The Annual Register, Volumen147Edmund Burke Rivingtons, 1906 Continuation of the reference work that originated with Robert Dodsley, written and published each year, which records and analyzes the year’s major events, developments and trends in Great Britain and throughout the world. From the 1920s volumes of The Annual Register took the essential shape in which they have continued ever since, opening with the history of Britain, then a section on foreign history covering each country or region in turn. Following these are the chronicle of events, brief retrospectives on the year’s cultural and economic developments, a short selection of documents, and obituaries of eminent persons who died in the year. |
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... give us a freedom of action impossible while we hold our- selves bound by the maxim that no taxation should be imposed except for revenue . I desire this freedom in the main for three reasons . It will strengthen our hands in any ...
... give us a freedom of action impossible while we hold our- selves bound by the maxim that no taxation should be imposed except for revenue . I desire this freedom in the main for three reasons . It will strengthen our hands in any ...
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... give a clear exposition of the policy they intended to pursue if returned to office , in respect of Home Rule for Ireland , Welsh Disestablishment , the Labour Laws , Social Reform and other matters . It was a vigorous fighting speech ...
... give a clear exposition of the policy they intended to pursue if returned to office , in respect of Home Rule for Ireland , Welsh Disestablishment , the Labour Laws , Social Reform and other matters . It was a vigorous fighting speech ...
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... give us something , and we will give you more , were we prepared to meet them with " a flat and an insulting refusal ? " ( The implication , of course , was that such was the course counselled by those who differed from Mr. Chamberlain ...
... give us something , and we will give you more , were we prepared to meet them with " a flat and an insulting refusal ? " ( The implication , of course , was that such was the course counselled by those who differed from Mr. Chamberlain ...
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... give up " the foolish dreams that had misled them - dreams inspired by bad economics and good intrigue . ' Another Conservative of a different type who complained strongly of the determined attempt being made all over the c 2 1905 ...
... give up " the foolish dreams that had misled them - dreams inspired by bad economics and good intrigue . ' Another Conservative of a different type who complained strongly of the determined attempt being made all over the c 2 1905 ...
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... but as far as he was concerned he would welcome every man of Unionist opinions who was a sup- porter of the Government , and would be glad to give him any aid in his power . He avoided , however , 36 ] [ FEB . ENGLISH HISTORY .
... but as far as he was concerned he would welcome every man of Unionist opinions who was a sup- porter of the Government , and would be glad to give him any aid in his power . He avoided , however , 36 ] [ FEB . ENGLISH HISTORY .
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Página 217 - Agreement, the other contracting party will at once come to the assistance of its ally, and will conduct the war in common, and make peace in mutual agreement with it.
Página 446 - Upon the success of our experiment much depends, not only as regards our own welfare, but as regards the welfare of mankind. If we fail, the cause of free self-government throughout the world will rock to its foundations, and therefore our responsibility is heavy, to ourselves, to the world as it is to-day, and to the generations yet unborn.
Página 217 - In case neither of the High Contracting Parties should have notified twelve months before the expiration of the said five years the intention of terminating it, it shall remain binding until the expiration of one year from the day on which either of the High Contracting Parties shall have denounced it.
Página 217 - In case neither of the high contracting parties should have notified twelve months before the expiration of the said ten years the intention of terminating it, it shall remain binding until the expiration of one year from the day on which either of the high contracting parties shall have denounced it. But if, when the date fixed for its expiration arrives, either ally is actually engaged in war, the alliance shall, ipso facto, continue until peace is concluded.
Página 450 - ... of an American Republic in order to enforce the payment of its obligations; for such temporary occupation might turn into a permanent occupation. The only escape from these alternatives...
Página 450 - The only escape from these alternatives may at any time be that we must ourselves undertake to bring about some arrangement by which so much as possible of a just obligation shall be paid.
Página 449 - Moreover, we must make it evident that we do not intend to permit the Monroe Doctrine to be used by any nation on this Continent as a shield to protect it from the consequences of its own misdeeds against foreign nations.
Página 451 - But in the effort to carry out the policy of excluding Chinese laborers, Chinese coolies, grave injustice and wrong have been done by this Nation to the people of China, and therefore ultimately to this Nation itself.
Página 449 - ... foreigners on insufficient pretexts, who excites and inflames a perverse and aggressive national vanity, and who may on occasions wantonly bring on conflict between his nation and some other nation. But there are demagogues of peace just as there are demagogues of war, and in any such movement as this for The Hague conference it is essential not to be misled by one set of extremists any more than by the other. Whenever it is possible for a nation or an individual to work for real peace, assuredly...
Página 397 - The preservation of the common interests of all Powers in China by insuring the independence and integrity of the Chinese Empire and the principle of equal opportunities for the commerce and industry of all nations in China.