The Edinburgh Annual Register, for 1808-26, Volume 6J. Ballantyne and Company, 1815 - Europe |
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... object of which was to provide for the more extensive application of the mili- tary force of the Sicilian government to offensive operations , was also an- nounced ; this measure , combined with the liberal principles now happily pre ...
... object of which was to provide for the more extensive application of the mili- tary force of the Sicilian government to offensive operations , was also an- nounced ; this measure , combined with the liberal principles now happily pre ...
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- countries ; but until this object could be attained , without sacrificing the maritime rights of Great Britain , he relied upon the cordial support of parliament in a vigorous prosecution of the war . The prince concluded by stating ...
- countries ; but until this object could be attained , without sacrificing the maritime rights of Great Britain , he relied upon the cordial support of parliament in a vigorous prosecution of the war . The prince concluded by stating ...
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... object , till some overwhelming force should interrupt the career of his am- bition . If the Spanish people could once bring themselves to feel that there was no evil to be put in competition for a moment with that of submission to the ...
... object , till some overwhelming force should interrupt the career of his am- bition . If the Spanish people could once bring themselves to feel that there was no evil to be put in competition for a moment with that of submission to the ...
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... object , according to all the established rules of war . " Again , when it was understood , so far back as the month of June last , that Lord Wellington was advancing into Spain , could ministers fail to dis- cover , that France , being ...
... object , according to all the established rules of war . " Again , when it was understood , so far back as the month of June last , that Lord Wellington was advancing into Spain , could ministers fail to dis- cover , that France , being ...
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... object of the war in Spain , three schemes had been successively devised ; two were merely talked of , and the third was practised . The first was founded on an idea that it would be imprudent to embark as a principal in the contest ...
... object of the war in Spain , three schemes had been successively devised ; two were merely talked of , and the third was practised . The first was founded on an idea that it would be imprudent to embark as a principal in the contest ...
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Page lxxi - You have sent me, among the trophies of your unrivalled fame, the staff of a French marshal, and I send you, in return, that of England.
Page ccxxxviii - ... .such as must, especially considering her exalted rank and station. necessarily give occasion to very unfavourable interpretations.
Page xxxii - The forehead and temples had lost little or nothing of their muscular substance ; the cartilage of the nose was gone ; but the left eye in the first moment of exposure was open and full, though it vanished almost immediately : and the pointed beard, so characteristic of the period of the reign of King Charles, was perfect.
Page cclxxi - And whereas the Senate of the United States have approved of the said arrangement and recommended that it should be carried into effect, the same having also received the sanction of 'His Royal Highness, the Prince Regent, acting in the name and on the behalf of His...
Page 107 - With this view, by the Decree of Berlin, followed by that of Milan, he declared the British territories to be in a state of blockade ; and that all Commerce, or even correspondence with Great Britain was prohibited. He decreed that every vessel and cargo, which had entered, or was found proceeding to a British port, or which, under any circumstances., had been visited by a British ship of war, should be lawful prize: he declared all British goods and produce, wherever found, and however acquired,...
Page ccliv - Our inclinations are not in our power, nor should either of us be held answerable to the other, because nature has not made us suitable to each other. Tranquil and comfortable society is, however, in our power ; let our intercourse, therefore, be restricted to that...
Page ccxlvii - Every sentiment of duty to your majesty, and of concern for the public welfare, required that these particulars should not be withheld from your majesty, to whom more particularly belonged the cognizance of a matter of state, so nearly touching the honour of your majesty's royal Family, and, by possibility, affecting the succession of your majesty's crown.
Page 76 - At the expiration of the restrictions, I still was inclined to delay taking this step, in the hope that I might owe the redress I sought to your gracious and unsolicited condescension. I have waited in the fond indulgence of this expectation, until, to my inexpressible mortification, I find that my unwillingness to complain has only produced fresh grounds of complaint ; and...
Page lxxxii - Also, for that it is undecent to crowd up myself with my gentleman-usher in my coach, I will have him to have a convenient horse, to attend me either in city or country. And I must have two footmen. And my desire is, that you defray all the charges for me.
Page cclxix - His Royal Highness can never admit, that in the exercise of the undoubted and hitherto undisputed right of searching neutral merchant vessels in time of war, the impressment of British seamen, when found therein, can be deemed any violation of a neutral flag. Neither can he admit, that the taking such seamen from on board such vessels, can be considered by any neutral state as a hostile measure, or a justifiable cause of war.