The Living Age, Volum 226Living Age Company, 1900 |
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Pàgina 73
... Herat , however , is not a more pressing cause of anxiety than the difficulty of dis- covering some solid basis for complete confidence and harmonious action be- tween the Afghan ruler and ourselves . The Ameer is very keenly alive to ...
... Herat , however , is not a more pressing cause of anxiety than the difficulty of dis- covering some solid basis for complete confidence and harmonious action be- tween the Afghan ruler and ourselves . The Ameer is very keenly alive to ...
Pàgina 74
... Herat , he declared that " our camels and pack - horses suffice for our trade . " On the other hand , how is Af- ghanistan to remain outside the World's movement by adhering to an exclusive policy which even China has been com- pelled ...
... Herat , he declared that " our camels and pack - horses suffice for our trade . " On the other hand , how is Af- ghanistan to remain outside the World's movement by adhering to an exclusive policy which even China has been com- pelled ...
Pàgina 75
... Herat and Balkh would be averted . In Turning to the other side of the pic- ture , the drawbacks of the new ar- rangement would chiefly consist in our being compelled to face the facts of the situation , and to announce to the world ...
... Herat and Balkh would be averted . In Turning to the other side of the pic- ture , the drawbacks of the new ar- rangement would chiefly consist in our being compelled to face the facts of the situation , and to announce to the world ...
Pàgina 76
... Herat , Eng- land should at once occupy Candahar , and many persons add Cabul as well . This would be an irregular commence- ment for the formal partition of the State between England and Russia . But has any English statesman or pub ...
... Herat , Eng- land should at once occupy Candahar , and many persons add Cabul as well . This would be an irregular commence- ment for the formal partition of the State between England and Russia . But has any English statesman or pub ...
Pàgina 77
... Herat , if unopposed by England , would carry with it no penalty , and would add but little to the responsibilities of the Russian ad- ministration across the Caspian . most admirable base for military oper- ations in the direction of ...
... Herat , if unopposed by England , would carry with it no penalty , and would add but little to the responsibilities of the Russian ad- ministration across the Caspian . most admirable base for military oper- ations in the direction of ...
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Frases i termes més freqüents
A. C. McClurg Aconcagua Afghanistan appear beautiful British called century character child China Chinese course Cowper crabs d'Epinay Danby dark dead death Dora doubt Emperor England English expression eyes face fact feel flowers foreign France French garden German give Government hand head heard heart Herat human imagination interest kind Kurtz lady Lethbridge LIVING AGE looked Lord Lord John Russell Lord Salisbury Louise Madame Madame d'Epinay Maid of Sker Mary Kingsley matter means ment miles mind Molière mother ness never night once Peking perhaps person phrase poet political present river round Russia S. S. McClure Santa Fiora seemed Shakespeare side soul speak stood talk tell things thought tion ture turned voice Whig whole woman word write young Zurbriggen
Passatges populars
Pàgina 463 - Ah me! for aught that ever I could read. Could ever hear by tale or history, The course of true love never did run smooth: But, either it was different in blood; Her.
Pàgina 182 - He's here in double trust; First, as I am his kinsman and his subject Strong both against the deed; then, as his host, Who should against his murderer shut the door, Not bear the knife myself.
Pàgina 25 - ... wild and passionate uproar. Ugly. Yes, it was ugly enough; but if you were man enough you would admit to yourself that there was in you just the faintest trace of a response to the terrible frankness of that noise, a dim suspicion of there being a meaning in it which you - you so remote from the night of first ages - could comprehend. And why not? The mind of man is capable of anything - because everything is in it, all the past as well as all the future.
Pàgina 356 - So great an object: can this cockpit hold The vasty fields of France? or may we cram Within this wooden O the very casques That did affright the air at Agincourt? O, pardon! since a crooked figure may Attest in little place a million; And let us, ciphers to this great accompt, On your imaginary forces work.
Pàgina 356 - O, for a muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest heaven of invention ! A kingdom for a stage, princes to act, And monarchs to behold the swelling scene ! Then should the warlike Harry, like himself, Assume the port of Mars ; and, at his heels, Leash'd in like hounds, should famine, sword, and fire, Crouch for employment.
Pàgina 182 - And that which should accompany old age, As honour, love, obedience, troops of friends, I must not look to have ; but, in their stead, Curses, not loud but deep, mouth-honour, breath, Which the poor heart would fain deny, and dare not.
Pàgina 356 - On this unworthy scaffold to bring forth So great an object; can this cockpit hold The vasty fields of France? or may we cram Within this wooden O the very casques That did affright the air at Agincourt?
Pàgina 183 - The times have been That, when the brains were out, the man would die, And there an end ; but now they rise again, With twenty mortal murders on their crowns, And push us from our stools.
Pàgina 148 - Ne nous emportons point contre les hommes , en voyant leur dureté, leur ingratitude, leur injustice, leur fierté, l'amour d'eux-mêmes, et l'oubli des autres; ils sont ainsi faits, c'est leur nature : c'est ne pouvoir supporter que la pierre tombe, ou que le feu s'élève.
Pàgina 15 - Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves is as true of personal habits as of money.