781 that combination temporarily deprived us of the command of the seas , and in spite of ...
... side by side against us the country was in more serious peril of invasion than at almost any time in its previous or subsequent history . In 1781 that combination temporarily deprived us of the command of the seas , and in spite of ...
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... side , their judgment and intelligence is constantly exercised in getting about a difficult country , and they are splendidly mounted . The country in England is not favourable to the employment of regular cavalry taught to ride in ...
... side , their judgment and intelligence is constantly exercised in getting about a difficult country , and they are splendidly mounted . The country in England is not favourable to the employment of regular cavalry taught to ride in ...
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... side , and were told off with very general directions for their duties of scouting or holding ad- vanced positions , very much being left to their intelligence , which is so well trained in their favourite amusement . In fact , an ...
... side , and were told off with very general directions for their duties of scouting or holding ad- vanced positions , very much being left to their intelligence , which is so well trained in their favourite amusement . In fact , an ...
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... sides ; and , what is more , the God who was on the side of the Transvaal in the late war , because it had right on its side , will be on the side of England , because He must view with abhorrence any plotting and scheming to overthrow ...
... sides ; and , what is more , the God who was on the side of the Transvaal in the late war , because it had right on its side , will be on the side of England , because He must view with abhorrence any plotting and scheming to overthrow ...
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Page 150 - O, for a muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest heaven of invention ! A kingdom for a stage, princes to act, And monarchs to behold the swelling scene ! Then should the warlike Harry, like himself, Assume the port of Mars ; and, at his heels, Leash'd in like hounds, should famine, sword, and fire, Crouch for employment.
Page 57 - Butter and honey shall he eat, That he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good. For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good, The land that thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of both her kings.
Page 817 - MY hair is gray, but not with years, Nor grew it white In a single night, As men's have grown from sudden fears. My limbs are bowed, though not with toil, But rusted with a vile repose, For they have been a dungeon's spoil, And mine has been the fate of those To whom the goodly earth and air Are...
Page 79 - The reason why so few marriages are happy is because young ladies spend their time in making nets, not in making cages.
Page 144 - ... twere, the mirror up to nature ; to show virtue her own feature, scorn her own image, and the very age and body of the time his form and pressure. Now this overdone or come tardy off, though it make the unskilful laugh, cannot but make the judicious grieve; the censure of the which one must in your allowance o'erweigh a whole theatre of others.
Page 66 - AND he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, that there be some of them that stand here which shall not taste of death, till they have seen the kingdom of God come with power.
Page 500 - Britain that the parties constructing or owning the same shall impose no other charges or conditions of traffic thereupon than the aforesaid governments shall approve of as just and equitable ; and that the same canals or railways, being open to the citizens and subjects of the United States and Great Britain on equal terms...
Page 499 - ... erect or maintain any fortifications commanding the same, or in the vicinity thereof, or occupy, or fortify, or colonize, or assume or exercise any dominion over Nicaragua, Costa Rica, the Mosquito Coast, or any part of Central America...
Page 77 - The most accomplished way of using books at present is two-fold: either first, to serve them as some men do lords, learn their titles exactly, and then brag of their acquaintance. Or secondly, which is indeed the choicer, the profounder, and politer method, to get a thorough insight into the index, by which the whole book is governed and turned, like fishes by the tail.
Page 504 - The Suez Maritime Canal shall always be free and open, in time of war as in time of peace, to every vessel of commerce or of war, without distinction of flag.