Annual Register, Volym 52Edmund Burke 1825 |
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... manner in which lord Wellington had been attacked in his absence . this practice of vilifying political adversaries were persisted in , it would damp the ardor , and check the spirit of our officers . The honourable gentleman who had ...
... manner in which lord Wellington had been attacked in his absence . this practice of vilifying political adversaries were persisted in , it would damp the ardor , and check the spirit of our officers . The honourable gentleman who had ...
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... manner in which the high offices of the state had been bandied about , animadverted on the abuse of the term loyalty . He admitted the loyalty of Mr. Perceval , and that loyalty was a very high virtue . But he could not allow the right ...
... manner in which the high offices of the state had been bandied about , animadverted on the abuse of the term loyalty . He admitted the loyalty of Mr. Perceval , and that loyalty was a very high virtue . But he could not allow the right ...
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... manner as had ton calculate that his 25,000 men would be able to contend with 100,000 Frenchmen , in the heart of the peninsula ? It had been said , that the French armies had been checked by this battle ; but the real result of the ...
... manner as had ton calculate that his 25,000 men would be able to contend with 100,000 Frenchmen , in the heart of the peninsula ? It had been said , that the French armies had been checked by this battle ; but the real result of the ...
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... manner , to press the House to go into the minutest inquiry into the conduct of the fleet . He was perfectly convinced that such a course would be very congenial to the feelings of the whole , and particularly those of the gallant ...
... manner , to press the House to go into the minutest inquiry into the conduct of the fleet . He was perfectly convinced that such a course would be very congenial to the feelings of the whole , and particularly those of the gallant ...
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... . The objections which lord Folkstone had to this paper , on account of the manner in which it had been presented to his ma- jesty , were considerably aggra- See this paper in State Papers , p . 433 , 1 50 ANNUAL REGISTER , 1810 .
... . The objections which lord Folkstone had to this paper , on account of the manner in which it had been presented to his ma- jesty , were considerably aggra- See this paper in State Papers , p . 433 , 1 50 ANNUAL REGISTER , 1810 .
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Sida 246 - No freeman shall be taken, or imprisoned, or be disseized of his freehold, or liberties, or free customs, or be outlawed, or exiled, or any otherwise destroyed , nor will we pass upon him, nor condemn him, but by lawful judgment of his peers, or by the law of the land.
Sida 542 - And ne'er did Grecian chisel trace A Nymph, a Naiad, or a Grace, Of finer form or lovelier face...
Sida 413 - That the President of the United States be, and he hereby is authorized, in case either France or Great Britain shall so revoke or modify her edicts, as that they shall cease to violate the neutral commerce of the United States...
Sida 556 - But she has treasured, and she loves them all ; When in her way she meets them, they appear Peculiar people — death has made them dear. He named his friend, but then his hand she prest, And fondly whisper'd, " Thou must go to rest ;"
Sida 437 - ... at the reflection : but let not this be read as something that relates only to another ; for a few years only can divide the eye that is now reading from the hand that has written.
Sida 280 - I have not only to lament, in common with the British Navy and the British Nation, in the fall of the Commander-in-Chief, the loss of a hero whose name will be immortal, and his memory ever dear to his Country ; but my heart is rent with the most poignant grief for the death of a friend, to whom, by many years...
Sida 548 - Thy numbers sweet with nature's vespers blending, With distant echo from the fold and lea, And herd-boy's evening pipe, and hum of housing bee. Yet, once again, farewell, thou Minstrel Harp ! Yet, once again, forgive my feeble sway, And little reck I of the censure sharp May idly cavil at an idle lay. Much have I owed thy strains on life's long way, Through secret woes the world has never known, When on the weary night dawned wearier day, And bitterer was the grief devoured alone. — That I o'erlive...
Sida 376 - Union, and notwithstanding thereof, remain in all time coming within Scotland, as it is now constituted by the Laws of that Kingdom, and with the same Authority and Privileges as before the Union, subject nevertheless to such Regulations for the better Administration of Justice as shall be made by the Parliament of Great Britain...
Sida 365 - The effective currency of a country depends upon the quickness of circulation, and the number of exchanges performed in a given time, as well as upon its numerical amount ; and all the circumstances which have a tendency to quicken or to retard the rate of circulation render the same amount of currency more or less adequate to the wants of trade.