Annual Register, 52. kötetEdmund Burke 1825 |
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12. oldal
... thing every where , on the largest scale , and that in every thing they had failed ; except in- deed in that instance , in which they directed his arms , not against his enemies , but his allies . Their en- terprises had all of them ...
... thing every where , on the largest scale , and that in every thing they had failed ; except in- deed in that instance , in which they directed his arms , not against his enemies , but his allies . Their en- terprises had all of them ...
14. oldal
... things ; give a little colouring to whatever was good , and extenuate all that was discou- raging . They might even ... thing that was capable of co- operating with a regular army ; and that whenever the French chose to concentrate ...
... things ; give a little colouring to whatever was good , and extenuate all that was discou- raging . They might even ... thing that was capable of co- operating with a regular army ; and that whenever the French chose to concentrate ...
15. oldal
... thing so disgraceful and so absurd . Buo- naparte knew it was on the banks of the Danube alone that he was to fight , not only for Germany , but for Spain , Italy , Holland ; for France itself , for all his conquests , and all his ...
... thing so disgraceful and so absurd . Buo- naparte knew it was on the banks of the Danube alone that he was to fight , not only for Germany , but for Spain , Italy , Holland ; for France itself , for all his conquests , and all his ...
17. oldal
... things as problematical , which were universally known , establish ed , and acknowledged ? That they were gravely to ... thing more was known than that he was once at the head of the admiralty ? And such was his lazy discharge of the ...
... things as problematical , which were universally known , establish ed , and acknowledged ? That they were gravely to ... thing more was known than that he was once at the head of the admiralty ? And such was his lazy discharge of the ...
25. oldal
... thing . As to the Walche- ren expedition , that part of it which had succeeded , had been very much undervalued . The Scheldt , for four months of the year , was not navigable , and the French fleet had begun already to feel the want of ...
... thing . As to the Walche- ren expedition , that part of it which had succeeded , had been very much undervalued . The Scheldt , for four months of the year , was not navigable , and the French fleet had begun already to feel the want of ...
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allies Almeida amendment appeared appointed attack bank batteries battle bill British Buonaparte Buzaco Cadiz called captain Caraccas cavalry chancellor Ciudad Rodrigo Coimbra command committee conduct corps Cortes crown decree division duke duty earl enemy England English Exchequer expedition favour force France French army Gale Jones garrison gentlemen guns honourable House of Commons ibid inquiry Ireland Isle Junta king land letter Lisbon lord Chatham lord Gambier lord Wel lord Wellington majesty majesty's March marquis Massena means ment Mequinenza military ministers Mondego motion moved narrative nation neral noble lord object officers opinion paper parliament passed persons port Portugal Portuguese present prince prisoners proceeded provinces Regency resolutions respect retreat royal Scheldt sent ships siege sion sir Francis Burdett sir John sir John Moore Spain Spaniards Spanish speech Tagus tain Talavera tion Tortosa town troops vote Walcheren Whitbread whole
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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.