The Edinburgh Annual Register, for 1808-26, Volume 7J. Ballantyne and Company, 1816 - Europe |
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Page vi
... Sovereigns take the Field in Person . Enthusiasm of the Germans on approaching the Rhine . Buo- naparte's Address to his Senate . The Allies transmit their Basis of Pacification , and a Treaty is commenced . Grand Council of War at ...
... Sovereigns take the Field in Person . Enthusiasm of the Germans on approaching the Rhine . Buo- naparte's Address to his Senate . The Allies transmit their Basis of Pacification , and a Treaty is commenced . Grand Council of War at ...
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... Sovereigns enter the City . The Strength of their Ar- mies . Their Reception by the Citizens . Movements of Buonaparte upon Lorraine . He defeats Winzengerode's Army of Observation . Menaces Vitry ; and is recalled by News from Paris ...
... Sovereigns enter the City . The Strength of their Ar- mies . Their Reception by the Citizens . Movements of Buonaparte upon Lorraine . He defeats Winzengerode's Army of Observation . Menaces Vitry ; and is recalled by News from Paris ...
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... Sovereigns to Britain . Their enthusiastic Reception . Interest excited by Blucher . Their Visit to Oxford ; and other Festivities . Remarks on this Visit . Arrival of the Duke of Wellington in the Capital . He takes his Seat in the ...
... Sovereigns to Britain . Their enthusiastic Reception . Interest excited by Blucher . Their Visit to Oxford ; and other Festivities . Remarks on this Visit . Arrival of the Duke of Wellington in the Capital . He takes his Seat in the ...
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... sovereigns blind to their interests and their fame , we see nobles and kings fighting in the ranks - we see crowds of accomplish- ed captains - and , where we number men , we number heroes and patriots . It seems , indeed , if I may ...
... sovereigns blind to their interests and their fame , we see nobles and kings fighting in the ranks - we see crowds of accomplish- ed captains - and , where we number men , we number heroes and patriots . It seems , indeed , if I may ...
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... sovereign in any man- ner whatever , by bill or otherwise . Thus , the voluntary associations and subscriptions entered into by the peo- ple in times of rebellion , and their le- gality under the circumstances of such a crisis , are ...
... sovereign in any man- ner whatever , by bill or otherwise . Thus , the voluntary associations and subscriptions entered into by the peo- ple in times of rebellion , and their le- gality under the circumstances of such a crisis , are ...
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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.