The Complete Story of the Transvaal from the "Great Trek" to the Convention of London: With Appendix Comprising Ministerial Declarations of Policy and Official DocumentsS. Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, 1885 - 372 strán (strany) |
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Strana xvii
... fire of the Boers - Abandonment of the plateau - Firing on a flag of truce - Arrival of Sir Evelyn Wood - His march over the Biggarsberg - The Majuba defeat - Description of the moun- tain - The ascent of the hill - Consternation of the ...
... fire of the Boers - Abandonment of the plateau - Firing on a flag of truce - Arrival of Sir Evelyn Wood - His march over the Biggarsberg - The Majuba defeat - Description of the moun- tain - The ascent of the hill - Consternation of the ...
Strana 43
... fire of lies was kept up , and the pulpit was degraded into a political catapult . So stood matters when Shepstone arrived in January , 1877. I fore- saw the dangers which would accrue from this state of things for the Republic , and in ...
... fire of lies was kept up , and the pulpit was degraded into a political catapult . So stood matters when Shepstone arrived in January , 1877. I fore- saw the dangers which would accrue from this state of things for the Republic , and in ...
Strana 53
... an element in the external rela- tions of the country with its neighbours . Where houses adjoin , a fire in one is a condition which affects the neighbours . So far it will be necessary to Reasons for the Annexation . 53.
... an element in the external rela- tions of the country with its neighbours . Where houses adjoin , a fire in one is a condition which affects the neighbours . So far it will be necessary to Reasons for the Annexation . 53.
Strana 59
... fire . We wish to extinguish that fire while it is yet smouldering , because we know that you cannot ; that wish and the act arising out of it are dictated by friendship to- wards you , and solicitude for your welfare , as well as ...
... fire . We wish to extinguish that fire while it is yet smouldering , because we know that you cannot ; that wish and the act arising out of it are dictated by friendship to- wards you , and solicitude for your welfare , as well as ...
Strana 70
... fire . The grown - up people who rushed out were shot down , and the rest " huddled together . " The children were then put together , and the rest were shot . She was allotted to a Mr. Van Zweel , who sold her at the age of fourteen to ...
... fire . The grown - up people who rushed out were shot down , and the rest " huddled together . " The children were then put together , and the rest were shot . She was allotted to a Mr. Van Zweel , who sold her at the age of fourteen to ...
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The Complete Story of the Transvaal from the "Great Trek" to the Convention ... John Nixon Úplné zobrazenie - 1885 |
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