The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 8John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1963 - Great Britain |
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So then the stage was set for the co-operation of Hofmeyr and Rhodes. The
representative of an organisation which had once threatened to become an anti-
British separatist republican movement had drawn near to Rhodes, the “regular, ...
So then the stage was set for the co-operation of Hofmeyr and Rhodes. The
representative of an organisation which had once threatened to become an anti-
British separatist republican movement had drawn near to Rhodes, the “regular, ...
Page 522
A man of action, Rhodes was essentially also a seer, a man of vision. Size
inspired him: he saw big, thought big, talked big. The immensity of South Africa
thrilled him, and the immensity of the opportunity to be seized or lost haunted him
.
A man of action, Rhodes was essentially also a seer, a man of vision. Size
inspired him: he saw big, thought big, talked big. The immensity of South Africa
thrilled him, and the immensity of the opportunity to be seized or lost haunted him
.
Page 599
MILNER AND RHODES 599 of the Crown had declared it to be a breach of that
Convention. To claim anything as of right under that instrument would silence the
growing opposition in the Transvaal and might well lead to war, and he had no ...
MILNER AND RHODES 599 of the Crown had declared it to be a breach of that
Convention. To claim anything as of right under that instrument would silence the
growing opposition in the Transvaal and might well lead to war, and he had no ...
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Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
Smutss offer to S Rhodesia 1921 | 4 |
Southern African Rivers | 7 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 8 The Cambridge History of the British Empire, John Holland Rose |
| Editors | John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell |
| Publisher | The University Press, 1963 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 3 Feb 2009 |
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