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... Afghanistan , whence it is sure to invade Turkestan , Persia , and Asia Minor . The Russian Plague Committee already report one case of bubonic plague at Tavriz - that is , near the frontier of Caucasia 34 July THE NINETEENTH CENTURY.
... Afghanistan , whence it is sure to invade Turkestan , Persia , and Asia Minor . The Russian Plague Committee already report one case of bubonic plague at Tavriz - that is , near the frontier of Caucasia 34 July THE NINETEENTH CENTURY.
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... Afghanistan . The large army is indisputably loyal and efficient , while the Scientific Frontier , for whatever it is worth , is even in a stronger condition than before . In that branch of defence , therefore , there is no change . But ...
... Afghanistan . The large army is indisputably loyal and efficient , while the Scientific Frontier , for whatever it is worth , is even in a stronger condition than before . In that branch of defence , therefore , there is no change . But ...
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A Monthly Review. Afghanistan is changed . I will dwell at some length on this important question . The modern history of Afghanistan is the history of her ruler the Ameer Abdur Rahman Khan . He is bound in solemn promise to remain a ...
A Monthly Review. Afghanistan is changed . I will dwell at some length on this important question . The modern history of Afghanistan is the history of her ruler the Ameer Abdur Rahman Khan . He is bound in solemn promise to remain a ...
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... Afghanistan , have the highest opinion of the learning and morality of that Prince , and he is generally referred to as the scholar of the Royal Family . Moreover he possesses a cool and imperturbable temper - an essential quality for a ...
... Afghanistan , have the highest opinion of the learning and morality of that Prince , and he is generally referred to as the scholar of the Royal Family . Moreover he possesses a cool and imperturbable temper - an essential quality for a ...
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... Afghanistan is playing a false game ; that is a fact to be counted on . There is a strategic hand in the game , that of Ghoolam Haidar Khan . Behind him again looms the Ameer of Afghanistan , and still further off the Commander of the ...
... Afghanistan is playing a false game ; that is a fact to be counted on . There is a strategic hand in the game , that of Ghoolam Haidar Khan . Behind him again looms the Ameer of Afghanistan , and still further off the Commander of the ...
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Page 637 - ... that comes from abroad or is grown at home ; taxes on the raw material ; taxes on every fresh value that is added to it by the industry of man ; taxes on the sauce which pampers man's appetite, and the drug that restores him to health ; on the ermine which decorates the judge, and the rope which hangs the criminal; on the poor man's salt, and the rich man's spice ; on the brass nails of the coffin, and the ribands of the bride— at bed or board, couchant or levant, we must pay.
Page 205 - Too blest, if it tells me that, 'mid the gay cheer, Some kind voice had murmur'd, " I wish he were here ! " Let Fate do her worst, there are relics of joy, Bright dreams of the past, which she cannot destroy ; Which come in the night-time of sorrow and care, And bring back the features that joy used to wear. Long, long be my heart with such memories...
Page 138 - Car nous voulons la Nuance encor, Pas la couleur, rien que la nuance! Oh! la nuance seule fiance Le rêve au rêve et la flûte au cor!
Page 67 - ... that which should follow ; whereas a slow speech confirmeth the memory, addeth a conceit of wisdom to the hearers, besides a seemliness of speech and countenance.
Page 880 - I want to know how it happens that what is sauce for the goose is not sauce for the gander...
Page 302 - Each warrior vanished where he stood, In broom or bracken, heath or wood ; Sunk brand and spear and bended bow In osiers pale and copses low : It seemed as if their mother Earth Had swallowed up her warlike birth.
Page 254 - That Day she was dressed in white Silk, bordered with Pearls of the Size of Beans, and over it a Mantle of black Silk, shot with Silver Threads; her Train was very long, the End of it borne by a Marchioness; instead of a Chain, she had an oblong Collar of Gold and Jewels.
Page 637 - TAXES upon every article which enters into the mouth, or covers the back, or is placed under the foot — taxes upon everything which it is pleasant to see, hear, feel, smell, or taste — taxes upon warmth, light, and locomotion — taxes on everything on earth, and the waters under the earth...
Page 68 - And once, when Johnson was ill, and unable to exert himself as much as usual without fatigue, Mr. Burke having been mentioned, he said " That fellow calls forth all my powers. Were I to see Burke now it would kill me.
Page 384 - He was opposed to all privilege, and indeed to all orders of men, except dukes, who were a necessity. He was also strongly in favour of the equal division of all property, except land. Liberty depended on land, and the greater the landowners, the greater the liberty of a country. He would hold forth on this topic even with energy, amazed at anyone differing from him; "as if a fellow could have too much land," he would urge with a voice and glance which defied contradiction.