On the Eve of the War: A Narrative of Impressions During a Journey in Cape Colony, the Free State, the Transvaal, Natal, and Rhodesia, September, 1899, to January, 1900C. Scribner's Sons, 1900 - 147 strán (strany) |
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Strana 5
... scarcely less evil augury that personal animosities are equally patent in the more limited but nevertheless influen- tial surroundings of the Cape Legislative Assembly . Certainly no Argus - eyed critic is needed to discover this ...
... scarcely less evil augury that personal animosities are equally patent in the more limited but nevertheless influen- tial surroundings of the Cape Legislative Assembly . Certainly no Argus - eyed critic is needed to discover this ...
Strana 11
... had all the horrors , and will have all the recollec- tions of civil war , for many have relations in the Transvaal and Free State . It is scarcely realized in England how strong this inter - relationship is among the leading families .
... had all the horrors , and will have all the recollec- tions of civil war , for many have relations in the Transvaal and Free State . It is scarcely realized in England how strong this inter - relationship is among the leading families .
Strana 14
... scarcely conscious that such an admission on their part could be claimed , from the British point of view , as evidence of his obstinacy . Most of the Transvaal leaders , they believed , knew they would be beaten in the event of war ...
... scarcely conscious that such an admission on their part could be claimed , from the British point of view , as evidence of his obstinacy . Most of the Transvaal leaders , they believed , knew they would be beaten in the event of war ...
Strana 22
... scarcely knew that he was resident in a foreign state ; after the raid it has not been so . Before the raid Dutch Free Staters made it a common practice to teach their children Dutch and English indifferently ; now they usually speak to ...
... scarcely knew that he was resident in a foreign state ; after the raid it has not been so . Before the raid Dutch Free Staters made it a common practice to teach their children Dutch and English indifferently ; now they usually speak to ...
Strana 33
... scarcely do more ) , Great Britain would logically no longer have been in a position to remonstrate if further necessity arose . She had as much as said that the acceptance of these proposals would close the matter if their object was ...
... scarcely do more ) , Great Britain would logically no longer have been in a position to remonstrate if further necessity arose . She had as much as said that the acceptance of these proposals would close the matter if their object was ...
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On the Eve of the War: A Narrative of Impressions During a Journey in Cape ... Evelyn Cecil Úplné zobrazenie - 1900 |
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Afrikander Bond alliance already article coming Author To face Beira railway Bloemfontein Boers Britain British federation British South Africa Bulawayo burghers Cape Colony CHAPTER Chartered Company chief coach colonists Convention corruption customs union Delagoa Bay difficulties Dominion Dundee DUTCH FARM England English and Dutch equal political rights Evelyn Cecil farmers feeling fight force franchise gauge granted grievances hand Hofmeyr hostile IMPERIAL LIGHT HORSE independence INYANGA Jameson raid Johannesburg journey justice Ladysmith land Leyds LOYAL DUTCHMEN Majuba Mashonaland Massi Kessi Matabele ment miles military mining monopoly Natal natives official opinion Orange Free peace perhaps Photograph PIETERMARITZBURG present President Brand President Kruger Pretoria probably question Raad RAADSAAL race race-feeling Rhodes Rhodesia rifle Salisbury scarcely Sir Alfred Sir George White South Africa South African Republic spirit Steyn tion Trans Transvaal Government travelled TREKKING troops uitlanders ultimatum Umtali vaal veldt Volksraad vote WASH-AWAY whiskey Zulu