Annual Register, Volume 80Edmund Burke Longmans, Green, 1839 - History |
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... desire to repeat , at the expense of the hardy Britons of Canada , the experiment so suc- cessfully made in the Texas . It was principally to Upper Canada that these marauding bands directed their attention . The news of the rising in ...
... desire to repeat , at the expense of the hardy Britons of Canada , the experiment so suc- cessfully made in the Texas . It was principally to Upper Canada that these marauding bands directed their attention . The news of the rising in ...
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... desire to become the pos- sessors of Upper Canada . Great numbers of men enlisted as soldiers , with the avowed object of invading that province , and establishing a provisional government . Public meetings were convened , volun- teers ...
... desire to become the pos- sessors of Upper Canada . Great numbers of men enlisted as soldiers , with the avowed object of invading that province , and establishing a provisional government . Public meetings were convened , volun- teers ...
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... desire to per- petuate the allegiance of her sub- jects , in that part of the empire , " than by incorporating in her royal title the distinct claim of sovereignty " over these possessions ; don on such conditions as might appear proper ...
... desire to per- petuate the allegiance of her sub- jects , in that part of the empire , " than by incorporating in her royal title the distinct claim of sovereignty " over these possessions ; don on such conditions as might appear proper ...
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... desire to continue subject to the British Crown . " A remark which is accompanied by a strong expression of repugnance to the institutions of the neighbouring republic . We cannot dismiss from our attention this , in some repects , able ...
... desire to continue subject to the British Crown . " A remark which is accompanied by a strong expression of repugnance to the institutions of the neighbouring republic . We cannot dismiss from our attention this , in some repects , able ...
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... desire to do justice to her dependency . But in supporting the address , he begged that he might not be understood to place confidence in ministers , or to be satisfied with their past conduct . Measures of precaution had , in his ...
... desire to do justice to her dependency . But in supporting the address , he begged that he might not be understood to place confidence in ministers , or to be satisfied with their past conduct . Measures of precaution had , in his ...
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Page 275 - VICTORIA, by the grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Queen, Defender of the Faith; to all to whom these presents shall come greeting...
Page 262 - it is a holy and wholesome thought to pray for the dead, that they may be loosed from their sins.
Page 51 - But if her father disallow her in the day that he heareth; not any of her vows, or of her bonds wherewith she hath bound her soul, shall stand : and the LORD shall forgive her, because her father disallowed her.
Page 79 - Sirs, I here present unto you Queen Victoria, the undoubted Queen of this realm ; wherefore, all you who are come this day to do your homage are you willing to do the same?
Page 80 - And he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant that was found in the house of the Lord. And the king stood in his place, and made a covenant before the Lord, to walk after the Lord, and to keep his commandments, and his testimonies, and his statutes, with all his heart, and with all his soul ; to perform the words of the covenant which are written in this book ; and he caused all that were present in Jerusalem and Benjamin to stand to it.
Page 278 - An Act to make temporary Provision for the. Government of Lower Canada. [I6th August 1838.] WHEREAS an Act was made this present Session of Parliament, intituled An Act to make temporary Provision for the Government of Lower Canada...
Page 279 - An Act for indemnifying those who have issued or acted under certain parts of a certain Ordinance, made under colour of an Act passed in the present Session of Parliament, intituled ' An Act to make temporary Provision for the Government of Lower Canada.
Page 475 - ... interference with the industry of the people, and withhold inducements to improvident dealings on the part of individuals ; to give stability to the concerns of the treasury ; to preserve the measures of the government from the unavoidable reproaches that flow from such a connection, and the banks themselves from the injurious effects of a supposed participation in the political conflicts of the day, from which they will otherwise find it difficult to escape.
Page 260 - The Romish doctrine concerning purgatory, pardons, worshipping, and adoration, as well of images, as of reliques, and also invocation of saints, is a fond thing vainly invented, and grounded upon no warranty of Scripture, but radier repugnant to the word of GOD.
Page 81 - N. do become your liege man of life and limb, and of earthly worship, and faith and truth I will bear unto you, to live and die, against all manner of folks. So help me God.