The Anti-Gallican, Or, Standard of British Loyalty, Religion, and Liberty, Volume 1Vernor and Hood, and J. Asperne, 1803 - Great Britain |
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... attempt , by putting myself at the Head of the Expedition ; and with 480,000 men at command , army after army will be found for the Enterprize . " Bonaparte's Speech to Lord Whitwortha GALLUS SUO Sterquilinio plurimum potest . London ...
... attempt , by putting myself at the Head of the Expedition ; and with 480,000 men at command , army after army will be found for the Enterprize . " Bonaparte's Speech to Lord Whitwortha GALLUS SUO Sterquilinio plurimum potest . London ...
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... attempted to justify himself . The members sat petrified with terror , and almost doubted whether the scene passing before their eyes was not illusion . Assuredly , all these proceedings will not be found in the minutes of the Institute ...
... attempted to justify himself . The members sat petrified with terror , and almost doubted whether the scene passing before their eyes was not illusion . Assuredly , all these proceedings will not be found in the minutes of the Institute ...
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... attempt , cannot for one moment be disputed . You have only with heart and hand to rally round the throne of your King , and the Constitution of your country , and , with the blessing of God , which you may most confidently expect on so ...
... attempt , cannot for one moment be disputed . You have only with heart and hand to rally round the throne of your King , and the Constitution of your country , and , with the blessing of God , which you may most confidently expect on so ...
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... attempted , A FARCE IN ONE ACT , called THE INVASION OF ENGLAND . Principal Buffo , M. BONAPARTE : Being his FIRST ( and most likely his Last ) Appearance on this Stage . ANTICIPATED CRITIQUE . THE Structure of this Farce is very loose ...
... attempted , A FARCE IN ONE ACT , called THE INVASION OF ENGLAND . Principal Buffo , M. BONAPARTE : Being his FIRST ( and most likely his Last ) Appearance on this Stage . ANTICIPATED CRITIQUE . THE Structure of this Farce is very loose ...
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... attempt . However disgusted they may be with the violence and tyranny of their ruler , yet I am persuaded , that stimulated as they are by every sort of artifice , what they would not undertake from attachment to their own Govern- ment ...
... attempt . However disgusted they may be with the violence and tyranny of their ruler , yet I am persuaded , that stimulated as they are by every sort of artifice , what they would not undertake from attachment to their own Govern- ment ...
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Page 47 - Have in these parts from morn till even fought, And sheath'd their swords for lack of argument. Dishonour not your mothers; now attest That those whom you call'd fathers did beget you. Be copy now to men of grosser blood, And teach them how to war. And you, good yeomen, Whose limbs were made in England...
Page 175 - Nor e'en thy virtues, tyrant, shall avail • To save thy secret soul from nightly fears, From Cambria's curse, from Cambria's tears...
Page 47 - And you, good yeomen, Whose limbs were made in England, show us here The mettle of your pasture ; let us swear That you are worth your breeding : which I doubt not; For there is none of you so mean and base, That hath not noble lustre in your eyes. I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips,* Straining upon the start. The game's afoot ; Follow your spirit : and, upon this charge, Cry — God for Harry ! England ! and Saint George ! [Exeunt . Alarum, and Chambers go off.
Page 103 - We know that -we have made no discoveries, and we think that no discoveries are to be made, in morality ; nor many in the great principles of government, nor in the ideas of liberty, which were understood long before we were born, altogether as well as they will be after the grave has heaped its mould upon our presumption, and the silent tomb shall have imposed its law on our pert loquacity.
Page 181 - I demand of your lordship, the justice of believing me to be with the greatest respect, My Lord, Your lordship's most obedient, and most obliged humble servant, JON.
Page 176 - Dear lost companions of my tuneful art, Dear as the light that visits these sad eyes, Dear as the ruddy drops that warm my heart, Ye died amidst your dying country's cries — No more I weep ; They do not sleep ; On yonder cliffs, a grisly band, I see them sit ; They linger yet, Avengers of their native land : With me in dreadful harmony they join, And weave with bloody hands the tissue of thy line.
Page 103 - Prejudice is of ready application in the emergency ; it previously engages the mind in a steady course of wisdom and virtue, and does not leave the man hesitating in the moment of decision, sceptical, puzzled, and unresolved. Prejudice renders a man's virtue his habit : and not a series of unconnected acts. Through just prejudice, his duty becomes a part of his nature.
Page 103 - Because when such ideas are brought before our minds, it is natural to be so affected; because all other feelings are false and spurious and tend to corrupt our minds, to vitiate our primary morals, to render us unfit for rational liberty, and, by teaching us a servile, licentious, and abandoned insolence, to be our low sport for a few holidays, to make us perfectly fit for and justly deserving of slavery through the whole course of our lives.
Page 233 - Shall hang as high's the steeple ; But while we sing, ' God save the King,' We'll ne'er forget the People.
Page 47 - Be copy now to men of grosser blood, And teach them how to war! — And you, good yeomen, Whose limbs were made in England, show us here The mettle of your pasture; let us swear That you are worth your breeding : which I doubt not; For there is none of you so mean and base, That hath not noble lustre in your eyes. I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips, Straining upon the start. The game's afoot; Follow your spirit: and, upon this charge, Cry — God for Harry! England! and saint George ! [Exeunt.