A history of our own times. Fine paper ed, Band 61905 |
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A History of Our Own Times. Fine Paper Ed Professor of History Justin McCarthy Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2015 |
A History of Our Own Times. Fine Paper Ed Professor of History Justin McCarthy Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2015 |
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Seite 98 - The spectacle of thousands of British subjects kept permanently in the position of helots, constantly chafing under undoubted grievances, and calling vainly to her Majesty's Government for redress, does steadily undermine the influence and reputation of Great Britain and the respect for the British Government within the Queen's dominions.
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Seite 268 - I do not undervalue the name of Albert, which I inherit from my ever to be lamented, great and wise father, who by universal consent is I think deservedly known by the name of Albert the Good, and I desire that his name should stand alone.
Seite 212 - ... was afterwards a student at the universities of Leipzig and Berlin, where he studied philosophy and philology under some famous teachers, and he obtained very early distinction by his translations from the Sanskrit. Afterwards he went to Paris, where he became a disciple of Eugene Burnouf. In 1848, feeling anxious to expand his studies by recourse to the great English libraries, he came to England, which was destined to be his home for the rest of his life. In London he made the acquaintance...
Seite 5 - Complete in Three Vols. Vol. I. contains the Plays complete, including the doubtful ones; Vol. II., the Poems and Minor Translations, with an Introductory Essay by ALGERNON CHAS.
Seite 269 - Principal Gentlemen of Quality, with the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Citizens of London, do now hereby, with one Voice and Consent of Tongue and Heart, publish and proclaim, That the High and Mighty Prince Albert Edward, is now, by the Death of our late Sovereign of Happy Memory, become our only lawful and rightful Liege Lord Edward the Seventh...
Seite 7 - Square 8vo, cloth extra, 6s. 6d. ; gilt edges, js. 6d. • German Popular Stories. Collected by the Brothers GRIMM, and Translated by EDGAR TAYLOR. Edited with an Introduction by JOHN RUSKIN. With 22 Illustrations after the inimitable designs of GEORGE CRUIKSHANK. Both Series Complete. " The illustrations of this volume . . . are of quite sterling and admirable art, of a class precisely parallel in elevation to the character of the...
Seite 267 - I need hardly say that my constant endeavor will be always to walk in her footsteps. In undertaking the heavy load which now devolves upon me, I am fully determined to be a constitutional sovereign in the strictest sense of the word, and as long as there is breath in my body to work for the good and amelioration of my people.
Seite 268 - I inherit from my ever-to-be-lamented great and wise father, who, by universal consent, is, I think, deservedly known by the name of Albert the Good, and I desire that his name should stand alone.