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... South Africa . The country occupied by the Boers , between the Orange river and the Vaal , was without adequate central government ; the emigrant farmers had a very primitive way of managing their own affairs , and they were continually ...
... South Africa . The country occupied by the Boers , between the Orange river and the Vaal , was without adequate central government ; the emigrant farmers had a very primitive way of managing their own affairs , and they were continually ...
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... 103 * 20. FOUNDING THE GERMAN EMPIRE 107 21. THE FRANCO - GERMAN WAR 112 22. THE DREAM OF CECIL RHODES 120 • 23. THE DUTCH REPUBLICS IN SOUTH AFRICA 125 vi CONTENTS . 24. LIVINGSTONE'S DISCOVERIES IN CENTRAL AFRICA 25.
... 103 * 20. FOUNDING THE GERMAN EMPIRE 107 21. THE FRANCO - GERMAN WAR 112 22. THE DREAM OF CECIL RHODES 120 • 23. THE DUTCH REPUBLICS IN SOUTH AFRICA 125 vi CONTENTS . 24. LIVINGSTONE'S DISCOVERIES IN CENTRAL AFRICA 25.
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... AFRICA 189 35. THE STORY OF UGANDA 195 36. THE FOUNDING OF RHODESIA 202 37. BRITISH SOUTH AFRICA 207 38. THE DOMINION OF CANADA 214 39. AUSTRALIA- THE NEW NATION 219 40. FREEDOM FOR CUBA • 226 41. REIGN OF QUEEN VICTORIA 42. WELDING THE ...
... AFRICA 189 35. THE STORY OF UGANDA 195 36. THE FOUNDING OF RHODESIA 202 37. BRITISH SOUTH AFRICA 207 38. THE DOMINION OF CANADA 214 39. AUSTRALIA- THE NEW NATION 219 40. FREEDOM FOR CUBA • 226 41. REIGN OF QUEEN VICTORIA 42. WELDING THE ...
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... South Africa was large . of country yet unexplored . There were vast tracts To the north and east lay a great wild land , where they might live that 24 BEYOND THE ORANGE RIVER . [ 1836 . solitary.
... South Africa was large . of country yet unexplored . There were vast tracts To the north and east lay a great wild land , where they might live that 24 BEYOND THE ORANGE RIVER . [ 1836 . solitary.
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Contenido
1 | |
5 | |
11 | |
16 | |
21 | |
THE STORY OF NATAL | 27 |
THE STORY OF CANADA | 33 |
THE FURTRADERS LAND | 38 |
THE EMPIRE OF INDIA | 170 |
THE INDIAN MUTINY 16 THE AWAKENING OF ITALY 17 KING OF UNITED ITALY 1 | 171 |
GORDONTHE HERO OF KHARTUM | 176 |
5 | 183 |
THE STORY OF BRITISH WEST AFRICA | 189 |
THE STORY OF UGANDA | 195 |
THE FOUNDING OF RHODESIA | 202 |
BRITISH SOUTH AFRICA | 207 |
THE WINNING OF THE WEST | 42 |
A GREAT ARCTIC EXPEDITION | 47 |
DISCOVERIES IN AUSTRALIA | 53 |
THE LAST KING OF FRANCE | 60 |
LOUIS KOSSUTH AND HUNGARY | 66 |
THE CRIMEAN | 72 |
CONTENTS 24 LIVINGSTONES DISCOVERIES IN CENTRAL AFRICA | 131 |
CHINAS LONG SLEEP | 137 |
THE LAND OF THE RISING SUN | 144 |
JAPANBRITAINS ALLY | 150 |
RUSSIA + | 154 |
THE ANNEXATION OF BURMA | 159 |
THE STORY OF AFGHANISTAN | 166 |
THE DOMINION OF CANADA | 214 |
AUSTRALIA THE NEW NATION | 219 |
11 | 221 |
21 | 222 |
FREEDOM FOR CUBA | 226 |
REIGN OF QUEEN VICTORIA | 231 |
WELDING THE EMPIRE | 236 |
CITIZENSHIP | 241 |
TEACHERS APPENDIX | 246 |
INDEX | 249 |
72 | 250 |
THE MEXICAN REVOLUTION 103 | 251 |
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Página 76 - Theirs not to make reply, Theirs not to reason why, Theirs but to do and die ; Into the valley of death Rode the six hundred.
Página 79 - On England's annals, through the long Hereafter of her speech and song, That light its rays shall cast From portals of the past. A Lady with a Lamp shall stand In the great history of the land, A noble type of good, Heroic womanhood.
Página 43 - TO THE WEST ! TO THE WEST ! TO the West.! to the West ! to the land of the free, Where mighty Missouri rolls down to the sea, Where a man is a man, if he's willing to toil, And the humblest may gather the fruits of the soil.
Página 104 - New occasions teach new duties ; Time makes ancient good uncouth ; They must upward still, and onward, who would keep abreast of Truth ; Lo, before us gleam her camp-fires ! we ourselves must Pilgrims be, Launch our Mayflower, and steer boldly through the desperate winter sea, Nor attempt the Future's portal with the Past's blood-rusted key.
Página 18 - It did ; and to prove that she did not keep them waiting, in a few minutes she came into the room in a loose white nightgown and shawl, her nightcap thrown off, and her hair falling upon her shoulders, her feet in slippers, tears in her eyes, but perfectly collected and dignified.
Página 22 - Not in vain the distance beacons. Forward, forward let us range, Let the great world spin for ever down the ringing grooves of change.
Página 101 - we will speak for freedom and against slavery, as long as the Constitution of our country guarantees free speech, until everywhere on this wide land the sun shall shine, and the rain shall fall, and the wind shall blow upon no man who goes forth to unrequited toil.
Página 55 - As we neared the sand-bank, I stood up and made signs to the natives to desist; but without success. I took up my gun, therefore, and cocking it, had already brought it down to a level. A few seconds more would have closed the life of the nearest of the savages.
Página 97 - Thou, too, sail on, O ship of State ! Sail on, O Union, strong and great ! Humanity, with all its fears, With all its hopes of future years, Is hanging breathless on thy fate ! We know what Master laid thy keel.