Annual Register, Volume 9Edmund Burke 1767 - History |
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Page 74
... ftones of which were of that immenfe fize , as to break many of the windows in the town . As it grew later in the day , the ftorm increafed in every re- fpect ; fo that , between eight and nine at night , the whole hill and town feemed ...
... ftones of which were of that immenfe fize , as to break many of the windows in the town . As it grew later in the day , the ftorm increafed in every re- fpect ; fo that , between eight and nine at night , the whole hill and town feemed ...
Page 91
... ftones every minute to an extraordinary height ; but the lava has not been fo confiderable any time as at the firft eruption . The mountain be- ing fo full of inflamed matter as to run over the mouth , they are ap- prehenfive of its ...
... ftones every minute to an extraordinary height ; but the lava has not been fo confiderable any time as at the firft eruption . The mountain be- ing fo full of inflamed matter as to run over the mouth , they are ap- prehenfive of its ...
Page 94
... ftones , and other inflammable mat- ter , without any intermiffion , at- tended with a black ftinking fog , which put the inhabitants into the greatest confternation , left plagues or earthquakes fhould follow , and that feveral of them ...
... ftones , and other inflammable mat- ter , without any intermiffion , at- tended with a black ftinking fog , which put the inhabitants into the greatest confternation , left plagues or earthquakes fhould follow , and that feveral of them ...
Page 114
... ftones among the buried ruins of the Ro- man station , near the place where the coins were difcovered fome months fince , met with a ciftern , or trough , hewn in the folid rock , which measured above twelve feet in length , four in ...
... ftones among the buried ruins of the Ro- man station , near the place where the coins were difcovered fome months fince , met with a ciftern , or trough , hewn in the folid rock , which measured above twelve feet in length , four in ...
Page 117
... ftones measured an inch and a half in circumference ; at Reading they were terrified with a great ftorm of thunder and lightning , and fome sheep were killed , and alfo a wo- man at Hagbourn ; at Kettering , in Northamptonshire , a load ...
... ftones measured an inch and a half in circumference ; at Reading they were terrified with a great ftorm of thunder and lightning , and fome sheep were killed , and alfo a wo- man at Hagbourn ; at Kettering , in Northamptonshire , a load ...
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Page 38 - I hold it to be true that a tax laid in any place is like a pebble falling into and making a circle in a lake, till one circle produces and gives motion to another and the whole circumference is agitated from the centre.
Page 157 - The misfortunes of the great are held up to engage our attention, are enlarged upon in tones of declamation, and the world is called upon to gaze at the noble sufferers...
Page 178 - Britain; and that the King's Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords spiritual and temporal and Commons of Great Britain in Parliament assembled, had, hath and of right ought to have, full power and authority to make laws and statutes of sufficient force and validity to bind the colonies and people of America, subjects of the Crown of Great Britain in all cases whatsoever.
Page 161 - ... a privateer, I should have been entitled to clothing and maintenance during the rest of my life; but that was not my chance: one man is born with a silver spoon in his mouth, and another with a wooden ladle. However, blessed be God! I enjoy good health, and will for ever love liberty and Old England. Liberty, property, and Old England, for ever, huzza!
Page 198 - TURN, gentle Hermit of the dale, And guide my lonely way To where yon taper cheers the vale With hospitable ray. " For here forlorn and lost I tread, With fainting steps and slow; Where wilds, immeasurably spread, Seem lengthening as I go." " Forbear, my son," the Hermit cries, " To tempt the dangerous gloom ; For yonder faithless phantom flies To lure thee to thy doom.
Page 159 - I fell upon my knees, begged his worship's pardon, and began to give a full account of all that I knew of my breed, seed, and generation ; but, though I gave a very true account, the justice said I could give no account; so I was indicted...
Page 200 - To soothe the stranger's woe; For grief was heavy at his heart, And tears began to flow. His rising cares the Hermit spied, With answering care opprest : " And whence, unhappy youth," he cried, " The sorrows of thy breast ? " From better habitations spurn'd, Reluctant dost thou rove?
Page 201 - But let a maid thy pity share, Whom love has taught to stray ; Who seeks for rest, but finds despair Companion of her way.
Page 159 - I was able to handle a mallet ; and here I lived an easy kind of a life for five years, I only wrought ten hours in the day, and had my meat and drink provided for my labour.
Page 159 - People may say this and that of being in jail, but, for my part, I found Newgate as agreeable a place as ever I was in in all my life.