Public characters [Formerly British public characters] of 1798-9 - 1809-10, Volume 81806 |
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... prove , at least , by the readi- ness of their compliance , that they are not de- void of candour . of They may justly assert that they have never stooped to gratify personal resentments , or participated either in the bitterness ...
... prove , at least , by the readi- ness of their compliance , that they are not de- void of candour . of They may justly assert that they have never stooped to gratify personal resentments , or participated either in the bitterness ...
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... prove highly useful . By learning to obey , they are also taught betimes how to command ; and it becomes daily more necessary indeed , that a lad who , like many others , may hereafter attain the rank of post - captain in the service ...
... prove highly useful . By learning to obey , they are also taught betimes how to command ; and it becomes daily more necessary indeed , that a lad who , like many others , may hereafter attain the rank of post - captain in the service ...
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... proved unsuccessful . At the general election in 1786 he was chosen for Stirlingshire , so that he sat during a large portion of three following parliaments . Previously to this he married a country woman of his own ; Jane , daughter ...
... proved unsuccessful . At the general election in 1786 he was chosen for Stirlingshire , so that he sat during a large portion of three following parliaments . Previously to this he married a country woman of his own ; Jane , daughter ...
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... proving to be an ex- cellent vessel , was purchased by government , and added to the royal navy . Such had been the exploits of this officer during the American war , and the contest with France opened a new field for his valour and ...
... proving to be an ex- cellent vessel , was purchased by government , and added to the royal navy . Such had been the exploits of this officer during the American war , and the contest with France opened a new field for his valour and ...
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... prove upon the whole unfortunate , for on the nineteenth of June , a part of his squadron , consist- ing of the Centaur , Bellona , Santa Teresa , and Eme- rald , captured a forty - gun ship , a frigate , and three small armed vessels ...
... prove upon the whole unfortunate , for on the nineteenth of June , a part of his squadron , consist- ing of the Centaur , Bellona , Santa Teresa , and Eme- rald , captured a forty - gun ship , a frigate , and three small armed vessels ...
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Page 337 - I, that am curtail'd of this fair proportion, Cheated of feature by dissembling Nature, Deform'd, unfinish'd, sent before my time Into this breathing world scarce half made up, And that so lamely and unfashionable That dogs bark at me as I halt by them...
Page 342 - Euphrosyne, And by men, heart-easing Mirth, Whom lovely Venus at a birth With two sister Graces more To ivy-crowned Bacchus bore...
Page 245 - One asylum of free discussion is still inviolate. There is still one spot in Europe where man can freely exercise his reason on the most important concerns of society, where he can boldly publish his judgment on the acts of the proudest and most powerful tyrants. The press of England is still free. It is guarded by the free Constitution of our forefathers. It is guarded by the hearts and arms of Englishmen, and I trust, I may venture to say, that if it be to fall, it will fall only under the ruins...
Page 553 - An elegant sufficiency, content, Retirement, rural quiet, friendship, books, Ease and alternate labour, useful life, Progressive virtue, and approving Heaven.
Page 337 - That dogs bark at me, as I halt by them; Why, I, in this weak piping time of peace, Have no delight to pass away the time...
Page 371 - I stand ready to avow or disavow promptly and explicitly any precise or definite opinion which I may be charged with having declared of any gentleman.
Page 503 - My name is Norval: on the Grampian hills My father feeds his flocks; a frugal swain, Whose constant cares were to increase his store, And keep his only son, myself, at home.
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Page 46 - O early lost ! what tears the river shed, When the sad pomp along his banks was led ! His drooping swans on ev'ry note expire, 275 And on his willows hung each muse's lyre.
Page 375 - Jay, Adams, and Hamilton ; the only three who can be supposed to have stood in that relation to him. That he has too much reason to believe that, in regard to Mr. Hamilton, there has been no reciprocity. For several years his name has been lent to the support of base slanders. He has never had the generosity, the magnanimity, or the candor to contradict or disavow.