 ... that vain conception, that we, forsooth, have a mission to be the censors of vice and folly, of abuse and imperfection, among the other countries of the world; that we are to be the universal schoolmasters; and that all those who hesitate to recognise...  Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Page 2581865Full view - About this book
 | 1865 - 804 pages
...individuals. If he can, he will quarrel with an absolute monarchy ; if he cannot find an absolute monarchy for the purpose, he will quarrel with one that is...war of diplomacy forthwith declared against them" ? Are not the electors of Chester and the whole people of England aware that on an occasion still more... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - 1850 - 804 pages
...schoolmasters; and that all those who hesitate to recognise our office, can bo governed only by prejudice or personal animosity, and should have the blind war of diplomacy forthwith declared against them. And certainly if the business of a Foreign Secretary properly were to carry on such diplomatic wars,... | |
 | Archibald Hamilton Bryce - 1862 - 344 pages
...schoolmasters; and that all those who hesitate to recognise our office can be governed only by prejudice or personal animosity, and should have the blind war of diplomacy forthwith declared against them Sir, the English people, whom we are here to represent, are indeed a great and noble people; but it... | |
 | 1865 - 816 pages
...monarchy ; if he cannot find an absolute mon ' See Hansard (New Series), vol. 104. VOL. XCVn. NO. DXCIL archy for the purpose, he will quarrel with one that...Exchequer was then held by the noble Lord who now sits in Cahinet with him as Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. "The course which the right honourable... | |
 | 1865 - 794 pages
...individuals. If he can, he will quarrel with an absolute monarchy ; if he cannot find an absolute monarchy for the purpose, he will quarrel with one that is...war of diplomacy forthwith declared against them" 1 Are not the electors of Chester and the whole people of England aware that on an occasion still more... | |
 | 1865 - 818 pages
...arc to be the universal schoolmasters, and that all those who hesitate to recognise our office ean be governed only by prejudice and personal animosity,...war of diplomacy forthwith declared against them" ? Are not the electors of Chester and the whole people of England aware that on an occasion still more... | |
 | Richard Masheder - 1865 - 286 pages
...schoolmasters; and that all those who hesitate to recognise our office can be governed only by prejudice or personal animosity, and should have the blind war of diplomacy forthwith declared against them. "What, sir, ought a Foreign Secretary to bo? Is he to be like some gallant knight at a tournament of... | |
 | Archibald Hamilton Bryce - 1869 - 344 pages
...schoolmasters ; and that all those who hesitate to recognise our office can be governed only by prejudice or personal animosity, and should have the blind war of diplomacy forthwith declared against them Sir, the English people, whom we are here to represent, are indeed a great and noble people ; but it... | |
 | Nelson Thomas and sons, ltd - 1873 - 408 pages
...schoolmasters; and that all those who hesitate to 'recognize our office can be governed only by prejudice or personal 'animosity, and should have the blind war of diplomacy forthwith declared against them Sir, the English people, whom we are here to represent, are indeed a great and noble people ; but it... | |
 | 1898 - 642 pages
...schoolmasters ; and that all those who hesitate to recognise our office can be governed only by prejudice or personal animosity, and should have the blind war of diplomacy forthwith declared against them. What, sir, ought a Foreign Secretary to be ? . . . I understand it to be his duty to conciliate peace... | |
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