The Transvaal and the Boers: A Brief HistoryChapman, 1896 - 283 strán (strany) |
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Strana 49
... Bastaard nations , who led a nomadic life on the great plains south of the Orange River , and at the beginning of this century E were only raised above the Hottentots by the possession of THE BOERS AND THEIR ANCESTORS 49.
... Bastaard nations , who led a nomadic life on the great plains south of the Orange River , and at the beginning of this century E were only raised above the Hottentots by the possession of THE BOERS AND THEIR ANCESTORS 49.
Strana 53
... Orange River . It rises among the hills of the Drakenberg and flows to the west in a curved course , which serves as the boundary between the Transvaal and the Orange Free State . The district of the modern Transvaal varies in height ...
... Orange River . It rises among the hills of the Drakenberg and flows to the west in a curved course , which serves as the boundary between the Transvaal and the Orange Free State . The district of the modern Transvaal varies in height ...
Strana 55
... Orange to the Atlantic . " These two great fissures in the plateau still carry off most of the superfluous water of the Transvaal ; the now famous Wit- watersrand is the water - parting between their basins . It is , of course , to its ...
... Orange to the Atlantic . " These two great fissures in the plateau still carry off most of the superfluous water of the Transvaal ; the now famous Wit- watersrand is the water - parting between their basins . It is , of course , to its ...
Strana 82
... Orange Free State in the fourth and fifth decades of the present century . It may , on a small scale , be compared with the great " folk - wanderings " ( as the Germans well call them ) which gave rise to so many new states in Europe ...
... Orange Free State in the fourth and fifth decades of the present century . It may , on a small scale , be compared with the great " folk - wanderings " ( as the Germans well call them ) which gave rise to so many new states in Europe ...
Strana 89
... Orange River about the year 1835 soon divided itself into three branches . Many of the first - comers settled down on the fertile plains of what is now the Orange Free State , between the Orange and the Vaal Rivers . Another branch ...
... Orange River about the year 1835 soon divided itself into three branches . Many of the first - comers settled down on the fertile plains of what is now the Orange Free State , between the Orange and the Vaal Rivers . Another branch ...
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Strana 104 - And it shall be, if it make thee answer of peace, and open unto thee, then it shall be, that all the people that is found therein shall be tributaries unto thee, and they shall serve thee. 12 And if it will make no peace with thee, but will make war against thee, then thou shalt besiege it...
Strana 240 - The South African Republic will conclude no treaty or engagement with any State or nation other than the Orange Free State, nor with any native tribe to the eastward or westward of the Republic, until the same has been approved by her Majesty the Queen.
Strana 26 - This cape is a most stately thing, and the fairest cape we saw in the whole circumference of the earth, and we passed by it the 18.
Strana 105 - And if it will make no peace with thee, but will make war against thee, then thou shalt besiege it : and when the Lord thy God hath delivered it into thine hands, thou shalt smite every male thereof with the edge of the sword. But the women, and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that is in the city, even all the spoil thereof, shalt thou take unto thyself; and thou shalt eat the spoil of thine enemies, which the Lord thy God hath given thee.
Strana 84 - A long and sad experience has sufficiently convinced us of the injury, loss, and dearness of slave labour, so that neither slavery nor the slave trade will ever be permitted among us.
Strana 159 - I not borne patiently all the accusations, but out of selfishness or fear told the plain truth of the case, the Transvaal would never have had the consideration it has now received from Great Britain. However unjust the Annexation was, my self-justification would have exposed the Boers to such an extent, and the state of the country in such a way, that it would have deprived them both of the sympathy of the world and the consideration of the English politicians.
Strana 162 - I wish to hear upon what conditions her Majesty will receive me and my country and my people under her protection. I am weary with fighting. I do not like war, and I ask her Majesty to give me peace. I am very much distressed that...
Strana 105 - When thou comest nigh unto a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace unto it. And it shall be if it make thee answer of peace, and open unto thee, then it shall be that all the people that is found therein shall be tributaries unto thee, and they shall serve thee.
Strana 24 - I am a part of all that I have met; Yet all experience is an arch wherethrough Gleams that untravelled world, whose margin fades For ever and for ever when I move.
Strana 170 - I further proclaim and make known that the Transvaal will remain a separate Government, with its own laws and legislature, and that it is the wish of Her Most Gracious Majesty that it shall enjoy the fullest legislative privileges compatible with the circumstances of the country and the intelligence of its people.