Annual Register, 52. kötetEdmund Burke 1825 |
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17. oldal
... land ? Was that another of the notorieties of which it was so ne- cessary to ascertain the truth ? But who was this commander ? A general , wise from long experi ence , and illustrious from the splendor of many victories ? No ! The ...
... land ? Was that another of the notorieties of which it was so ne- cessary to ascertain the truth ? But who was this commander ? A general , wise from long experi ence , and illustrious from the splendor of many victories ? No ! The ...
44. oldal
... land 600 troops , at a time when 2,000 troops were drawn up on the beach . It appeared that there had been transports provided by the wise planners of the expedi- tion , without boats , and soldiers sent without provisions . The con ...
... land 600 troops , at a time when 2,000 troops were drawn up on the beach . It appeared that there had been transports provided by the wise planners of the expedi- tion , without boats , and soldiers sent without provisions . The con ...
63. oldal
... land - forces in the late expedition to the Scheldt ; and that he withheld all knowledge thereof , both from his majesty's ministers , and the admi- ral commanding in the said expe- dition , whose conduct is materially implicated in the ...
... land - forces in the late expedition to the Scheldt ; and that he withheld all knowledge thereof , both from his majesty's ministers , and the admi- ral commanding in the said expe- dition , whose conduct is materially implicated in the ...
79. oldal
... land , and is of peculiar malignity there , and which constantly fol- lows a law of season appearing to- wards the end of summer , becom- ing more severe in the autumnal months , declining in October , and nearly ceasing in November ...
... land , and is of peculiar malignity there , and which constantly fol- lows a law of season appearing to- wards the end of summer , becom- ing more severe in the autumnal months , declining in October , and nearly ceasing in November ...
86. oldal
... Land . - Addresses to Sir Francis Burdett , and Petitions to the House of Commons for his Release ; and also for that of Mr. Jones from Newgate . - A grand Procession arranged , intended as an Act of National Homage to Sir Francis ...
... Land . - Addresses to Sir Francis Burdett , and Petitions to the House of Commons for his Release ; and also for that of Mr. Jones from Newgate . - A grand Procession arranged , intended as an Act of National Homage to Sir Francis ...
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246. oldal - 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.
542. oldal - And ne'er did Grecian chisel trace A Nymph, a Naiad, or a Grace, Of finer form or lovelier face...
413. oldal - 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...
556. oldal - 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 ;"
437. oldal - ... 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.
280. oldal - 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...
548. oldal - 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...
376. oldal - 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...
365. oldal - 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.