Flower's Political review and monthly register. (monthly miscellany) [afterw.] The Political review and monthly mirror of the times, Volume 6Benjamin Flower 1809 |
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Page viii
... less Germanic Constitution , had been constantly floating in the brain of the Emperor . His conduct , in making vast preparations for war , and , instead , as he suggested , of acting merely on the defensive , mvading the territories of ...
... less Germanic Constitution , had been constantly floating in the brain of the Emperor . His conduct , in making vast preparations for war , and , instead , as he suggested , of acting merely on the defensive , mvading the territories of ...
Page xxii
... less degree , almost every detail of military operations , and the only possible way of arriving at the truth , is to compare the different accounts , and to judge of their correctness by subsequent events : thus we argued respecting ...
... less degree , almost every detail of military operations , and the only possible way of arriving at the truth , is to compare the different accounts , and to judge of their correctness by subsequent events : thus we argued respecting ...
Page xxxii
... less they trust them to others , the more advantageously will they be conducted . Religion in particular is a personal concern , and mere state religion , is like the religion of most statesmen , at best useless , and generally hurtful ...
... less they trust them to others , the more advantageously will they be conducted . Religion in particular is a personal concern , and mere state religion , is like the religion of most statesmen , at best useless , and generally hurtful ...
Page lxxii
... the declaration , that “ a blind " desire of peace , arising from the pressure of taxes would " scarcely prove less pernicious than the love of war , in which " those taxes have had their origin . " A Axxii Cabinet Arrangements .
... the declaration , that “ a blind " desire of peace , arising from the pressure of taxes would " scarcely prove less pernicious than the love of war , in which " those taxes have had their origin . " A Axxii Cabinet Arrangements .
Page lxxvii
... less humiliating terms than those which have been re- ported . In the article announcing the conclusion of the peace , he is still called Emperor of Austria ; and we may therefore be per- mitted to hope , that with his title ( of which ...
... less humiliating terms than those which have been re- ported . In the article announcing the conclusion of the peace , he is still called Emperor of Austria ; and we may therefore be per- mitted to hope , that with his title ( of which ...
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Page xciv - The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light. But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness.
Page 191 - An act to interdict the commercial intercourse between the United States and Great Britain and France and their dependencies, and for other purposes...
Page iii - Saying, We give thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come; because thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and hast reigned.
Page 109 - An Act for the further Limitation of the Crown, and better securing the Rights and Liberties of the Subject...
Page 398 - ... in their persons, nor shall their houses or goods be burnt, or otherwise destroyed, nor their fields wasted by the armed force of the enemy, into whose power, by the events of war, they may.
Page lxxxvii - That no person who has an office or place of profit under the King, or receives a pension from the Crown, shall be capable of serving as a Member of the House of Commons.
Page 120 - It will be worthy at the same time of their just and provident care to make such further alterations in the laws as will more especially protect and foster the several branches of manufacture which have been recently instituted or extended by the laudable exertions of our citizens.
Page 300 - We have thought fit, by and with the Advice of Our Privy Council, to issue this Our Royal Proclamation...
Page 117 - States, suspended by this act, and by the act laying an embargo on all ships and vessels in the ports and harbors of the United States...
Page 119 - These steps of the British Government led to the correspondence and the proclamation now laid before you, by virtue of which the commerce between the two countries will be renewable after the 10th day of June next.