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... hands , and had now no other security but the word of France : that whatever might be the feelings which induced ministers to consent to such humiliating and dangerous sacrifices , ( the more dan- gerous because they were so humi ...
... hands , and had now no other security but the word of France : that whatever might be the feelings which induced ministers to consent to such humiliating and dangerous sacrifices , ( the more dan- gerous because they were so humi ...
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... hands of the French . would require a garrison of 7000 men to defend the works . He thought , provided the French did not get it , it was immaterial what third power was possessed of it . Neither did he consider the Cape of Good Hope as ...
... hands of the French . would require a garrison of 7000 men to defend the works . He thought , provided the French did not get it , it was immaterial what third power was possessed of it . Neither did he consider the Cape of Good Hope as ...
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... hands of France might be extremely dangerous to the Turkish empire . For the stadtholder and the king of Sardinia , although not bound to them by any obligation of strict faith , yet we had done as much as was possible . We had ...
... hands of France might be extremely dangerous to the Turkish empire . For the stadtholder and the king of Sardinia , although not bound to them by any obligation of strict faith , yet we had done as much as was possible . We had ...
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... hands of the southern nations of Europe . whose commodities are more suit- able to that market . The Dutch , however , had , by the effect of very wise regulations , enjoyed an exten- sive trade to the Levant , without having any ...
... hands of the southern nations of Europe . whose commodities are more suit- able to that market . The Dutch , however , had , by the effect of very wise regulations , enjoyed an exten- sive trade to the Levant , without having any ...
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... hands . In peace it was of no importance , and in war the power which was strongest at sea always took it . He was sorry we could not retain Malta ; but if we were obliged to give it up , he did not know in what hands it could better be ...
... hands . In peace it was of no importance , and in war the power which was strongest at sea always took it . He was sorry we could not retain Malta ; but if we were obliged to give it up , he did not know in what hands it could better be ...
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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...