Hubert Hervey, Student and Imperialist: A MemoirE. Arnold, 1899 - 151 pàgines |
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... miles away , at Clanby , near Alford ; and Hubert used to come over , over , and frequently stayed with us in vacation time . He was very fond of my father , and drove with him about the country , discussing Church politics and ...
... miles away , at Clanby , near Alford ; and Hubert used to come over , over , and frequently stayed with us in vacation time . He was very fond of my father , and drove with him about the country , discussing Church politics and ...
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... for as far as you can see ( I drove out to a farm nine miles from Uitenhage ) the country appears desolate and barren ; but I am told that this is partly deceptive , that underneath the " bush F 2 ' EN ROUTE FOR THE FRONTIER ' 67.
... for as far as you can see ( I drove out to a farm nine miles from Uitenhage ) the country appears desolate and barren ; but I am told that this is partly deceptive , that underneath the " bush F 2 ' EN ROUTE FOR THE FRONTIER ' 67.
Pàgina 70
... miles from Durban to Maritzburg , in which the rise is , I think , something like 3,000 feet ) , that its chance of successful competition will probably be much hampered thereby . I believe there are some difficult portions on the ...
... miles from Durban to Maritzburg , in which the rise is , I think , something like 3,000 feet ) , that its chance of successful competition will probably be much hampered thereby . I believe there are some difficult portions on the ...
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... miles distant . We crossed the Transvaal border almost immediately . The prospect is very flat and dreary ; a high treeless grass plateau , with here and there an odd - shaped " Koppie " rising straight out of the veld . . . . We ...
... miles distant . We crossed the Transvaal border almost immediately . The prospect is very flat and dreary ; a high treeless grass plateau , with here and there an odd - shaped " Koppie " rising straight out of the veld . . . . We ...
Pàgina 75
... miles from the Limpopo . I came on from Tuli in a springless Scotch cart and oxen , with a Dutch driver , and a " boy , " i . e . a Kaffir or negro . " Boy " or " Kaffir " means a black of more or less any race . As a matter of fact ...
... miles from the Limpopo . I came on from Tuli in a springless Scotch cart and oxen , with a Dutch driver , and a " boy , " i . e . a Kaffir or negro . " Boy " or " Kaffir " means a black of more or less any race . As a matter of fact ...
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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 24 - Thornton. A SPORTING TOUR THROUGH THE NORTHERN PARTS OF ENGLAND AND GREAT PART OF THE HIGHLANDS OF SCOTLAND. By Colonel T. THORNTON, of Thornville Royal, in Yorkshire. With the Original Illustrations by GARRARD, and other Illustrations and Coloured Plates by GE LODGE.
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.