The Ashantee War: A Popular NarrativeH. S. King & Company, 1874 - 408 páginas |
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... thing that was said by those who had been for a few years connected with the country ; and it must be frankly admitted that very full advantage was taken of our credulity . For some two or three weeks the Times was filled with a series ...
... thing that was said by those who had been for a few years connected with the country ; and it must be frankly admitted that very full advantage was taken of our credulity . For some two or three weeks the Times was filled with a series ...
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... things which the English nation is , I am certain , very far from wishing . One of those who has written to the Times has proposed that we should establish with the King of Ashantee an extradition treaty . ' 6 " That is a very pretty ...
... things which the English nation is , I am certain , very far from wishing . One of those who has written to the Times has proposed that we should establish with the King of Ashantee an extradition treaty . ' 6 " That is a very pretty ...
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... this feeling is simply due to our not appreciating the view which an Ashantee monarch necessarily takes of the respective conditions of peace and war . War is not a thing which in his eyes requires to be excused . War is.
... this feeling is simply due to our not appreciating the view which an Ashantee monarch necessarily takes of the respective conditions of peace and war . War is not a thing which in his eyes requires to be excused . War is.
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... thing which he has sworn at the time of his coronation to pre- pare for his country . It is a continued condition of peace for which some apology is needed . The oppor- tunity is the only excuse that is needed for war . " It must be ...
... thing which he has sworn at the time of his coronation to pre- pare for his country . It is a continued condition of peace for which some apology is needed . The oppor- tunity is the only excuse that is needed for war . " It must be ...
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... thing in their eyes . " Your obedient servant , " " I am unwilling to delay the course of the narrative further by entering here into any detailed defence of these statements . Any one who will purchase of Mr. IN ENGLAND BEFORE THE ...
... thing in their eyes . " Your obedient servant , " " I am unwilling to delay the course of the narrative further by entering here into any detailed defence of these statements . Any one who will purchase of Mr. IN ENGLAND BEFORE THE ...
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