In 1867 Sir Robert was appointed Premier of the Executive Council and Colonial Treasurer of Queensland, having previously held the offices of Colonial Secretary and Treasurer. He died on the 19th of September, 1873, when he was succeeded by his only son,英文原著 · 《History Of The Mackenzies》
On arrival in London the native delegates were received by several friends, including Dr. Garnett, M.A., of the Brotherhood League; Rev. Amos Burnet, of Transvaal, introduced them to the Wesleyan Missionary Committee in session at Bishopsgate; the Anti-Slavery and Aborigines Protection Society communicated with the Colonial Office regarding an interview. The Colonial Secretary agreed to see the deputation on condition that they were accompanied by no one from the Society.英文原著 · 《Native Life in South Africa》
At the Bishopsgate gathering Mr. Will Crooks, M.P., was the "star turn". He welcomed the deputation and regretted the cold reception accorded to it by the Colonial Secretary. He added, however, that if they proceeded along the same moderate lines followed by Dr. Rubusana and Mr. Msane (the two members of the deputation who spoke that evening) he felt certain that they would do more good for their cause in the country than they did at the Colonial Office.英文原著 · 《Native Life in South Africa》
VII of New York Colonial Records. Justin Winsor, "The Mississippi Basin. The Struggle in America between England and France." Cambridge, 1895. Presents the results of exhaustive research and the coordination of facts by an historian of broad intellect and vision. "Colonial and State Records of North Carolina. 30 vols. The chief fountain source of the early history of North Carolina and Tennessee. Hoyt, "The Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence." New York, 1907.英文原著 · 《Pioneers of the Old Southwest》
Poore's "Federal and State Constitutions, Colonial Charters, etc.," 2 vols. (1877); F. Thorpe's "The Federal and State Constitutions, Colonial Charters, and other Organic Laws", 7 vols. (1909); and the "Journals of the Continental Congress" (1904-1914), edited from the original records in the Library of Congress by Worthington C. Ford and Gaillard Hunt, of which 23 volumes have appeared, bringing the records down through 1782.英文原著 · 《The Fathers of the Constitution》
Thus the Imperialist, the Colonial idealist (who commonly speaks and always thinks with a Yankee accent) will say, "I've been right away from these little muddy islands, and seen God's great seas and prairies." The sound philosopher will reply, "You have never been in thee islands; you have never seen the weald of Sussex or the plain of Salisbury; otherwise you could never have called them either muddy or little."英文原著 · 《A Miscellany of Men》
So are we expected to go on like we're in colonial times until he does, or can we have a regular conversation?美剧 · 《Billions》
The worst part of Nigerian history, this post-colonial history. the worst part of Nigerian history, this post-colonial history.演讲 · 《The story of Ezra ~ Newton Aduaka》