The Annals of Our Time: Supplement ... from February 28, 1871 to, Volume 1Macmillan and Company, 1876 - Great Britain |
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... Government , endeavours to obtain some modification in favour of France of the war indemnity of six milliards of francs said to be demanded by Prussia . Government , he wrote , felt the difficulties which arise from their ignorance of ...
... Government , endeavours to obtain some modification in favour of France of the war indemnity of six milliards of francs said to be demanded by Prussia . Government , he wrote , felt the difficulties which arise from their ignorance of ...
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... government is the plébiscite . Beyond it there is only usur- pation by some for the oppression of the rest . I am ready , therefore , to submit to the free expression of the national will , but to it only . In the presence of lamentable ...
... government is the plébiscite . Beyond it there is only usur- pation by some for the oppression of the rest . I am ready , therefore , to submit to the free expression of the national will , but to it only . In the presence of lamentable ...
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... Government , for 70,000l . , of Sir Robert Peel's fine collection of paintings by old masters , in- cluding the well - known " Chapeau de Paille , " and the finest Holbein in existence . They were soon afterwards arranged and hung upon ...
... Government , for 70,000l . , of Sir Robert Peel's fine collection of paintings by old masters , in- cluding the well - known " Chapeau de Paille , " and the finest Holbein in existence . They were soon afterwards arranged and hung upon ...
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... Government hoped to be able to bring back the deluded people , and to avoid civil war . As regards myself and my col- leagues , " said M. Thiers , " we are all of one mind . If the peace should be disturbed , you may count on our ...
... Government hoped to be able to bring back the deluded people , and to avoid civil war . As regards myself and my col- leagues , " said M. Thiers , " we are all of one mind . If the peace should be disturbed , you may count on our ...
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... Government which can close for ever the era of invasions and civil wars . The state of siege is raised . The people of Paris are convoked in their comitia for the communal elections . The security of all citizens is assured by the co ...
... Government which can close for ever the era of invasions and civil wars . The state of siege is raised . The people of Paris are convoked in their comitia for the communal elections . The security of all citizens is assured by the co ...
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Page 60 - I WAS glad when they said unto me, We will go into the house of the Lord.
Page 34 - Hence and because we all confidently believe that there are at present, and have been from time immemorial, many worlds of life besides our own, we must regard it as probable in the highest degree that there are countless seed-bearing meteoric stones moving about through space. If at the present instant no life existed upon this Earth, one such stone falling upon it might, by what we blindly call natural causes, lead to its becoming covered with vegetation.
Page 117 - 2. That as Holy Scripture, in divers places, doth promise life to them that believe, and declare the condemnation of them that believe not, so doth the Church in this confession declare the necessity for all who would be in a state of salvation of holding fast the Catholic faith, and the great peril of rejecting the same. Wherefore the warnings in this confession of faith are to be understood no otherwise than the like warnings...
Page 73 - States in respect of theso claims, they have arrived, individually and collectively, at the conclusion that these claims do not constitute, upon the principles of international law applicable to such cases, good foundation for an award ot compensation or computation of damages between nations...
Page 14 - The neutral flag covers enemy's goods, with the exception of contraband of war; 3. Neutral goods, with the exception of contraband of war, are not liable to capture under enemy's flag; 4.
Page 137 - Sovereign, and her successors, and the Lords and Commons of Ireland. To secure for that parliament, under a federal arrangement, the right of legislating for and regulating all matters relating to the internal affairs of Ireland, and control over Irish resources and revenues, subject to the obligation of contributing our just proportion of the Imperial expenditure.
Page 108 - You have despoiled Churches. You have threatened every corporation and endowment in the country. You have examined into everybody's affairs. You have criticised every profession and vexed every trade. No one is certain of his property, and nobody knows what duties he may have to perform to-morrow. I believe that the people of this country have had enough of the policy of confiscation.
Page 144 - ... a small class which it would be much better for themselves if they were not enfranchised, because they have no independence whatsoever, and it would be much better for the constituency also that they should be excluded, and there is no class so much interested in having that small class excluded as the intelligent and honest working men. I call this class the residuum, which there is in almost every constituency, of almost hopeless poverty and dependence.
Page 52 - They believe that alcohol, in whatever form, should be prescribed with as much care as any powerful drug...
Page 117 - Athanasius doth not make any addition to the faith as contained in Holy Scripture, but warneth against errors which from time to time...