The Life and Times of Sir John Charles Molteno, K.C.M.G., First Premier of Cape Colony: Comprising a History of Representative Institutions and Responsible Government at the Cape and of Lord Carnarvon's Confederation Policy & of Sir Bartle Frere's High Commissionership of South Africa, المجلد 1Smith, Elder & Company, 1900 |
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... established here , and Lieut . - Colonel Lindsay , of the 1st battalion of the 91st , was in command . Great herds of cattle were driven from the Colony and passed almost in sight of Fort Peddie towards Kreli's country without any ...
... established here , and Lieut . - Colonel Lindsay , of the 1st battalion of the 91st , was in command . Great herds of cattle were driven from the Colony and passed almost in sight of Fort Peddie towards Kreli's country without any ...
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... establish Kreli's innocence and after much pretended ignorance of his whereabouts and description of his fears , one of the natives , a wily old diplomat who was nearly eighty years of age , asked in an undertone , ' Would you come ...
... establish Kreli's innocence and after much pretended ignorance of his whereabouts and description of his fears , one of the natives , a wily old diplomat who was nearly eighty years of age , asked in an undertone , ' Would you come ...
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... established an ordinance had been passed in 1836 ; Beaufort had applied at once for the necessary powers ; in January 1837 its regulations were framed and approved by the Government ; and thereupon the Council was elected and began to ...
... established an ordinance had been passed in 1836 ; Beaufort had applied at once for the necessary powers ; in January 1837 its regulations were framed and approved by the Government ; and thereupon the Council was elected and began to ...
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... establish and exercise it . Mr. Molteno entered with spirit into the various ques- tions which came up for consideration by the community of Beaufort . He became a member of the Municipal Council , and at a subsequent period of the ...
... establish and exercise it . Mr. Molteno entered with spirit into the various ques- tions which came up for consideration by the community of Beaufort . He became a member of the Municipal Council , and at a subsequent period of the ...
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... established as suited to its people . The offspring of England cannot be a subject race , even where the dominion is exercised by their kinsmen who remain at home ; they are an integral part of the English people which , by the ...
... established as suited to its people . The offspring of England cannot be a subject race , even where the dominion is exercised by their kinsmen who remain at home ; they are an integral part of the English people which , by the ...
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action affairs agitation annexation Attorney-General Beaufort Bill British burghers Cape Colony Cape Parliament Cape Town carried character Colonial Secretary colonists confederation Conference considered constitution course Crown desire despatch difficulties district Dutch east eastern province elected England English Executive expressed favour federation feeling force frontier Froude Froude's further give Governor Graaff Reinet Grahamstown Griqualand West High Commissioner Home Government House Imperial Government interests introduction of responsible J. C. MOLTENO Kaffirs Kreli land Langalibalele Legislature Lord Carnarvon Majesty's Government matter ment Ministers Ministry Natal native policy object opinion Orange Free party passed Paterson political Port Elizabeth position present principle proposed question railway received regard reply representative institutions resolution responsible government retrenchment revenue sent session Sir Andries Sir Garnet Wolseley Sir Henry Barkly Sir Philip Wodehouse Solomon South Africa speech Sprigg Stockenstrom tion took Transvaal views vote whole wishes
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الصفحة 348 - Merciful Heaven, Thou rather with thy sharp and sulphurous bolt Split'st the unwedgeable and gnarled oak Than the soft myrtle: but man, proud man, Drest in a little brief authority, Most ignorant of what he's most assured, His glassy essence, like an angry ape, Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven As make the angels weep; who, with our spleens, Would all themselves laugh mortal.
الصفحة 233 - He has the didactic impulse. He has the 'courage of his ideas.' He will convince the audience. He knows an argument which will be effective, he has one for one and another for another; he has an enthusiasm which he feels will rouse the apathetic, a demonstration which he thinks must convert the incredulous, an illustration which he hopes will drive his meaning even into the heads of the stolid. At any rate, he will try. He has a nature, as Coleridge might have said, towards his audience.
الصفحة 410 - ... me in thinking over what Mr. Gladstone was reported to have said, and in thinking of his own achievements and career, that there are two classes of men who have played and still play a prominent part in the world — those who accomplish great things, and those who talk and make speeches about them. The doers of things are for the most part silent. Those who build up empires or discover secrets of science, those who paint great pictures or write great poems, are not often to be found spouting...
الصفحة 311 - I think there can be no doubt that, in any great public, or popular, or national question or movement, the mere fact of calling these people different nations would not make them so, nor would the fact of a mere fordable stream running between them sever their sympathies or prevent them from acting in unison.
الصفحة 115 - unable to concede the claim advanced on behalf of the administration of the waste land as one of absolute right " Sir J. Pakington agreed,4 " that 1 Midlothian Address, 1880. 2 " Lord Grey was possessed with the idea that it was practicable to give representative institutions, and then to stop without giving responsible government — something like the English Constitution under Elizabeth and the Stuarts. He did not understand either the vigorous independence of an Anglo-Saxon community, or the...
الصفحة 265 - Amongst no people have I ever met more contentment with their general condition, a more legitimate pride in all those characteristics which constitute their nationality, or a firmer faith in the destinies in store for them. Your...
الصفحة 144 - Since the close of the American war, it has not been the policy of England to vest any portion of the legislative power of the subordinate government of a dependency in a body elected by the inhabitants. The only exception to * There is one British dependency, viz.