Guizot's Popular History of England : from the Accession of Victoria, 1837-1874D. Estes and C.E. Lauriat, 1881 - 539 páginas |
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... hundred soldiers , most of them Asiatics , and twelve thousand English or Indian camp - followers . Some officers ' wives and a number of children made part of this sad band . The Afghans had at first proposed to retain the women as ...
... hundred soldiers , most of them Asiatics , and twelve thousand English or Indian camp - followers . Some officers ' wives and a number of children made part of this sad band . The Afghans had at first proposed to retain the women as ...
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... measures proposed by the new minister was less serious : it consisted in the revision of the tariff . Twelve hundred articles were comprised in the new list ; the duties were reduced CHAP . III . ] SIR ROBERT PEEL AND THE CORN - LAWS . 65.
... measures proposed by the new minister was less serious : it consisted in the revision of the tariff . Twelve hundred articles were comprised in the new list ; the duties were reduced CHAP . III . ] SIR ROBERT PEEL AND THE CORN - LAWS . 65.
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... hundred and fifty articles , and these reductions added to the reduced duties on coffee and on timber for building would , it was calculated , entail a loss of one million and forty thousand pounds on the exchequer . · We " Many ...
... hundred and fifty articles , and these reductions added to the reduced duties on coffee and on timber for building would , it was calculated , entail a loss of one million and forty thousand pounds on the exchequer . · We " Many ...
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... hundred thousand pounds , and at the first meeting held in Manchester more than one - eighth of this sum was immediately subscribed . At its very beginning , however , the League encountered a serious danger ; this was the claim of the ...
... hundred thousand pounds , and at the first meeting held in Manchester more than one - eighth of this sum was immediately subscribed . At its very beginning , however , the League encountered a serious danger ; this was the claim of the ...
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... hundred and twelve members only , in the House of Commons , followed Sir Robert Peel in the bold course upon which he had decided . Henceforth , the " Peelites , " as they were called , no longer belonged to the ancient ranks of the ...
... hundred and twelve members only , in the House of Commons , followed Sir Robert Peel in the bold course upon which he had decided . Henceforth , the " Peelites , " as they were called , no longer belonged to the ancient ranks of the ...
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Página 332 - ... against a Power with which it is at peace ; and also to use like diligence to prevent the departure from its jurisdiction of any vessel intended to cruise or carry on war as above, such vessel having been specially adapted, in whole or in part, within such jurisdiction, to warlike use. Secondly, not to permit or suffer either belligerent to make use of its ports or waters as the. base of naval operations against the other, or for the purpose of the renewal or augmentation of military supplies...
Página 358 - ... the banner which we now carry in this fight, though perhaps at some moment it may droop over our sinking heads, yet it soon again will float in the eye of Heaven, and it will be borne by the firm hands of the united people of the three kingdoms, perhaps not to an easy, but to a certain and to a not far distant victory.
Página 130 - England; and whether, as the Roman in days of old, held himself free from indignity when he could say "Civis Romanus sum" (I am a Roman citizen), so also a British subject, in whatever land he may be, shall feel confident that the watchful eye and the strong arm of England will protect him against injustice and wrong.
Página 332 - First, to use due diligence to prevent the fitting out, arming, or equipping, within its jurisdiction, of any vessel which it has reasonable ground to believe is intended to cruis* or to carry on war against a Power with which it is at peace...
Página 332 - Queen, and the others respectively by the President of the United States, the King of Italy, the President of the Swiss Confederation, and the Emperor of Brazil.
Página 236 - In the House of Lords, lord Kingston moved for the appointment of a committee to inquire into the state of the Protestant church in the province of Munster.
Página 28 - In the discussion which followed in the House of Commons, Sir Robert Peel observed that her Majesty had 'the singular good fortune to be able to gratify her private feelings, while she performs her public duty, and to obtain the best guarantee for happiness by contracting an alliance founded on affection.
Página 134 - Your beloved country has received a place among the fair churches which, normally constituted, form the splendid aggregate of Catholic communion ; Catholic England has been restored to its orbit in the ecclesiastical firmament from which its light had long vanished, and begins now anew its course of regularly adjusted action round the centre of unity, the source of jurisdiction, of light, and of vigour.
Página 236 - an insolent barbarian, wielding authority at Canton, violated the British flag, broke the engagements of treaties, offered rewards for the heads of British subjects in that part of China, and planned their destruction by murder, assassination, and poison.
Página 10 - The King died at twenty minutes after two yesterday morning, and the young Queen met the Council at Kensington Palace at eleven. Never was anything like the first impression she produced, or the chorus of praise and admiration which is raised about her manner and behaviour, and certainly not without justice. It was very extraordinary, and something far beyond what was looked for.