Fifty Years in the Making of Australian History, Volumen2Longmans, Green & Company, 1892 |
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Alexander Stuart amendment appeared appointed Australian colonies believe Bill BRUCE SMITH chair character Chinese classes committee conference consider consideration Constitution Convention course debate defence desire Dibbs districts Duncan Gillies duties elected electors England existence favour Federal Council Federal Government Federal Parliament feeling Free-trade gentlemen give Government of Victoria Governor honourable member House Imperial importance interests labour land Legislature letter Lord Lord Carrington matter means measure meeting ment Ministry motion necessary never object opinion Parlia Parliamentary Patrick Jennings persons political population Premier present Prime Minister principle proposed provinces provisions Public Schools Queensland question railway received represented resolutions revenue Sir Henry Parkes Sir John Robertson Sir Samuel Griffith South Australia South Wales speech submitted Sydney thing tion trade united provinces Victoria vote Western Australia words
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Página 174 - It shivered the window, pane and sash; It rent the banner with seam and gash. Quick, as it fell, from the broken staff Dame Barbara snatched the silken scarf. She leaned far out on the window-sill, And shook it forth with a royal will. "Shoot, if you must, this old gray head, But spare your country's flag,
Página 99 - There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital had gathered then Her Beauty and her Chivalry, and bright The lamps shone o'er fair women and brave men ; A thousand hearts beat happily ; and when Music arose with its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes looked love to eyes which spake again, And all went merry as a marriage bell...
Página 175 - Shoot, if you must, this old gray head, But spare your country's flag," she said. A shade of sadness, a blush of shame, Over the face of the leader came; The nobler nature within him stirred To life at that woman's deed and word: " Who touches a hair of yon gray head Dies like a dog ! March on !
Página 93 - Foremost captain of his time, Rich in saving common-sense, And, as the greatest only are, In his simplicity sublime.
Página 93 - Where shall we lay the man whom we deplore ? Here, in streaming London's central roar. Let the sound of those he wrought for, And the feet of those he fought for, Echo round his bones for evermore.
Página 93 - BURY the Great Duke With an empire's lamentation, Let us bury the Great Duke To the noise of the mourning of a mighty nation, Mourning when their leaders fall, Warriors carry the warrior's pall, And sorrow darkens hamlet and hall.
Página 361 - That in the opinion of this Conference, the best interests and the present and future prosperity of the Australasian Colonies will be promoted by an early union under the Crown...
Página 130 - What act proved all its thought had been ? What will but felt the fleshly screen? We ride and I see her bosom heave. There's many a crown for who can reach. Ten lines, a statesman's life in each! The flag stuck on a heap of bones, A soldier's doing ! what atones ? They scratch his name on the Abbey-stones.
Página 369 - ... so securing to the body itself a perpetual existence combined with definite responsibility to the electors, the latter to be elected by districts formed on a population basis, and to possess the sole power of originating and amending all bills appropriating revenue or imposing taxation.
Página 231 - Neither for Her Majesty's ships of war, nor for Her Majesty's representative on the spot, nor for the Secretary of State for the Colonies, do we intend to turn aside from our purpose, which is to terminate the landing of Chinese on these shores for ever...