The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volumen 166A. Constable, 1887 |
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... doubts on his veracity . To living writers he is in general civil , and at times even complimentary ; but almost the only dead authors on whom he finds him- self able to bestow unqualified commendation are John 6 6 Gibson Lockhart , Dr ...
... doubts on his veracity . To living writers he is in general civil , and at times even complimentary ; but almost the only dead authors on whom he finds him- self able to bestow unqualified commendation are John 6 6 Gibson Lockhart , Dr ...
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... doubt they used the skins of wild animals to shelter themselves from winter's icy breath ; but their habit of body - painting proves that clothes were often dispensed with , in battle at all events . . . . There 4 July , Ettrick Forest ...
... doubt they used the skins of wild animals to shelter themselves from winter's icy breath ; but their habit of body - painting proves that clothes were often dispensed with , in battle at all events . . . . There 4 July , Ettrick Forest ...
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... doubt they used the skins of wild animals to shelter themselves from winter's icy breath ; but their habit of body - painting proves that clothes were often dispensed with , in battle at all events . . . . There 4 July , Ettrick Forest ...
... doubt they used the skins of wild animals to shelter themselves from winter's icy breath ; but their habit of body - painting proves that clothes were often dispensed with , in battle at all events . . . . There 4 July , Ettrick Forest ...
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... doubt , mention of the Catrail as the " fosse of the Galwegians , " " & c . This is far from being the case . Galloway was in ancient times the Patria Pictorum of the west ; the ' men of Galloway ' were not Cymri or Welshmen , but Picts ...
... doubt , mention of the Catrail as the " fosse of the Galwegians , " " & c . This is far from being the case . Galloway was in ancient times the Patria Pictorum of the west ; the ' men of Galloway ' were not Cymri or Welshmen , but Picts ...
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... doubt of immense importance for the elucidation of local genealogy and even general history ; but following each other without any connecting idea , they have rather a bewildering effect on the mind . It at least renders much of the ...
... doubt of immense importance for the elucidation of local genealogy and even general history ; but following each other without any connecting idea , they have rather a bewildering effect on the mind . It at least renders much of the ...
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Página 151 - Britain hereby declare, that neither the one nor the other will ever obtain or maintain for itself any exclusive control over the said Ship Canal; agreeing, that neither will ever erect or maintain any fortifications commanding the same, or in the vicinity thereof, or occupy, or fortify, or colonize, or assume, or exercise any dominion over Nicaragua, Costa Rica, the Mosquito coast, or any part of Central America...
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Página 151 - The United States of America and Her Britannic Majesty, being desirous of consolidating the relations of amity which so happily subsist between them, by setting forth and fixing in a Convention their views and intentions with reference to any means of communication by Ship Canal, which may be constructed between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, by the way of the River San Juan de Nicaragua and either or both of the Lakes of Nicaragua or Managua, to any port or place on the Pacific Ocean, — The...
Página 151 - V. The contracting parties further engage, that when the said canal shall have been completed, they will protect it from interruption, seizure, or unjust confiscation, and that they will guarantee the neutrality thereof, so that the said canal may forever be open and free, and the capital invested therein secure.
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Página 153 - The policy of this country is a canal under American control. The United States cannot consent to the surrender of this control to any European power, or to any combination of European powers.
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