The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for the Year ...J. Dodsley, 1803 - History |
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... On the con- trary , he was ready to give them all the assistance and support he could , provided they would act with more firmness and vigour in maintaining the peace , than they had shown in negotiating it B4 the HISTORY OF EUROPE . R.
... On the con- trary , he was ready to give them all the assistance and support he could , provided they would act with more firmness and vigour in maintaining the peace , than they had shown in negotiating it B4 the HISTORY OF EUROPE . R.
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... give the country a chance of safety . The duke of Clarence supported the peace . He considered that we had as much security as could be expected in those revolutionary times , from a government of the nature of the French republic . His ...
... give the country a chance of safety . The duke of Clarence supported the peace . He considered that we had as much security as could be expected in those revolutionary times , from a government of the nature of the French republic . His ...
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... give them his cordial and unreserved support , in the ex- pectation that they would continue to deserve it . Lord Mulgrave , in a very ani- mated speech , defended the peace , and gave the highest encomiums to the valour of the British ...
... give them his cordial and unreserved support , in the ex- pectation that they would continue to deserve it . Lord Mulgrave , in a very ani- mated speech , defended the peace , and gave the highest encomiums to the valour of the British ...
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... give the opi- nion he had formed from the best opportunities which he had of ascer taining the value of some of the places which we had taken and afterwards ceded . Minorca he con- ceived of little value , as it was too far distant from ...
... give the opi- nion he had formed from the best opportunities which he had of ascer taining the value of some of the places which we had taken and afterwards ceded . Minorca he con- ceived of little value , as it was too far distant from ...
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... give the present ministers his confidence on their coming into office , yet he had forborne to oppose them till the present occasion had compelled him to do so . If how- ever the measure on the table was followed up by measures of ...
... give the present ministers his confidence on their coming into office , yet he had forborne to oppose them till the present occasion had compelled him to do so . If how- ever the measure on the table was followed up by measures of ...
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Page 790 - ON Linden, when the sun was low, All bloodless lay the untrodden snow, And dark as winter was the flow Of Iser, rolling rapidly. But Linden saw another sight, When the drum beat, at dead of night, Commanding fires of death to light The darkness of her scenery.
Page 791 - The combat deepens. On, ye brave, Who rush to glory, or the grave! Wave, Munich! all thy banners wave, And charge with all thy chivalry!
Page 307 - Orleans, and to export them from thence without paying any other duty than a fair price for the hire of the stores ; and his Majesty promises either to continue this permission, if he finds, during that time, that it is not prejudicial to the interests of Spain, or, if he should not agree to continue it there, he will assign to them, on another part of the banks of the Mississippi, an equivalent establishment.!
Page 791 - The world was sad ! — the garden was a wild ! And man, the hermit, sigh'd — till woman smiled...
Page 790 - Far flash'd the red artillery. But redder yet that light shall glow On Linden's hills of stained snow; And bloodier yet the torrent flow Of Iser, rolling rapidly. 'Tis morn; but scarce yon level sun Can pierce the war-clouds, rolling dun, Where furious Frank and fiery Hun Shout in their sulphurous canopy.
Page 848 - Companionless bearing destruction abroad ; But down let him stoop from his havoc on high ! Ah, home let him speed, — for the spoiler is nigh ! Why flames the far summit? Why shoot to the blast Those embers, like stars from the firmament cast ? 'Tis the fire-shower of ruin, all dreadfully driven From his eyrie, that beacons the darkness of heaven. Oh, crested Lochiel, the peerless in might, Whose banners arise on the battlements...
Page 787 - LOCHIEL, Lochiel ! beware of the day When the Lowlands shall meet thee in battle array ! For a field of the dead' rushes red on my sight, And the clans of Culloden are scattered in fight. They rally, they bleed, for their kingdom and crown ; Woe, woe to the riders that trample them down ! Proud Cumberland prances, insulting the slain, And their hoof-beaten bosoms are trod to the plain.
Page 789 - For the red eye of battle is shut in despair. Say, mounts he the ocean-wave, banished, forlorn, Like a limb from his country cast bleeding and torn?
Page 788 - Lo! the death-shot of foemen outspeeding, he rode Companionless, bearing destruction abroad; But down let him stoop from his havoc on high! Ah! home let him speed — for the spoiler is nigh. Why flames the far summit? Why shoot to the blast Those embers, like stars from the firmament cast? Tis the fire-shower of ruin, all dreadfully driven From his eyrie, that beacons the darkness of heaven. Oh, crested Lochiel! the peerless in might, Whose banners arise on the battlements...
Page 105 - These two companies were afterwards united and consolidated into one, under the title of the United Company of Merchants trading to the East Indies.