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... conduct ; and who have given new appellations and energies to political combination . Above all , we have endeavoured to point out the danger which must arise to the interests , nay , the very existence of the British empire , from the ...
... conduct ; and who have given new appellations and energies to political combination . Above all , we have endeavoured to point out the danger which must arise to the interests , nay , the very existence of the British empire , from the ...
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the gallantry of our fleets and ar- mies , and that good conduct in the people of England , which he had ever considered as our best security ; and events had proved , that as long as the people of England were true to themselves , and ...
the gallantry of our fleets and ar- mies , and that good conduct in the people of England , which he had ever considered as our best security ; and events had proved , that as long as the people of England were true to themselves , and ...
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... annihi- lated the commerce of the enemy . The whole of maritime Europe , jealous of the power of our navy , had conspired its humiliation , they Glo- found cers who succeeded him , and whose conduct best spoke HISTORY 9 OF EUROPE .
... annihi- lated the commerce of the enemy . The whole of maritime Europe , jealous of the power of our navy , had conspired its humiliation , they Glo- found cers who succeeded him , and whose conduct best spoke HISTORY 9 OF EUROPE .
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... conduct of ministers , but particularly for procuring for the nation such preliminaries of peace as the present . Earl Spencer lamented the ne- cessity he felt himself under from his sense of duty , to deliver an opinion opposite to ...
... conduct of ministers , but particularly for procuring for the nation such preliminaries of peace as the present . Earl Spencer lamented the ne- cessity he felt himself under from his sense of duty , to deliver an opinion opposite to ...
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... conduct of our army , his royal highness passed to the brilliant achievements of our navy . The memorable 1st of June , 14th of February , 11th of October , and 1st of August , would be for ever brilliant and glorious in our naval ...
... conduct of our army , his royal highness passed to the brilliant achievements of our navy . The memorable 1st of June , 14th of February , 11th of October , and 1st of August , would be for ever brilliant and glorious in our naval ...
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Page 828 - Far flash'd the red artillery. But redder yet that light shall glow On Linden's hills of stained snow; And bloodier yet the torrent flow Of Iser, rolling rapidly. '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.
Page 828 - 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 829 - 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. Few, few shall part where many meet ! The snow shall be their winding-sheet ; And every turf beneath their feet Shall be a soldier's sepulchre.
Page 827 - Lochiel, Lochiel ! beware of the day ; For, dark and despairing, my sight I may seal, But man cannot cover what God would reveal ; 'Tis the sunset of life gives me mystical lore, And coming events cast their shadows before.
Page 826 - Glenullin ! whose bride shall await, Like a love-lighted watchfire, all night at the gate. A steed comes at morning ; no rider is there ; But its bridle is- red with the sign of despair. Weep Albin ! to death and captivity led ! Oh weep ! but thy tears cannot number the dead : For a merciless sword on Culloden shall wave, Culloden ! that reeks with the blood of the brave.
Page 826 - Companionless bearing destruction abroad ; But down let him stoop from his havoc on high ! Ah, home let him speed, — for the spoiler is nigh ! Why flames the far summit? Why shoot to the blast Those embers, like stars from the firmament cast ? '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...
Page 127 - These two companies were afterwards united and consolidated into one, under the title of the United Company of Merchants trading to the East Indies.
Page 827 - Tis the sunset of life gives me mystical lore, And coming events cast their shadows before. I tell thee, Culloden's dread echoes shall ring With the bloodhounds that bark for thy fugitive king. Lo ! anointed by Heaven with the vials of wrath, Behold, where he flies on his desolate path ! Now in darkness and billows, he sweeps from my sight; Rise, rise ! ye wild tempests, and cover his flight!
Page 832 - Yes, at the dead of night, by Lonna's steep, The seaman's cry was heard along the deep...
Page 710 - By his father he was descended from the Robertsons of Gladney in the county of Fife ; a branch of the respectable family of the same name, which has, for many generations, possessed the estate of Struan in Perthshire. He was born in 1721, at Borthwick (in the county of...