The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 237A. Constable, 1923 |
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... realised that in the course of four years Great Britain had lapsed from a position of unquestioned leader- ship into one of almost complete isolation - not the proud and deliberate isolation in which Mr. Joseph Chamberlain exulted ...
... realised that in the course of four years Great Britain had lapsed from a position of unquestioned leader- ship into one of almost complete isolation - not the proud and deliberate isolation in which Mr. Joseph Chamberlain exulted ...
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... realise the mortal offence which the President had given to the Republican Party by his refusal to associate any of its influential leaders with the conduct of the Paris negotiations ? Within six months of the signature of the Treaty of ...
... realise the mortal offence which the President had given to the Republican Party by his refusal to associate any of its influential leaders with the conduct of the Paris negotiations ? Within six months of the signature of the Treaty of ...
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... realise that it was to the interests of France herself to write down the German debt to practical dimensions and that on this condition alone could the debt be collected . Mr. Lloyd George's advocacy of reasonable treatment for Germany ...
... realise that it was to the interests of France herself to write down the German debt to practical dimensions and that on this condition alone could the debt be collected . Mr. Lloyd George's advocacy of reasonable treatment for Germany ...
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... realises that Biblical criticism is a science and not a mere impertinence . Many will sympathise with his complaint that " ' Theology can only be estimated fairly by those who have a considerable acquaintance with metaphysics ...
... realises that Biblical criticism is a science and not a mere impertinence . Many will sympathise with his complaint that " ' Theology can only be estimated fairly by those who have a considerable acquaintance with metaphysics ...
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... due sense of responsibility as a Bishop to whom many look for guidance , the significance of his remarkable concessions to moderate Modernism will be realised . Just as Dr. Knox's book is valuable as shewing the 66 Jan. MOVEMENTS OF ...
... due sense of responsibility as a Bishop to whom many look for guidance , the significance of his remarkable concessions to moderate Modernism will be realised . Just as Dr. Knox's book is valuable as shewing the 66 Jan. MOVEMENTS OF ...
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Page 331 - E che pensieri immensi, Che dolci sogni mi spirò la vista Di quel lontano mar, quei monti^ azzurri, Che di qua scopro, e che varcare un giorno Io mi pensava, arcani mondi, arcana Felicità fingendo al viver mio!
Page 224 - Ireland, as therein set forth, to be agreeable to the Word of God ; and in Public Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments, I will use the form in the said book prescribed, and none other, except so far as shall be ordered by lawful authority.
Page 28 - To him that hath shall be given ; and from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath.
Page 181 - Behold me charged with the cares of government. I am not the best among you; I need all your advice and all your help. If I do well, support me; if I mistake, counsel me. To tell truth to a person commissioned to rule is faithful allegiance; to conceal it is treason. In my sight, the powerful and the weak are alike; and to both I wish to render justice. As I obey God and his Prophet, obey me; if I neglect the laws of God and the Prophet, I have no right to your obedience.
Page 216 - First, the law of public worship in the Church of England is too narrow for the religious life of the present generation.
Page 15 - Nor are we fighting to deprive Turkey of its capital, or of the rich and renowned lands of Asia Minor and Thrace which are predominantly Turkish in race...
Page 277 - An ambassador is an honest man, sent to lie abroad for the good of his country.
Page 183 - To this could be traced the extraordinary vitality of the Abbasid Caliphate and the permanence of its spiritual supremacy even after it had lost its temporal authority. The acceptance of this fundamental principle of racial equality among all the subjects helped the early sovereigns of the house of Abbas to build up a polity which endured without a rival for over five centuries, and fell only before a barbarian attack from without.
Page 329 - We are the fools of time and terror : Days Steal on us and steal from us ; yet we live, Loathing our life, and dreading still to die. In all the days of this detested yoke— This Vital weight upon the struggling heart, Which sinks with sorrow, or beats quick with pain, Or joy that ends in agony or faintness — In all the days of past and future, for In life there is no present, we can number How...
Page 267 - Diplomacy is the application of intelligence and tact to the conduct of official relations between the governments of independent states...