The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for the Year ..., Volume 39J. Dodsley, 1800 - History |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 23
Page 25
... proposed to maintain his ground , and riik another combat , the next morning ; but the difcouragement of his men , and the impetuofity with which it was affailed by the French , notwithstanding a dark and tempeftu- ous night , compelled ...
... proposed to maintain his ground , and riik another combat , the next morning ; but the difcouragement of his men , and the impetuofity with which it was affailed by the French , notwithstanding a dark and tempeftu- ous night , compelled ...
Page 35
... proposed by the British ambassador of Paris , must have been accepted by the di- rectory . To the extraordinary talents of Buonaparte , and to the valour of his troops , was owing therefore the fuperiority that France ftill retained ...
... proposed by the British ambassador of Paris , must have been accepted by the di- rectory . To the extraordinary talents of Buonaparte , and to the valour of his troops , was owing therefore the fuperiority that France ftill retained ...
Page 82
... proposed to the council for its acquiefcence , were that the enemies of the republic had manifeftly followed the plan traced out to them in the in- ftructions found upon Dunan , La- ville , Harnois , Brottier , and Ber- thelot , who ...
... proposed to the council for its acquiefcence , were that the enemies of the republic had manifeftly followed the plan traced out to them in the in- ftructions found upon Dunan , La- ville , Harnois , Brottier , and Ber- thelot , who ...
Page 106
... proposed addrefs ? Why , it was neither more nor lefs than a recommendation to his ma- jefty to acknowledge and approve that fyftem he had formerly repro- bated and oppofed . If there were any wifdom in negociating now , the fame wifdom ...
... proposed addrefs ? Why , it was neither more nor lefs than a recommendation to his ma- jefty to acknowledge and approve that fyftem he had formerly repro- bated and oppofed . If there were any wifdom in negociating now , the fame wifdom ...
Page 124
... proposed to be raifed , is only to act in cafe of emergency ; what is that to be ? what are the circumftances in which it may be fuppofed to exift ? when the French fhall land upon our coaft ? No fuch thing : I know that such a ...
... proposed to be raifed , is only to act in cafe of emergency ; what is that to be ? what are the circumftances in which it may be fuppofed to exift ? when the French fhall land upon our coaft ? No fuch thing : I know that such a ...
Contents
1 | |
58 | |
61 | |
64 | |
76 | |
105 | |
127 | |
148 | |
80 | |
86 | |
96 | |
110 | |
118 | |
145 | |
389 | |
399 | |
177 | |
207 | |
223 | |
249 | |
7 | |
8 | |
17 | |
27 | |
73 | |
406 | |
418 | |
429 | |
435 | |
441 | |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
addrefs affiftance affurances againſt alfo anfwer army Auftrians bank Bank of England cafe caufe circumftances Committee confequence confideration confidered conftitution council courfe court defire Directory duty Earl Emperor enemy eſtabliſhed Exchequer Executive Directory exift expence expreffed faid fame feamen fecond fecurity feemed fent ferve fervice feven feveral fhall fhips fhould fince fion firft fituation fleet fome foon fpirit fquadron France French Republic ftate ftill fubject fuch fuffered fufficient fupport fyftem Governor himſelf honour houfe houſe iffued intereft Ireland itſelf King kingdom of Ireland laft lefs Lord Lord Grenville Lord Malmesbury Majefty Majefty's meaſures ment minifters moft moſt muft muſt nation neceffary negociation obferved occafion paffed parliament peace perfons Pitt pofed poffeffion poffible prefent prefervation prifoners propofed provifions purpoſe reafon refolution refolved refpect reprefented Ruffia ſtate thefe themfelves theſe thofe thoſe tion treaty troops veffels Weft whofe
Popular passages
Page 450 - Wha will be a traitor knave? Wha can fill a coward's grave? Wha sae base as be a slave? Let him turn and flee! Wha for Scotland's king and law Freedom's sword will strongly draw, Freeman stand, or freeman fa?
Page 277 - President discloses sentiments more alarming than the refusal of a minister, because more dangerous to our independence and union, and at the same time studiously marked with indignities towards the government of the United States. It evinces a disposition to separate the people of the United States from the government, to...
Page 284 - Philadelphia, and received as much as five thousand dollars a year, to be paid to the nation over and above the first price : indeed, it may with truth be said that, though I made the treaty...
Page 277 - With this conduct of the French government, it will be proper to take into view the public audience given to the late minister of the United States, on his taking leave of the executive directory. The speech of the president discloses sentiments more alarming than the refusal of a 'minister, because more dangerous to our independence and union, and at the same time studiously marked with...
Page 289 - Great activity has been exerted by those persons who have insinuated themselves among the Indian tribes residing within the territory of the United States to influence them to transfer their affections and force to a foreign nation, to form them into a confederacy, and prepare them for war against the United States.
Page 495 - Italian, he fpoke and wrote with the greateft fluency and precifion ; and the German and Portuguefe were familiar to him. At an early period of life, his application to oriental literature commenced ; he...
Page 487 - In that performance there appeared to be a total absence of this pervading genius ; though every individual figure was correctly drawn, and to the action of each as careful an attention was paid, as if it were a set Academy figure.
Page 280 - ... deliberately and uprightly established, or to surrender in any manner the rights of the Government. To enable me to maintain this declaration I rely, under God, with entire confidence on the firm and enlightened support of the National Legislature and upon the virtue and patriotism of my fellow-citizens.
Page 487 - It is only in large compositions that his powers seem to have room to expand themselves. They really increase in proportion to the size of the canvas on which they are to be displayed. His superiority is not seen in easel pictures, nor even in detached parts of his greater works; which are seldom eminently beautiful. It does not lie in an attitude, or in any peculiar expression, but in the general effect, in the genius which pervades and illuminates the whole.
Page 279 - Congress to prevent the resources of the United States from being converted into the means of annoying our trade, a great evil will be prevented. With the same view, I think it proper to mention that some of our citizens resident abroad have fitted out privateers, and others have voluntarily taken the command, or entered on board of them, and committed spoliations on the commerce of the United States.