Annual Register, Volume 44Edmund Burke 1803 - History |
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... British empire of the union of the greatest and most brilliant assemblage of talents , she had ever witnessed , united in one administration ; required more than ordinary attention . To attempt to trace the causes of her present ...
... British empire of the union of the greatest and most brilliant assemblage of talents , she had ever witnessed , united in one administration ; required more than ordinary attention . To attempt to trace the causes of her present ...
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... British cha- racter . He also expressed his gra- titude to Divine Providence for the bounty afforded to his people in the abundant produce of the last har- vest , and his acknowledgments to the distinguished valour and eminent services ...
... British cha- racter . He also expressed his gra- titude to Divine Providence for the bounty afforded to his people in the abundant produce of the last har- vest , and his acknowledgments to the distinguished valour and eminent services ...
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... British soldiers , when they had an equal opportunity of distinguishing themselves , would not fall short of British sailors . Egypt had lately witnessed such glorious exertions of British troops , as the annals of his- tory could not ...
... British soldiers , when they had an equal opportunity of distinguishing themselves , would not fall short of British sailors . Egypt had lately witnessed such glorious exertions of British troops , as the annals of his- tory could not ...
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... British character ,, when our re- sources were unimpaired , and our armies triumphant . It was a grand and magnificent triumph for Eng- land to make a peace , when her navies and armies were every where conquerors from the frozen seas ...
... British character ,, when our re- sources were unimpaired , and our armies triumphant . It was a grand and magnificent triumph for Eng- land to make a peace , when her navies and armies were every where conquerors from the frozen seas ...
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... British soldiers , when they had an equal opportunity of distinguishing themselves , would not fall short of British sailors . Egypt had lately witnessed such glorious exertions of British troops , as the annals of his- tory could not ...
... British soldiers , when they had an equal opportunity of distinguishing themselves , would not fall short of British sailors . Egypt had lately witnessed such glorious exertions of British troops , as the annals of his- tory could not ...
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Page 574 - Tis morn, but scarce yon level sun Can pierce the war-clouds, rolling dun, Where furious Frank and fiery Hun Shout in their sulphurous canopy. The combat deepens. On, ye brave, Who rush to glory, or the grave ! Wave, Munich ! all thy banners wave, And charge with all thy chivalry.
Page 532 - ON Linden, when the sun was low, All bloodless lay the untrodden snow, And dark as winter was the flow Of Iser, rolling rapidly. But Linden saw another sight, When the drum beat, at dead of night, Commanding fires of death to light The darkness of her scenery.
Page 529 - Tis thine, oh Glenullin ! whose bride shall await, Like a love-lighted watch-fire, all night at the gate. A steed comes at morning: no rider is there; But its bridle is red with the sign of despair.
Page 530 - They are true to the last of their blood and their breath, And like reapers descend to the harvest of death. Then welcome be Cumberland's steed to the shock...
Page 574 - I have marshalled my clan : Their swords are a thousand, — their bosoms are one ! They are true to the last of their blood and their breath, And like reapers descend to the harvest of death.
Page 574 - Tis the fire-shower of ruin, all dreadfully driven From his eyrie, that beacons the darkness of heaven. Oh, crested Lochiel ! the peerless in might, Whose banners arise on the battlements' height, Heaven's fire is around thee to blast and to burn ; Return to thy dwelling ! all lonely return ! For the blackness of ashes shall mark where it stood, And a wild mother scream o'er her famishing brood.
Page 533 - The world was sad ! — the garden was a wild ! And man, the hermit, sigh'd — till woman smiled...
Page 396 - It is agreed that creditors on either side shall meet with no lawful impediment to the recovery of the full value in sterling money, of all bona fide debts heretofore contracted.
Page 175 - Orleans, and to export them from thence without paying any other duty than a fair price for the hire of the stores; and his Majesty promises either to continue this permission, if he finds, during that time, that it is not prejudicial to the interests of Spain, or if he should not agree to continue it there, he will assign to them, on another part of the banks of the Mississippi, an equivalent establishment...
Page 531 - Tis the sunset of life gives me mystical lore, And coming events cast their shadows before.