The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for the Year ...J. Dodsley, 1809 - History |
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... ment when they were endeavouring to carry them off . All this was the more conspicuous , as the ground was covered with snow . The 5,000 wounded Russians were all con- veyed in sledges to Thorn , and to the French hospitals , on the ...
... ment when they were endeavouring to carry them off . All this was the more conspicuous , as the ground was covered with snow . The 5,000 wounded Russians were all con- veyed in sledges to Thorn , and to the French hospitals , on the ...
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... ment of the French no doubt , par- ticularly the conscripts for the year , whose services were now to be cal- led for , though six months before the time fixed by the constitution , a statement was published of all the pieces of cannon ...
... ment of the French no doubt , par- ticularly the conscripts for the year , whose services were now to be cal- led for , though six months before the time fixed by the constitution , a statement was published of all the pieces of cannon ...
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... ment , for the selfish , blind , and infa . tuated policy that had disgraced his reign , by the resignation , pa- tience , and firmness of his conduct after the disastrous day of Jena ; and the heroic , though romantic bravery of the ...
... ment , for the selfish , blind , and infa . tuated policy that had disgraced his reign , by the resignation , pa- tience , and firmness of his conduct after the disastrous day of Jena ; and the heroic , though romantic bravery of the ...
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... ment and conquest . But neither this determination , nor the succeed ing measures were previously con certed with his majesty nor had any disposition been shewn to offer adequate satisfaction for those aggressions which had placed the ...
... ment and conquest . But neither this determination , nor the succeed ing measures were previously con certed with his majesty nor had any disposition been shewn to offer adequate satisfaction for those aggressions which had placed the ...
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... ment to the address might be in- troduced , that he preferred the sub- stitution of a new address altogether , leaving it to the option of the house which to adopt . He therefore pro- . posed by way of amendment , to D 4 omit omit the ...
... ment to the address might be in- troduced , that he preferred the sub- stitution of a new address altogether , leaving it to the option of the house which to adopt . He therefore pro- . posed by way of amendment , to D 4 omit omit the ...
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Page 619 - I do hereby disclaim, disavow, and solemnly abjure any intention to subvert the present Church Establishment as settled by law within this Realm. And I do solemnly swear that I never will exercise any privilege to which I am or may become entitled to disturb or weaken the Protestant religion or Protestant government in the United Kingdom.
Page 740 - The question, therefore, now comes forward; to what other objects shall these surpluses be appropriated, and the whole surplus of impost, after the entire discharge of the public debt, and during those intervals when the purposes of war shall not call for them? Shall we suppress the impost and give that advantage to foreign over domestic manufactures?
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Page 740 - State no quota toward his unlawful enterprise. Whether after the arrival of the proclamation, of the orders, or of our agent any exertion which could be made by that State or the orders of the governor of Kentucky for calling out the militia at the mouth of Cumberland would be in time to arrest these boats and those from the Falls of Ohio is still doubtful.
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