The Transvaal and the Boers: A Brief HistoryChapman, 1896 - 283 strán (strany) |
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Strana 17
... from the Boers , who again retire as before . This process soon tires out the fleetest warriors , and except through the accident of the stumbling of a с horse , or its rider's drunkenness , no Boer ever THE BOERS AT HOME 17.
... from the Boers , who again retire as before . This process soon tires out the fleetest warriors , and except through the accident of the stumbling of a с horse , or its rider's drunkenness , no Boer ever THE BOERS AT HOME 17.
Strana 28
... soon acquired most of the trade of China , Ceylon , Malaya , the Moluccas , Sumatra , and Java , much of which Holland still keeps under her flag , though Ceylon , like India , was destined to another master . For many years Table Bay ...
... soon acquired most of the trade of China , Ceylon , Malaya , the Moluccas , Sumatra , and Java , much of which Holland still keeps under her flag , though Ceylon , like India , was destined to another master . For many years Table Bay ...
Strana 30
... soon became a factor that cannot be omitted from any account of the ancestry of the Boers . The original intention of the Dutch East India Company was to fortify the Cape solely as a half- way house to India , where the settled servants ...
... soon became a factor that cannot be omitted from any account of the ancestry of the Boers . The original intention of the Dutch East India Company was to fortify the Cape solely as a half- way house to India , where the settled servants ...
Strana 37
... soon came to be regarded as violent and re- bellious . " Consequently , every possible obstacle was put in the way of mission work by the farmers and the smaller officials at the Cape . But there now lay an appeal to the public opinion ...
... soon came to be regarded as violent and re- bellious . " Consequently , every possible obstacle was put in the way of mission work by the farmers and the smaller officials at the Cape . But there now lay an appeal to the public opinion ...
Strana 43
... soon disappeared in a common type which was , on the whole , more akin to the Dutch than to that of any other European nation . In the year 1657 we find that the total number of Europeans at the Cape was one hundred and thirty - four ...
... soon disappeared in a common type which was , on the whole , more akin to the Dutch than to that of any other European nation . In the year 1657 we find that the total number of Europeans at the Cape was one hundred and thirty - four ...
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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.