Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, 65. kötetWilliam Blackwood, 1849 |
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... colonies rapidly became far mightier and wealthier than the realms which Cortes and Pizarro added to the domi- nions of Charles V .; under which , in Asia , British adventurers founded an empire not less splendid , and more durable ...
... colonies rapidly became far mightier and wealthier than the realms which Cortes and Pizarro added to the domi- nions of Charles V .; under which , in Asia , British adventurers founded an empire not less splendid , and more durable ...
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... colonies were desirous to be admitted into the great protecting confederacy ; the French and Dutch planters in secret prayed for the defeat of their defenders when the standard of St George ap- proached their shores . The Hindoos , with ...
... colonies were desirous to be admitted into the great protecting confederacy ; the French and Dutch planters in secret prayed for the defeat of their defenders when the standard of St George ap- proached their shores . The Hindoos , with ...
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... colonies , in war , in peace , at home and abroad , we had been running blindfold to destruction . True , we had become great , and glorious , and free under this abominable system ; true , it had been accompanied by a growth of ...
... colonies , in war , in peace , at home and abroad , we had been running blindfold to destruction . True , we had become great , and glorious , and free under this abominable system ; true , it had been accompanied by a growth of ...
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... colonies were a burden rather than a blessing to the mother country that the independence of America was the greatest blessing that ever befell Great Britain ; and that , provided we could buy colonial produce a little cheaper , it ...
... colonies were a burden rather than a blessing to the mother country that the independence of America was the greatest blessing that ever befell Great Britain ; and that , provided we could buy colonial produce a little cheaper , it ...
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... colonies , and no doubt in their minds that the absence throw the supply of the world into the of self - government was the sole cause hands of the slave states . Provided , of the wretchedness of the country , for a few years , you ...
... colonies , and no doubt in their minds that the absence throw the supply of the world into the of self - government was the sole cause hands of the slave states . Provided , of the wretchedness of the country , for a few years , you ...
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382. oldal - That the influence of the crown had increased, was increasing, and ought to be diminished:" and Mr Burke's bill of reform was framed with skill, introduced with eloquence, and supported by numbers.
81. oldal - He arose, and smote the Philistines until his hand was weary, and his hand clave unto the sword: and the LORD wrought a great victory that day; and the people returned after him only to spoil.
201. oldal - And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbour: the child shall behave himself proudly against the ancient, and the base against the honourable.
385. oldal - ... were joking ; and, being in high spirits on account of the promise of the Nabob to spare their lives, they laughed and jested at the absurdity of the notion. They soon discovered their mistake. They expostulated ; they entreated ; but in vain. The guards threatened to cut down all who hesitated. The captives were driven into the cell at the point of the sword, and the door was instantly shut and locked upon them. Nothing in history or fiction...
25. oldal - And to the others he said in mine hearing, Go ye after him through the city, and smite : let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity : slay utterly old and young, both maids, and little children, and women : but come not near any man upon whom is the mark; and begin at my sanctuary.
385. oldal - Nabob was asleep, and that he would be angry if anybody woke him. Then the prisoners went mad with despair. They trampled each other down, fought for the places at the windows, fought for the pittance of water with which the cruel mercy of the murderers mocked their agonies, raved, prayed, blasphemed, implored the guards to fire among them.
385. oldal - When they were ordered to enter the cell, they imagined that the soldiers were joking ; and being in high spirits on account of the promise of the Nabob to spare their lives they laughed and jested at the absurdity of the notion. They soon discovered their mistake. They expostulated ; they entreated ; but in vain. The guards threatened to cut down all who hesitated. The captives were driven into the cell at the point of the sword, and the door was instantly shut and locked upon them.
385. oldal - Then was committed that great crime, memorable for its singular atrocity, memorable for the tremendous retribution by which it was followed. The English captives were left to the mercy of the guards, and the guards determined to secure them for the night in the prison of the garrison, a chamber known by the fearful name of the Black Hole. Even for a single European malefactor, that dungeon would, in such a climate, have been too close and narrow.
198. oldal - And did not he make one ? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And wherefore one ? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.
5. oldal - All around us the world is convulsed by the agonies of great nations. Governments which lately seemed likely to stand during ages have been on a sudden shaken and overthrown. The proudest capitals of Western Europe have streamed with civil blood.