The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for the Year ...J. Dodsley, 1809 - History |
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... ships , in cu ting out ships from under the pr tection of batteries , and in vario other operations performed by Br tish seamen on shore ; in every or of which the native valour of oi countrymen was uniformly trium phant . There were no ...
... ships , in cu ting out ships from under the pr tection of batteries , and in vario other operations performed by Br tish seamen on shore ; in every or of which the native valour of oi countrymen was uniformly trium phant . There were no ...
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... ships in merchants - yards by contract ; 10th , hired armed ships ; 11th , the most difficult branch of all others , to detail purchases of stores , to replenish his majesty's magazines , an article requiring in itself no less a sum ...
... ships in merchants - yards by contract ; 10th , hired armed ships ; 11th , the most difficult branch of all others , to detail purchases of stores , to replenish his majesty's magazines , an article requiring in itself no less a sum ...
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... ships ; 32,500l . for ordnance ; 1,135,4347 . for the ordinaries of the navy ; 2,131,9031 . for building ships in merchants yards , and other extra expences ; 1,500,0007 . for the hire of trans- ports ; 300,000l . for sick and wounded ...
... ships ; 32,500l . for ordnance ; 1,135,4347 . for the ordinaries of the navy ; 2,131,9031 . for building ships in merchants yards , and other extra expences ; 1,500,0007 . for the hire of trans- ports ; 300,000l . for sick and wounded ...
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... ships consented to put an end to the trade on the coast of Africa , the ap- plication of the same principle would necessarily compel them to extend the abolition to the West - India is lands . The bill was read a first time , and ...
... ships consented to put an end to the trade on the coast of Africa , the ap- plication of the same principle would necessarily compel them to extend the abolition to the West - India is lands . The bill was read a first time , and ...
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... ships of the line , besides frigates and bomb - ships .. Two of the ships of the line were three - deckers , three carried 84 guns , and two 74. This naval force cast anchor at the isle of Tenedos , about the middle of February , where ...
... ships of the line , besides frigates and bomb - ships .. Two of the ships of the line were three - deckers , three carried 84 guns , and two 74. This naval force cast anchor at the isle of Tenedos , about the middle of February , where ...
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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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