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... Italians , and Serbians , with good humour , but without - curiosity , and no over - pay- ment , however large , could extort from them any expres- sion of gratitude or even sur- prise . I shall always remember my first sight of the ...
... Italians , and Serbians , with good humour , but without - curiosity , and no over - pay- ment , however large , could extort from them any expres- sion of gratitude or even sur- prise . I shall always remember my first sight of the ...
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... Italians , Bolshevik prisoners , and several hundred sleigh - dogs left over from the winter ( who , however , fed largely on each other ) . All these had different scales of rations , and when they paid , paid different prices in ...
... Italians , Bolshevik prisoners , and several hundred sleigh - dogs left over from the winter ( who , however , fed largely on each other ) . All these had different scales of rations , and when they paid , paid different prices in ...
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... Italian Somaliland and occupy the Mudug . An- other column was to operate on the Berbera - Bohotleh line . And , simultaneously , an Abys- sinian force of 5000 rifles , ac- companied by British officers , was to advance along the Webi ...
... Italian Somaliland and occupy the Mudug . An- other column was to operate on the Berbera - Bohotleh line . And , simultaneously , an Abys- sinian force of 5000 rifles , ac- companied by British officers , was to advance along the Webi ...
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... Italian territory after re- ceiving solemn assurances of a safe passage from Osman Mahmoud , the Sultan of the Mijjertein , the Italian Somali tribe , who was equally solemnly pledged to us to prevent him from crossing the Italian ...
... Italian territory after re- ceiving solemn assurances of a safe passage from Osman Mahmoud , the Sultan of the Mijjertein , the Italian Somali tribe , who was equally solemnly pledged to us to prevent him from crossing the Italian ...
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... Italian territory must have cut a poor figure as compared with the defiant enemy who , during the third expedition ... Italian Government and the Mullah , whereby peace was declared between the Dervishes on the one hand and the British ...
... Italian territory must have cut a poor figure as compared with the defiant enemy who , during the third expedition ... Italian Government and the Mullah , whereby peace was declared between the Dervishes on the one hand and the British ...
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Page 181 - They have decided that the empire shall not be destroyed, and in my opinion no minister in this country will do his duty who neglects any opportunity of reconstructing as much as possible our colonial empire, and of responding to those distant sympathies which may become the source of incalculable strength and happiness to this land.
Page 178 - There were days when on waking I felt I could move dynasties and governments, but that has passed away.
Page 95 - If more troops had been at hand the casualties would have been greater in proportion. It was no longer a question of merely dispersing the crowd, but one of producing a sufficient moral effect from a military point of view not only on those who were present, but more especially throughout the Punjab. There could be no question of undue severity.
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Page 343 - To every man there openeth A way, and ways, and a way. And the high soul climbs the high way, And the low soul gropes the low: And in between, on the misty flats, The rest drift to and fro. But to every man there openeth A high way and a low, And every man decideth The way his soul shall go.
Page 636 - ... and, having taken the administration of justice into their own hands, were not very exact in the distribution of it.
Page 412 - It may be that at some future period the Egyptians may be rendered capable of governing themselves without the presence of a foreign army in their midst, and without foreign guidance in civil and military affairs; but that period is far distant. One or more generations must, in my opinion, pass away before the question can be even usefully discussed.
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