Publications, Edițiile 51-55;Edițiile 57-64;Ediția 66;Ediția 69;Edițiile 71-72;Ediția 74

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1922

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Pagina 7 - Two circumstances in particular recalled my recollection of the mislaid manuscript. The first was the extended and well-merited fame of Miss Edgeworth, whose Irish characters have gone so far to make the English familiar with the character of their gay and kindhearted neighbours of Ireland, that she may be truly said to have done more towards completing the Union than perhaps all the legislative enactments by which it has been followed up.
Pagina 3 - One advantage, I think, I still have over all of them. They may do their fooling with better grace ; but I, like Sir Andrew Aguecheek. do it more natural. They have to read old books, and consult antiquarian collections, to get their knowledge ; I write because I have long since read such works, and possess, thanks to a strong memory, the information which they have to seek for.
Pagina 30 - ... that their agreement upon the amount to be paid, and upon a financial plan for working out the payments, would be accepted throughout the world as the most authoritative expression obtainable? Governments need not bind themselves in advance to accept the recommendations, but they can at least make possible such an inquiry with their approval and free the men who may represent their country in such a commission from any responsibility to Foreign Offices and from any duty to obey political instructions.
Pagina 3 - Secondly, however, we may say, these Historical Novels have taught all men this truth, which looks like a truism, and yet was as good as unknown to writers of history and others, till so taught: that the bygone ages of the world were actually filled by living men, not by protocols, state-papers, controversies and abstractions of men.
Pagina 29 - Why should they not invite men of the highest authority in finance in their respective countries — men of such prestige, experience and honor that their agreement upon the amount to be paid, and upon a financial plan for working out the payments, would be accepted throughout the world as the most authoritative expression obtainable?
Pagina 34 - The full power issued to such representative should indicate the part of the Empire in respect of which the obligations are to be undertaken, and the preamble and text of the treaty should be so worded as to make its scope clear.
Pagina 10 - With numerous Illustrations, including Pen and Pencil Drawings by JANE E. COOK. Old Touraine The Life and History of the Famous Chateaux of France.
Pagina 15 - A Continued Journal of all the Proceedings of the Duke of Buckingham.
Pagina 27 - In relation to the Pacific Ocean and the Far East we have developed the policies of (1) the Open Door, (2) the maintenance of the integrity of China, (3) cooperation with other Powers in the declaration of common principles, (4) cooperation with other Powers by conference and consultation in the interests of peace, (5) limitation of naval armament, and (6) the limitation of fortifications and naval bases.
Pagina 52 - A Parochial History of St. Mary Bourne, with an Account of the Manor of Hurstbourne Priors.

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