The Scots Magazine and Edinburgh Literary Miscellany, Volume 71Archibald Constable and Company, 1809 - English literature |
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... British Orders be revoked . But there are explanations which these letters do not contain , and which it is proper for me now to make . These expla- nations show , that while every motive of justice conspires to produce a disposition to ...
... British Orders be revoked . But there are explanations which these letters do not contain , and which it is proper for me now to make . These expla- nations show , that while every motive of justice conspires to produce a disposition to ...
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... British Government has not disguised from itself that the trial of such an experiment might be lung and arduous , though it has never doubted of the final issue . But if that issue , such as the British Government confidently an ...
... British Government has not disguised from itself that the trial of such an experiment might be lung and arduous , though it has never doubted of the final issue . But if that issue , such as the British Government confidently an ...
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... British troops in Spain , Geo . Assiotti , Esq . Deputy Commissary Gen. for North Britain . 28. The Rev. Mr William Jack , minis ter of Northmaving , Shetland . Dec. 1. At Gask beg , the Rev. Mr John Matheson , minister of Laggan , in ...
... British troops in Spain , Geo . Assiotti , Esq . Deputy Commissary Gen. for North Britain . 28. The Rev. Mr William Jack , minis ter of Northmaving , Shetland . Dec. 1. At Gask beg , the Rev. Mr John Matheson , minister of Laggan , in ...
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... British forces , by which he hoped to expel a formidable enemy , and be re- instated in his former power . But it was first necessary to dispatch some intelligent officer , to ascertain how far such designs were practicable , and to ...
... British forces , by which he hoped to expel a formidable enemy , and be re- instated in his former power . But it was first necessary to dispatch some intelligent officer , to ascertain how far such designs were practicable , and to ...
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... British Whales and Fishes , illustrated also by a great number of figures , shall shortly follow ; and afterwards others of the birds , amphibious insects , & c . till an entire system of British Zoology , occu- pying about seven ...
... British Whales and Fishes , illustrated also by a great number of figures , shall shortly follow ; and afterwards others of the birds , amphibious insects , & c . till an entire system of British Zoology , occu- pying about seven ...
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Page 207 - I'll wage thee. Who shall say that Fortune grieves him, While the star of hope she leaves him? Me, nae cheerfu' twinkle lights me ; Dark despair around benights me. I'll ne'er blame my partial fancy, Naething could resist my Nancy ; But to see her was to love her; Love but her, and love for ever.
Page 37 - Liberty have ever found their first support, and their last asylum; a country, the birthplace of many famous Philosophers, Soldiers, and Statesmen, and the scene of many important events recorded in Scottish History, particularly a great many of the actions of the Glorious Wallace, the Saviour of his country; Yet, we have never had one Scotch Poet of any eminence, to make the fertile banks of Irvine, the romantic woodlands and sequestered scenes on Aire, and the heathy mountainous source, and winding...
Page 54 - It has demonstrated to foreign nations the moderation and firmness which govern our councils, and to our citizens the necessity of uniting in support of the laws and the rights of their country, and has thus long frustrated those usurpations and spoliations which, if resisted, involved war; if submitted to, sacrificed a vital principle of our national independence.
Page 301 - In these my confidence will under every difficulty be best placed, next to that which we have all been encouraged to feel in the guardianship and guidance of that Almighty Being whose power regulates the destiny of nations, whose blessings have been so conspicuously dispensed to this rising Republic, and to whom we are bound to address our devout gratitude for the past, as well as our fervent supplications and best hopes for the future.
Page 36 - Does any man tell me that my full efforts can be of no service; and that it does not belong to my humble station to meddle with the concerns of a nation?
Page 300 - States as the basis of their peace and happiness; to support the Constitution, which is the cement of the Union, as well in its limitations as in its authorities; to respect the rights and authorities reserved to the States and to the people...
Page 299 - Unwilling to depart from examples of the most revered authority, I avail myself of the occasion now presented, to express the profound impression made on me by the call of my country to the station, to the duties of which I am about to pledge myself by the most solemn of sanctions.
Page 657 - Allan, their grieve, who fainted away when he was told his master was in the house, and that he was to set out with him on horseback before day, and pretend to the rest of the servants, that he had orders to sell some horses at Morpeth Fair. Accordingly, my grandfather getting out at a window to the stables, they set out in the dark. Though, with good reason, it was a sorrowful parting, yet after he was fairly gone, they rejoiced, and thought themselves happy that he was in a way of being safe ;...
Page 56 - I cannot have escaped error. It is incident to our imperfect nature. But I may say with truth, my errors have been of the understanding, not of intention ; and that the advancement of their rights and interests has been the constant motive for every measure.
Page 54 - Instead of a pledge, therefore, of a suspension of the embargo as to her in case of such a repeal, it was presumed that a sufficient inducement might be found in other considerations, and particularly in the change produced by a compliance with our just demands by one belligerent, and a refusal by the other, in the relations between the other and the United States.