The Eastern MenaceKegan, Paul, Trench & Company, 1881 - 344 Seiten |
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... third of the volume is new matter I cannot justly call it a second edition . My object now is the same as that which I sought in publishing the first book , viz . to direct public attention to a national peril . Since 1876 , England has ...
... third of the volume is new matter I cannot justly call it a second edition . My object now is the same as that which I sought in publishing the first book , viz . to direct public attention to a national peril . Since 1876 , England has ...
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... third of all who die in England are under five years old ; in many towns , or districts of towns , and among great masses of population , this propor- tion reaches to one - half or more , so cheap is human life in the highest ...
... third of all who die in England are under five years old ; in many towns , or districts of towns , and among great masses of population , this propor- tion reaches to one - half or more , so cheap is human life in the highest ...
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... third Power towards that theatre ; if that Power be our old enemy and pre- sent rival , seeking the same advantages that we seek ; if we see her year by year , campaign by campaign , gradually but surely improving her position , until ...
... third Power towards that theatre ; if that Power be our old enemy and pre- sent rival , seeking the same advantages that we seek ; if we see her year by year , campaign by campaign , gradually but surely improving her position , until ...
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... third , the portion lying to the east is covered by an immense tract of mountain and forest held by savage tribes incapable but of the pettiest mischief , render- ing our right flank quite secure from serious invasion . There thus ...
... third , the portion lying to the east is covered by an immense tract of mountain and forest held by savage tribes incapable but of the pettiest mischief , render- ing our right flank quite secure from serious invasion . There thus ...
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... third from Bagdad through Ker- manshah and Maragha to Tabrez . These lines in our hands , Persia would be relieved of Russian pressure . We thus broadly indicate the strategic alternatives open to us if the direct advance of our north ...
... third from Bagdad through Ker- manshah and Maragha to Tabrez . These lines in our hands , Persia would be relieved of Russian pressure . We thus broadly indicate the strategic alternatives open to us if the direct advance of our north ...
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