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" I wish to dissipate, if I can, the idle dreams of those who are always telling you that the strength of England depends, sometimes they say upon its prestige, sometimes they say upon its extending its Empire, or upon what it possesses beyond these shores. "
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Political Speeches in Scotland, November and December 1879, Volume 1

William Ewart Gladstone - 1879 - 280 pages
...ever conceived in former times, and such as no poet ever painted. And all this it has to do with the strength that lies within the narrow limits of these...sometimes they say upon its extending its Empire, or upon what it possesses beyond these shoresj Rely upon it the strength of Great Britain and Ireland...
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An Anecdotal History of the British Parliament: From the Earliest Periods to ...

George Henry Jennings - 1880 - 838 pages
...races of Asis, and it subjects 240,000.000 to its rule there. Along witb «11 this it disseminates over the world a commerce such as no imagination ever...sometimes they say, upon its extending its empire and upon what it possesses beyond these shores. Rely upon it. the strength of Great Britain and Ireland...
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Political Speeches in Scotland, November and December 1879 [amd ..., Volume 1

William Ewart Gladstone - 1880 - 372 pages
...ever conceived in former times, and such as no poet ever painted. And all this it has to do with the strength that lies within the narrow limits of these...can, the idle dreams of those who are always telling yon that the strength of England depends, sometimes they say upon its prestige, sometimes they say...
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An Anecdotal History of the British Parliament: From the Earliest Periods to ...

George Henry Jennings - 1881 - 564 pages
...ancient races of Asia, and it subjects 240,000,000 to its rule there. Along with all this it disseminates over the world a commerce such as no imagination ever...sometimes they say, upon its extending its empire and upon what it possesses beyond these shores. Rely upon it, the strength of Great Britain and Ireland...
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Proceedings of the Royal Colonial Institute, Volume 12

Royal Commonwealth Society - 1881 - 566 pages
...of British power taken not long since by a certain English statesman, who is reported to have said : "I wish to dissipate, if I can, the idle dreams of...depends, sometimes they say upon its prestige, sometimes upon its extending Empire, but always upon what it possesses beyond those shores. Rely upon it, the...
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Proceedings of the Royal Colonial Institute, Volume 12

Royal Colonial Institute (Great Britain), Royal Empire Society (Great Britain) - 1881 - 498 pages
...of British power taken not long since by a certain English statesman, who is reported to have said : "I wish to dissipate, if I can, the idle dreams of...depends, sometimes they say upon its prestige, sometimes upon its extending Empire, but alwaysupon what it possesses beyond those shores. Rely upon it, the...
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Federal Britain: Or, Unity and Federation of the Empire

Francis Peter Labillière, George Sydenham Clarke Baron Sydenham of Combe - 1894 - 300 pages
...British power, in Mr. Gladstone's Midlothian speech of November 25th, 1879, as reported in the Times : " I wish to dissipate, if I can, the idle dreams of...depends, sometimes they say upon its prestige, sometimes upon its extending its Empire, and upon what it possesses beyond these shores. Eely upon it, the strength...
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Federal Britain: Or, Unity and Federation of the Empire

Francis Peter Labillière, George Sydenham Clarke Baron Sydenham of Combe - 1894 - 298 pages
...Gladstone's Midlothian speech of November 25th, 1879, as reported in the Times: "I wish to dissipate, if 1 can, the idle dreams of those who are always telling...depends, sometimes they say upon its prestige, sometimes upon its extending its Empire, and upon what it possesses beyond these shores. Eely upon it, the strength...
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Speeches

William Ewart Gladstone - 1916 - 736 pages
...imagination ever conceived in former times, and such as no poet ever painted. And all this has to do with the strength that lies within the narrow limits of these...sometimes they say upon its extending its Empire, or upon what it possesses beyond these shores. Rely upon it the strength of Great Britain and Ireland...
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Gladstone's Speeches: Descriptive Index and Bibliography

William Ewart Gladstone, Arthur Tilney Bassett - 1916 - 724 pages
...imagination ever conceived in former times, and such as no poet ever painted. And all this has to do with the strength that lies within the narrow limits of these...sometimes they say upon its extending its Empire, or upon what it possesses beyond these shores. Rely upon it the strength of Great Britain and Ireland...
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