The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for the Year ...J. Dodsley, 1788 |
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... colonies ; and Canada was a co- lony . The Congrefs accordingly de- termined not to lose the prefent favourable opportunity , while the British arms were weak and cooped up in Boston , for attempting the reduction of that province . The ...
... colonies ; and Canada was a co- lony . The Congrefs accordingly de- termined not to lose the prefent favourable opportunity , while the British arms were weak and cooped up in Boston , for attempting the reduction of that province . The ...
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M'Lean's of Ticonderoga , to thofe interior parts of the colonies which were beft adapted to provide for their reception and fecurity . The Pro- vincials found a confiderable quan- tity of artillery and useful ftores in the place . Upon ...
M'Lean's of Ticonderoga , to thofe interior parts of the colonies which were beft adapted to provide for their reception and fecurity . The Pro- vincials found a confiderable quan- tity of artillery and useful ftores in the place . Upon ...
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... colonies ; and as the time of their discharge now drew near , there was nothing but the name of their leader , and affec- tion to his perfon , to keep them longer together . General Carleton arrived at Quebec about the time that Ar ...
... colonies ; and as the time of their discharge now drew near , there was nothing but the name of their leader , and affec- tion to his perfon , to keep them longer together . General Carleton arrived at Quebec about the time that Ar ...
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... colonies ; the moderation , equity , and tenderness , which induced the prefent advances towards a happy reconciliation ; he dwelt upon the justice of their contributing to the common de- fence , and bearing an equitable proportion of ...
... colonies ; the moderation , equity , and tenderness , which induced the prefent advances towards a happy reconciliation ; he dwelt upon the justice of their contributing to the common de- fence , and bearing an equitable proportion of ...
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... colonies , and has been feverely condemned elsewhere , as tending to loofen the bands of fociety , to deftroy do- meftic fecurity , and encourage the moft barbarous of mankind , to the commiffion of the moft horrible crimes , and the ...
... colonies , and has been feverely condemned elsewhere , as tending to loofen the bands of fociety , to deftroy do- meftic fecurity , and encourage the moft barbarous of mankind , to the commiffion of the moft horrible crimes , and the ...
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29. oldal - In these four sciences of logic, morals, criticism, and politics, is comprehended almost every thing which it can any way import us to be acquainted with, or which can tend either to the improvement or ornament of the human mind.
187. oldal - But now bring me a minstrel. And it came to pass, when the minstrel played, that the hand of the LORD came upon him. And he said, Thus saith the LORD, Make this valley full of ditches.
145. oldal - It was to their counsels, which governed the weakness of her sex, that she imputed the guilt of her obstinate resistance ; it was on their heads that she directed the vengeance of the cruel Aurelian. The fame of Longinus, who was included among the numerous and perhaps innocent victims of her fear, will survive that of the queen who betrayed or the tyrant who condemned him.
239. oldal - ... to fly. On every side he was encompassed with a vast extent of sea and land, which he could never hope to traverse without Being discovered, seized, and restored to his irritated master. Beyond the frontiers, his anxious view could discover nothing, except the ocean, inhospitable deserts, hostile tribes of barbarians, of fierce manners and unknown language, or dependent kings, who would gladly purchase the emperor's protection by the sacrifice of an obnoxious fugitive. " Wherever you are," said...
43. oldal - His complexion is of the fair tint, his eyes blue, his hair light brown, and the contour of his face a long oval; he is by no means thin, has a noble person, and a graceful manner.
155. oldal - But the Devil of the matter is, there is no money to be got on this side of the question. Interest is on the other side. But he is a poor author who cannot write on both sides.
238. oldal - But the empire of the Romans filled the world, and, when that empire fell into the hands of a single person, the world became a safe and dreary prison for his enemies. The slave of Imperial despotism, whether he was condemned to drag his gilded chain in Rome and the senate, or to wear out a life of exile on the barren rock of Seriphus, or the frozen banks of the Danube, expected...
143. oldal - Egypt, the nations subject to her empire had joined the standard of the conqueror, who detached Probus, the bravest of his generals, to possess himself of the Egyptian provinces. Palmyra was the last resource of the widow of Odenathus. She retired within the walls of her capital, made every preparation for a vigorous resistance, and declared, with the intrepidity of a heroine, that the last moment of her reign and of her life should be the same.
240. oldal - Among civilized and thriving nations, on the contrary, though a great number of people do not labour at all, many of whom consume the produce of ten times, frequently of a hundred times, more labour than the greater part of those who work...
240. oldal - ... employed. The Second Book, therefore, treats of the nature of capital stock, of the manner in which it is gradually accumulated, and of the different quantities of labour which it puts into motion, according to the different ways in which it is employed.