EphemeraJ. Murray, 1865 - 377 pages |
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... observe that this definition does not require that the Colony should be separated by the sea , or by anything else , from the mother - country , which is no essential part of the idea of a Colony . It may even be contiguous to the ...
... observe that this definition does not require that the Colony should be separated by the sea , or by anything else , from the mother - country , which is no essential part of the idea of a Colony . It may even be contiguous to the ...
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... the fullest sense . Our word metropolis is a Greek word , of which we have changed the sense ; in the original it meant simply what we call the mother- * Acts xvi . 12 . country . Now you may have observed that I did 40 EPHEMERA ,
... the fullest sense . Our word metropolis is a Greek word , of which we have changed the sense ; in the original it meant simply what we call the mother- * Acts xvi . 12 . country . Now you may have observed that I did 40 EPHEMERA ,
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George William Lyttelton Baron Lyttelton. country . Now you may have observed that I did not include , in the definition of a Colony , any political con- nexion , any connexion of government between the Colony and the country from which ...
George William Lyttelton Baron Lyttelton. country . Now you may have observed that I did not include , in the definition of a Colony , any political con- nexion , any connexion of government between the Colony and the country from which ...
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... observe that the formation of most , if not all , of our present Colonies , was the deliberate act of the State of England . In this respect it resembled the Greek colonization , which was the act of the collective nation which sent ...
... observe that the formation of most , if not all , of our present Colonies , was the deliberate act of the State of England . In this respect it resembled the Greek colonization , which was the act of the collective nation which sent ...
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... observe particularly that I am not here speaking of the general religious condition of these Colonies , but of that condition in respect of the national will of the mother - country as expressed through the Government and through the ...
... observe particularly that I am not here speaking of the general religious condition of these Colonies , but of that condition in respect of the national will of the mother - country as expressed through the Government and through the ...
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Page 359 - The Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming in purple and gold; And the sheen of their spears was like stars on the sea, When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee. Like the leaves of the forest when Summer is green, That host with their banners at sunset were seen; Like the leaves of the forest when Autumn hath blown, That host on the morrow lay wither'd and strown.
Page 300 - Every thing that heard him play, Even the billows of the sea, Hung their heads, and then lay by. In sweet music is such art, Killing care and grief of heart Fall asleep, or hearing, die.
Page 293 - Pray, do not mock me: I am a very foolish fond old man, fourscore and upward, not an hour more nor less; and, to deal plainly, I fear I am not in my perfect mind.
Page 297 - Though I look old, yet I am strong and lusty ; For in my youth I never did apply Hot and rebellious liquors in my blood; Nor did not with unbashful forehead woo The means of weakness and debility ; Therefore my age is as a lusty winter, Frosty, but kindly.
Page 359 - And the widows of Ashur are loud in their wail, And the idols are broke in the temple of Baal ; And the might of the Gentile, unsmote by the sword, Hath melted like snow in the glance of the Lord...