The Annual Register of World Events: A Review of the Year, 20. kötetEdmund Burke Longmans, Green, 1794 |
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1 - 5 találat összesen 100 találatból.
5. oldal
... first in favour of the Ameri- cans , became at length otherwife , fo that they were overtaken and brought to action a few leagues fhort of Crown Point , about noon on the 13th . A very warm engagement en fued , and continued about two ...
... first in favour of the Ameri- cans , became at length otherwife , fo that they were overtaken and brought to action a few leagues fhort of Crown Point , about noon on the 13th . A very warm engagement en fued , and continued about two ...
12. oldal
... first hrinks at tri- fling exceffes , will in a little time , if they pafs without question , pro- ceed , without hesitation , to the greatest enormities . From hence sprung the clamour raised in America of the defolation which was ...
... first hrinks at tri- fling exceffes , will in a little time , if they pafs without question , pro- ceed , without hesitation , to the greatest enormities . From hence sprung the clamour raised in America of the defolation which was ...
15. oldal
... first of which was to pafs the river at Trenton Ferry , about a mile below the town , and the other fill lower towards Borden- town . The principal body was commanded by Mr. Washington in perfon , affilled by the Generals Sullivan and ...
... first of which was to pafs the river at Trenton Ferry , about a mile below the town , and the other fill lower towards Borden- town . The principal body was commanded by Mr. Washington in perfon , affilled by the Generals Sullivan and ...
16. oldal
... first attacked , was thrown into diforder by the retreat of that party , and obliged to rejoin the main body . Colonel Rall now bravely charged the ene- my , but being foon mortally wounded , the troops were thrown into disorder after a ...
... first attacked , was thrown into diforder by the retreat of that party , and obliged to rejoin the main body . Colonel Rall now bravely charged the ene- my , but being foon mortally wounded , the troops were thrown into disorder after a ...
19. oldal
... first attacked , pushed forwards without further apprehenfion . But in a little time , he not only found that the 17th re- giment which he led , was attacked on all fides by a fuperior force , but that it was alfo feparated and cut off ...
... first attacked , pushed forwards without further apprehenfion . But in a little time , he not only found that the 17th re- giment which he led , was attacked on all fides by a fuperior force , but that it was alfo feparated and cut off ...
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3. oldal - ... religious factions, they seemed to be disarmed in my behalf of their wonted fury. My friends never had occasion to vindicate any one circumstance of my character and conduct: not but that the zealots, we may well suppose, would have been glad to invent and propagate any story to my disadvantage, but they could never find any which they thought would wear the face of probability. I cannot...
266. oldal - ¡rinds, tenements, hereditaments, penfions, offices, and perfonal eftates, in that part of Great - Britain, called England, Wales, and the town of Berwick upon Tweed ; and that a proportionable cefs, according to the ninth article of the treaty of union, be laid upon that part of Great-Britain called Scotland, 1,500,000!.
111. oldal - Then plunge under it with your eyes open, throwing yourself towards the egg, and endeavouring by the action of your hands and feet against the water to get forward till within reach of it. In this attempt you will find that the water buoys you up against your inclination; that it is not so easy a thing to sink as you imagined; that you cannot but by active force get down to the egg.
138. oldal - Hones had formerly been dug; and that it would have been no difficult matter to roll them down the hill after they were formed. I think this a very reafonable conjecture ; and have no doubt that it has been fo.
74. oldal - ... both capital and profit. They are the projects, therefore, to which of all others a prudent lawgiver, who...
193. oldal - Turn to learning and gaming, religion and raking. With the love of a wench, let his writings be chaste ; Tip his tongue with strange matter, his pen with fine taste ; That the rake and the poet o'er all may prevail, Set fire to the head, and set fire to the tail.
259. oldal - the necessity of preventing the American trade from passing into foreign Channels.
75. oldal - That there may be a continent, or large tract of land, near the Pole, I will not deny; on the contrary I am of opinion there is; and it is probable that we have seen a part of it.