Annual Register, Volume 49Edmund Burke Longmans, Green, 1809 - History |
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... Home Popham and general Beresford , against the Spanish settle- ment of Buenos Ayres , " and " to the brilliant victory obtained on the plains of Maida , by his majesty's land- forces under the gallant and able conduct of sir John ...
... Home Popham and general Beresford , against the Spanish settle- ment of Buenos Ayres , " and " to the brilliant victory obtained on the plains of Maida , by his majesty's land- forces under the gallant and able conduct of sir John ...
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... home for instructions . - At last a few light armed vessels were sent to convoy the expedition under general Miranda . Lord Castlereagh thought the amendment of his right honour- able friend a perfectly manly mode of telling ministers ...
... home for instructions . - At last a few light armed vessels were sent to convoy the expedition under general Miranda . Lord Castlereagh thought the amendment of his right honour- able friend a perfectly manly mode of telling ministers ...
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... home and abroad , which could be done only by a system of modera- tion ; or it might consider its se- curity to lie in pursuing that system of aggression which had marked the progress of that revolution from whence it had sprung . It ...
... home and abroad , which could be done only by a system of modera- tion ; or it might consider its se- curity to lie in pursuing that system of aggression which had marked the progress of that revolution from whence it had sprung . It ...
Page 134
... home . 2. A similar re- turn of the effective strength of the artillery for the same period ; distin . guishing those serving abroad , from those serving at home . 3. A return of the men raised monthly for the regular army , from the ...
... home . 2. A similar re- turn of the effective strength of the artillery for the same period ; distin . guishing those serving abroad , from those serving at home . 3. A return of the men raised monthly for the regular army , from the ...
Page 138
... home , and in a different manner . If the house would but grant the noble lord his basis , his calculations and his arguments might be very well : but when the basis was removed as fallacious , these must fall with it . In arguing about ...
... home , and in a different manner . If the house would but grant the noble lord his basis , his calculations and his arguments might be very well : but when the basis was removed as fallacious , these must fall with it . In arguing about ...
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