Annual Register, Volume 42Edmund Burke 1801 - History |
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... raised to our country . I am for the abo- lition of the incoherent charter , the tyrannical code of 1793. But I am far from thinking that we ought to confine ourselves to fome decrees of regulation . The con- ftitution is founded on the ...
... raised to our country . I am for the abo- lition of the incoherent charter , the tyrannical code of 1793. But I am far from thinking that we ought to confine ourselves to fome decrees of regulation . The con- ftitution is founded on the ...
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... raise the fupplies by ordinary means . It was not an eafy matter to preferve the promised respect for property , to give contentment to the French in this refpect , and , at the fame time , not to relax from that military energy which ...
... raise the fupplies by ordinary means . It was not an eafy matter to preferve the promised respect for property , to give contentment to the French in this refpect , and , at the fame time , not to relax from that military energy which ...
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... raised upon territorial infcriptions , of one thou- fand livres each , which were to have for pledge or mortgage a far greater fum , to be derived from the fale of national domains . Other means would be reforted to for enfuring an ...
... raised upon territorial infcriptions , of one thou- fand livres each , which were to have for pledge or mortgage a far greater fum , to be derived from the fale of national domains . Other means would be reforted to for enfuring an ...
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... raised by contributions on Egypt . This arrangement was not an augmentation of expenfe , be- caufe the advances in France would be compenfated by the receipts in Egypt . It merely , as was stated by Buonaparte , opened a credit in ...
... raised by contributions on Egypt . This arrangement was not an augmentation of expenfe , be- caufe the advances in France would be compenfated by the receipts in Egypt . It merely , as was stated by Buonaparte , opened a credit in ...
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... raise the value of the produce and merchandise of France , and lower the price of freight and infurance . The French government , taught this by experience , laid it down as a maxim , that the most extended and unlimited piracy is by no ...
... raise the value of the produce and merchandise of France , and lower the price of freight and infurance . The French government , taught this by experience , laid it down as a maxim , that the most extended and unlimited piracy is by no ...
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Page 149 - ... may appear to the Parliament of the United Kingdom to require ; provided, that all writs of error and appeals, depending at the time of the Union, or hereafter to be brought, and which might now be finally decided by the House of Lords of either kingdom, shall from and after the Union be finally decided by the House of Lords of the United Kingdom...
Page 224 - For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.
Page 94 - Ireland, that the said kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland shall, upon the first day of January, which shall be in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and one, and for ever after, be united into one kingdom, by the name of The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland...
Page 297 - States, to which the youths of fortune and talents from all parts thereof may be sent for the completion of their education, in all the branches of polite literature, in arts and sciences, in acquiring knowledge in the principles of politics and good government, and, as a matter of infinite importance in my judgment, by associating with each other, and forming friendships in juvenile years, be enabled to free themselves in a proper degree from those local prejudices and habitual jealousies...
Page 283 - I had met with a collection of letters by the wits of Queen Anne's reign, and I pored over them most devoutly; I kept copies of any of my own letters that pleased me; and a comparison between them and the composition of most of my correspondents, flattered my vanity. I carried this whim so far, that though I had not three farthings...
Page 279 - Though it cost the schoolmaster some thrashings, I made an excellent English scholar; and by the time I was ten or eleven years of age, I was a critic in substantives, verbs, and particles.
Page 295 - I do, moreover, most pointedly and most solemnly enjoin it upon my executors hereafter named, or the survivors of them, to see that this clause respecting slaves, and every part thereof, be religiously fulfilled at the epoch at which it is directed to take place, without evasion, neglect, or delay...
Page 417 - Though the apothecary fights with Death, Still they're sworn friends to one another. A member of this ^Esculapian line Lived at Newcastle-upon-Tyne : No man could better gild a pill, Or make a bill, Or mix a draught, or bleed, or blister, Or draw a tooth out of your head, Or chatter scandal by your bed, Or give a clyster.
Page 289 - Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.
Page 162 - His Majesty will eagerly embrace the opportunity to concert with his allies the means of immediate and general pacification. Unhappily no such security hitherto exists : no sufficient evidence of the principles by which the new government will be directed ; no reasonable ground by which to judge of its stability.