Rambling Recollections, Volume 2Macmillan and Company, limited, 1908 |
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Page 293 - And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph's hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about I • i > neck : And he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had; and they cried before him, Bow the knee: and he made him ruler over all the land of Egypt.
Page 293 - And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath shewed thee all this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou art : thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy word shall all my people be ruled : only in the throne will I be greater than thou.
Page 265 - Next to making a tolerable settlement for the Porte, our great object was to break up and permanently prevent the alliance of the three Empires, and I maintain there never was a great diplomatic result more completely effected.
Page 293 - And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, See, I have set thee over all the land of Egypt. And Pharaoh took off his signet ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph's hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck; and he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had ; and they cried before him, Bow the knee : and he set him over all the land of Egypt.
Page 45 - Even her amours," says one writer, " seemed to lose that glare which appears round the persons of the failing fair ; neither was it ever known that she troubled the repose of any lady's lawful claim ; and was far more constant than millions in the conjugal noose.
Page 147 - Peace as binding between the two belligerents, declared that in so far as those arrangements were calculated to modify European Treaties and to affect general and British interests, Her Majesty's Government were unable to recognize in them any validity unless they were made the subject of a formal agreement among the parties to the Treaty of Paris.
Page 262 - There is no God," but he says : "I know not what you mean by God ; I am without idea of God ; the word ' God ' is to me a sound conveying no clear or distinct affirmation. I do not deny God, because I cannot deny that of which I have no conception, and the conception of which, by its affirmer, is so imperfect that he is unable to define it to me.
Page 138 - ... morning in the Serapis, and Victoria station in the afternoon. An enthusiastic welcome over, the Prince drove first to Buckingham Palace to meet the Queen, and then to Marlborough House. The Italian Opera was visited in the evening. — Sir H. James's motion, declaring that the Royal Proclamation did not make adequate provision for restraining and preventing the use of the title of Empress in relation to the internal affairs of her dominions other than India, rejected in the Commons after debate...
Page 41 - Fashion full often has paid Her good word in return for a gay word, For a song in the manner of Praed, Or an anecdote worthy of Hayward. And hither, you sweet schoolroom beauties, Who only at Easter came out ! We'll teach you your dear little duties At ball-room, and concert, and rout. With whom you may go down to supper ; And where you can venture to please ; And what you should say about Tupper, And what of the cattle disease ; And when you must ask a new member Why he did not move the Address,...
Page 344 - Khuzistan and Ahwaz, has ordered that commercial steamers of all nations, without exception, besides sailing vessels which formerly navigated the Karun River, undertake the transport of merchandize in the Karun River from Mohammerah to the Dyke at Ahwaz...