Hubert Hervey, Student and Imperialist: A MemoirE. Arnold, 1899 - 151 pàgines |
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... house . A quick and continual succession of new faces naturally tends to dull a tutor's recollection of old pupils , but so marked was the individuality of young Hervey , that Mr. Luxmoore writes of him to - day , at a distance of over ...
... house . A quick and continual succession of new faces naturally tends to dull a tutor's recollection of old pupils , but so marked was the individuality of young Hervey , that Mr. Luxmoore writes of him to - day , at a distance of over ...
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... house , and the law took its course . ' Hubert justified his conduct on the ground that he did not wish to leave Eton without completing the round of his experience ! He left Eton , to Mr. Luxmoore's great regret , at the end of 1874 ...
... house , and the law took its course . ' Hubert justified his conduct on the ground that he did not wish to leave Eton without completing the round of his experience ! He left Eton , to Mr. Luxmoore's great regret , at the end of 1874 ...
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... house he passed many pleasant evenings . ' He was , as you well know , ' writes Mr. Lecky to Hervey's sister , ' the most modest , unostenta- tious , unobtrusive of men , with no tinge of egotism in his nature ; and all who knew him ...
... house he passed many pleasant evenings . ' He was , as you well know , ' writes Mr. Lecky to Hervey's sister , ' the most modest , unostenta- tious , unobtrusive of men , with no tinge of egotism in his nature ; and all who knew him ...
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... HOUSE , FARINGDON , May 20 , 1882 . ... The country is so beautiful just now . I look out on green and hill , and hear birds singing ; and the sun shines , and I read The Tempest and philosophize . The Tempest seems to me very ...
... HOUSE , FARINGDON , May 20 , 1882 . ... The country is so beautiful just now . I look out on green and hill , and hear birds singing ; and the sun shines , and I read The Tempest and philosophize . The Tempest seems to me very ...
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... House . The High Commissioner1 was much impressed by his capacity , and took a great interest in his career ; and the acquaintance , renewed from time to time when Hervey was at Cape Town , ripened into friendship . Some of his home ...
... House . The High Commissioner1 was much impressed by his capacity , and took a great interest in his career ; and the acquaintance , renewed from time to time when Hervey was at Cape Town , ripened into friendship . Some of his home ...
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Hubert Hervey, Student and Imperialist: A Memoir Earl Albert Henry George Grey Grey Visualització completa - 1899 |
Hubert Hervey, Student and Imperialist: A Memoir Earl Albert Henry George Grey Grey Visualització completa - 1899 |
Hubert Hervey, Student and Imperialist: A Memoir Albert Henry George Grey Grey (4th earl) Visualització completa - 1899 |
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Pàgina 56 - Probably everyone would agree that an Englishman would be right in considering his way of looking at the world and at life better than that of the Maori or...
Pàgina 58 - More especially must the difficulty caused by the absence of a generally recognised standard of justice be felt in the case of contact between civilized and uncivilized races. Is there any likelihood of the gulf between the white and the black man being bridged within any period of time that we can foresee ? Can there be any doubt that the white man must, and will, impose his superior civilization on the coloured races...
Pàgina 56 - In so far as an Englishman differs in essentials from a Swede or Belgian, he believes that he represents a more perfectly developed standard of general excellence. . . . Yes, and even those nations nearest to us in mind and sentiment — • German and Scandinavian — we regard on the whole as not so excellent as ourselves, comparing their typical characteristics with ours.