Before the war, and especially before the Boer War, it was summer all the year round. — George Orwell Copy Share Image
The British in South Africa always portrayed themselves as more enlightened and tolerant than the 'narrow-minded', 'intolerant' Boers. — Kwasi Kwarteng Copy Share Image
“The Van Zyls, especially, and the others Boers at Khing, feeling outraged at De Villiers’s treatment of the Kaffir and his wife,… — Sol T. Plaatje Copy Share Image
The Victorians pioneered numbers of commercial rackets about which their descendants complain (the manufacturers of Bovril, it appears, were virtually official sponsors… — D. J. Taylor Copy Share Image
He sits in an old armchair in the corner covered with bits of blankets and a bucket behind the chair that stinks… — Frank McCourt Copy Share Image
The Boer War occurred 37 years ago. Boer means farmer. Many criticized a great power like Britain for trying to wipe out… — Henry Hamilton Beamish Copy Share Image
“He noticed further that no Boer ever interceded when a Hottentot was flogged; that in punishing Hottentots the Boers used dangerous weapons,… — Sol T. Plaatje Copy Share Image
During the Second Boer War, from 1899 to 1902, Britain was rampantly jingoistic: anyone who opposed the war was cast as a… — Katharine Viner Copy Share Image
![“The Van Zyls, especially, and the others Boers at Khing, feeling outraged at De Villiers’s treatment of the Kaffir and his wife, regarded these acts of generosity as being grossly extravagant. Indeed, they began to doubt the sanity of the young man. [189]” quote by Sol T. Plaatje](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/21d/sol-t-plaatje-18648_young-man_the-van-zyls-especially-and-the-others-b_2163326.jpg)
