The Edinburgh Annual Register, for 1808-26, Volume 7J. Ballantyne and Company, 1816 - Europe |
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... ship to the trades they exercised ; it was their protection he aimed at : In- deed , he had not found one person who thought well of the statute as it stood . Last year , indeed , a petition had been brought up , praying that the act ...
... ship to the trades they exercised ; it was their protection he aimed at : In- deed , he had not found one person who thought well of the statute as it stood . Last year , indeed , a petition had been brought up , praying that the act ...
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... ship contended , " had no right to ali- enate the sovereignty of Norway with- out the consent of the people . He might withdraw himself from their protection , he might absolve them from their allegiance to him , but he had no right to ...
... ship contended , " had no right to ali- enate the sovereignty of Norway with- out the consent of the people . He might withdraw himself from their protection , he might absolve them from their allegiance to him , but he had no right to ...
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... ship is under water . But they objected still more violently to the form by which the king was called , or in some measure elected , to the throne , instead of his legitimate and hereditary title being recognized . On the first of these ...
... ship is under water . But they objected still more violently to the form by which the king was called , or in some measure elected , to the throne , instead of his legitimate and hereditary title being recognized . On the first of these ...
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... ship nor a port in the East or West Indies ; and , to sum the whole , it was not in the power of uni- ted Europe to take from England by force any one of the conquests which she had thus made . The question , therefore , only was , what ...
... ship nor a port in the East or West Indies ; and , to sum the whole , it was not in the power of uni- ted Europe to take from England by force any one of the conquests which she had thus made . The question , therefore , only was , what ...
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... ship of war . They obtain- ed possession of the suburbs , and re- pelled with loss a sally of the garrison . But the fortifications being found too strong for a coup - de - main , the troops were re - embarked . Leghorn fell into ...
... ship of war . They obtain- ed possession of the suburbs , and re- pelled with loss a sally of the garrison . But the fortifications being found too strong for a coup - de - main , the troops were re - embarked . Leghorn fell into ...
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Page 131 - Resolved, that an humble address be presented to His Royal Highness the Prince Regent, that he will be graciously pleased to give directions...
Page 17 - An act to enable his Majesty to accept the services of a proportion of the militia of the city of London, out of the united kingdom, for the vigorous prosecution of the war.
Page 58 - Nort'i moved in the House of Commons for leave to bring in a bill "for the better regulating the government of the Province of Massachusetts Bay.
Page cccxlv - In the Name of the Most Holy and Undivided Trinity. His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and His Majesty the Emperor of All the Russias...
Page cclx - I have the honour to acquaint you, for the information of my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, that at 5 o'clock PM on the 6th of August last, in latitude 24° 44
Page lxxxvii - It is not however the grandeur of military success, which has alone fixed our admiration or commanded our applause; it has been that generous and lofty spirit which inspired your troops with unbounded confidence, and taught them to know, that the day of battle was always a day of victory; that moral courage and enduring fortitude which, in perilous times when gloom and doubt had beset ordinary minds, stood nevertheless unshaken ; and that ascendancy of character, which uniting the energies of jealous...
Page ccclxxiv - An act for continuing to his Majesty certain duties on malt, sugar, tobacco, and snuff, in Great Britain ; and on pensions, offices, and personal estates, in England; for the service of the year 1816.
Page cxxii - Far in the bosom of the deep, O'er these wild shelves my watch I keep; A ruddy gem of changeful light, Bound on the dusky brow of night, The seaman bids my lustre hail, And scorns to strike his timorous. sail.
Page cccvi - Thornton, esq., his envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to his majesty the king of Sweden ; .and his majesty the king of Sweden...
Page ccclxx - Revolutionary struggle defeated his unrighteous projects. His threats and his barbarities, instead of dismay, will kindle in every bosom an indignation not to be extinguished but in the disaster and expulsion of such cruel invaders.