The Edinburgh Annual Register, for 1808-26, Volume 7J. Ballantyne and Company, 1816 - Europe |
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... tain their dimensions , and appreciate their real magnificence . Yet this we may even now assert , that , in the whole range of modern history , there is no- thing equal or second to these achieve- ments , and that this is one of those ...
... tain their dimensions , and appreciate their real magnificence . Yet this we may even now assert , that , in the whole range of modern history , there is no- thing equal or second to these achieve- ments , and that this is one of those ...
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... tain , one lieutenant , and one ensign , who at first would be entitled to half- pay , and , after having served one cam- paign , to fill every situation of the ar my . He had , therefore , another plan to propose , of encouraging the ...
... tain , one lieutenant , and one ensign , who at first would be entitled to half- pay , and , after having served one cam- paign , to fill every situation of the ar my . He had , therefore , another plan to propose , of encouraging the ...
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... tain it , he flattered himself with the enjoyment of equal credit with those who were most solicitous for the just rights and dignity , for the permanent honour and safety of the empire . The solicitude of government for peace had ...
... tain it , he flattered himself with the enjoyment of equal credit with those who were most solicitous for the just rights and dignity , for the permanent honour and safety of the empire . The solicitude of government for peace had ...
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... tain ; they are rivals in strength , but inseparable in glory . If at a future period , by successes which we cannot foresee , and by aggressions which we cannot resist , war should again be threatened upon our own shores , what ...
... tain ; they are rivals in strength , but inseparable in glory . If at a future period , by successes which we cannot foresee , and by aggressions which we cannot resist , war should again be threatened upon our own shores , what ...
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... tain a most perfect conviction , that Mr Pitt not only cordially assented to those prices , but wished to have car- ned them considerably higher . I have a clear recollection of what passed at our first interview with him upon the ...
... tain a most perfect conviction , that Mr Pitt not only cordially assented to those prices , but wished to have car- ned them considerably higher . I have a clear recollection of what passed at our first interview with him upon the ...
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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.