"Concessionary" Quotes from Famous Books
... A concessionary spirit is indispensable, and inheres in love. Neither should insist, but both concede, in all things; each making, not demanding sacrifices. The one who loves most will yield to oblige most. What course will make both happiest should overrule ... — Social Life - or, The Manners and Customs of Polite Society • Maud C. Cooke
... the condition of the native. The whole territory is divided into two great parts, the lands of the native chiefs and the vacant lands called here the Domaine Prive. The Government has however, disposed of part of these to Concessionary Companies in this sense, that the Companies have the right to exploit all the products of the forest in these areas. Other portions have been leased to Missions, to Commercial Houses and to private people. ... — A Journal of a Tour in the Congo Free State • Marcus Dorman |