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... British arms General Maitland was sorry to perceive the view the honourable colonel had taken of the subject . When he spoke of the armies of France , and their leader , he had given them the most unqualified praise for their military ...
... British arms General Maitland was sorry to perceive the view the honourable colonel had taken of the subject . When he spoke of the armies of France , and their leader , he had given them the most unqualified praise for their military ...
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Edmund Burke. and was utterly inconsistent with the British constitution , as it now stands . He did not think it worth disputing how the prerogatives of the crown might be understood in the time of Henry the fourth ; but he thought they ...
Edmund Burke. and was utterly inconsistent with the British constitution , as it now stands . He did not think it worth disputing how the prerogatives of the crown might be understood in the time of Henry the fourth ; but he thought they ...
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... British fleets in the East - Indies ) of the certainty , or , at least , the pro . bability , of a war with France , whilst that event was in contempla- tion , by an overland dispatch . From this fatal neglect , the French admi- ral ...
... British fleets in the East - Indies ) of the certainty , or , at least , the pro . bability , of a war with France , whilst that event was in contempla- tion , by an overland dispatch . From this fatal neglect , the French admi- ral ...
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... British empire , at the commencement of the present year , had produced a considerable degree of torpor and despondency in the public mind . On the part of England , the war with France had assumed no decisive character ; and its ...
... British empire , at the commencement of the present year , had produced a considerable degree of torpor and despondency in the public mind . On the part of England , the war with France had assumed no decisive character ; and its ...
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... British nation in her own eyes , and in those of Europe . On the 16th of May , an unsuc- cessful attempt was made by com- modore sir Sydney Smith , in the Antelope frigate , and some sloops of war , to prevent the junction of the ...
... British nation in her own eyes , and in those of Europe . On the 16th of May , an unsuc- cessful attempt was made by com- modore sir Sydney Smith , in the Antelope frigate , and some sloops of war , to prevent the junction of the ...
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Page 104 - ... GENERAL LIBRARY UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN. THE Hagerman Collection HISTORY AND POLITICAL SCIENCE JAMES J. HAGERMAN OF CLASS OF '61 IN THE HANDS OF Professor Charles Kendall Adams. 1883. HA' ) = ..R887 JOURNAL STATISTICAL SOCIETY OP LONDON.
Page 882 - On the morning of that day, his attendants, alarmed at the evident symptoms of approaching dissolution, came precipitately to call the friend who has now the melancholy task of recording the mournful event: not a moment was lost in repairing to his house. He was lying on his bed in a posture of meditation ; and the only symptom of remaining life, was a small degree of motion in the heart, which after a few seconds ceased, and he expired without a pang or groan.
Page 484 - Nevertheless, we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.
Page 855 - ... society. Its tendency to produce aggression on the laws and rights of other nations, and to endanger the peace of our own is so obvious, that I doubt not you will adopt measures for restraining it effectually in future.