A Looker on in LondonDodd, Mead, 1899 - 352 strán (strany) |
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Africa American appeared arbitration arrived asked Attorney-General bench Boers Bouwer Britain British Bechuanaland Cape Colony Carlyle carriages club column counsel court room crowded defendants dinner dispatches door dressed England English evidence expedition flags flowers force furnished galleries girl Girton given gold gown Grey hall hand held honor horses hour interest Jameson Johannesburg Jubilee jury Krugersdorp Lady Leander Starr Jameson letter London looked Lord Chief Justice Lord High Almoner Lord Leighton Lord Salisbury Mafeking Magistrate Major Coventry ment morning ness o'clock officers passed Piccadilly Pitsani police political present President Primrose League Prince Princess of Wales prison Queen question replied returned rose Rowland Royal scarlet seat seemed sent Sir Edward Clarke Sir John South African South African Republic station tion told Transvaal troops United Venezuela verdict White Willoughby witness woman women young
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Strana 181 - When such report is made and accepted it will, in my opinion, be the duty of the United States to resist, by every means in its power, as a willful aggression upon its rights and interests, the appropriation by Great Britain of any lands or the exercise of governmental jurisdiction over any territory which, after investigation, we have determined of right belongs to Venezuela.
Strana 181 - ... upon its rights and interests, the appropriation by Great Britain of any lands or the exercise of governmental jurisdiction over any territory which, after investigation, we have determined of right belongs to Venezuela. In making these recommendations I am fully alive to the responsibility incurred, and keenly realize all the consequences that may follow.
Strana 221 - The Government denies these things, and violates the national sense of Englishmen at •every turn. " What we have to consider is, what will be the condition of things here in the event of a conflict ? Thousands of unarmed men, women, and children of our race will be at the mercy of well-armed Boers, while property of enormous value will be in the greatest peril.
Strana 33 - MAN, that is born of a woman, hath but a short time to live, and is full of misery. He cometh up, and is cut down like a flower; he fleeth as it were a shadow, and never continueth in one stay.
Strana 16 - Speaker of the house of commons should be first chosen, that you, gentlemen of the house of commons, repair to the place where you are to sit, and there proceed to the appointment of some proper person to be your Speaker ; and that you present such person whom you shall so choose here, to-morrow (at an hour stated) for her Majesty's royal approbation.
Strana 222 - It is under these circumstances that we feel constrained to call upon you to come to our aid. Should a disturbance arise here, the circumstances are so extreme that we cannot but believe that you and the men under you will not fail to come to the rescue of people who will be so situated. We guarantee any expense that may reasonably be incurred by you in helping us, and ask you to believe that nothing but the sternest necessity has prompted this appeal.
Strana 177 - The rule in question has but a single purpose and object. It is that no European power or combination of European powers shall forcibly deprive an American state of the right and power of self-government and of shaping for itself its own political fortunes and destinies.
Strana 222 - Thousands of unarmed men, women, and children of our race will be at the mercy of well-armed Boers, while property of enormous value will be in the greatest peril. We cannot contemplate the future without the gravest apprehensions. All feel that we are justified in taking any steps to prevent the shedding of blood and to insure the protection of our rights.
Strana 181 - In making these recommendations I am fully alive to the responsibility incurred, and keenly realize all the consequences that may follow. I am, nevertheless, firm in my conviction that, while It is a grievous thing to contemplate the two great English-speaking peoples of the world as being otherwise than friendly competitors In the onward march of civilization...
Strana 221 - Not to go into detail, we may say that the Government has called into existence all the elements necessary for armed conflict. The one desire of the people here is for fair play, the maintenance of their independence, and the preservation of those public liberties without which life is not worth having.