Annual Register, Volume 46Edmund Burke 1805 - History |
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Page 116
... considerable ani- mation , on the heroic patriotism which induced such numbers of men voluntarily to arm themselves for the defence of the country . In- stead of being " a nation of shop- keepers , " as we had been sneering- ly termed ...
... considerable ani- mation , on the heroic patriotism which induced such numbers of men voluntarily to arm themselves for the defence of the country . In- stead of being " a nation of shop- keepers , " as we had been sneering- ly termed ...
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... considerable body of loyalty existing in Ireland , but in order to attack and suppress rebel- lion , it was necessary that govern- ment should have extraordinary powers . There was no reason to suppose this power would be abused , as ...
... considerable body of loyalty existing in Ireland , but in order to attack and suppress rebel- lion , it was necessary that govern- ment should have extraordinary powers . There was no reason to suppose this power would be abused , as ...
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... considerable portion of dis . affection still existed . It could not be supposed , that the spirit of all of those who had embarked in the ex- tensive rebellion of 1798 , could have been since completely chang- ed . A disposition to ...
... considerable portion of dis . affection still existed . It could not be supposed , that the spirit of all of those who had embarked in the ex- tensive rebellion of 1798 , could have been since completely chang- ed . A disposition to ...
Page 130
... considerable time be classed with the regular soldiers ; and as for the 400,000 volunteers , when he felt it his duty to speak of them , he hoped it would be understood that it was of the volunteer system he spoke , and not of the ...
... considerable time be classed with the regular soldiers ; and as for the 400,000 volunteers , when he felt it his duty to speak of them , he hoped it would be understood that it was of the volunteer system he spoke , and not of the ...
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... considerable officer of the go- vernment was out of town ; and there appeared to be as much su- pineness and indifference about the event as if this savage insurrection had really been only a contemptible riot . He concluded by moving ...
... considerable officer of the go- vernment was out of town ; and there appeared to be as much su- pineness and indifference about the event as if this savage insurrection had really been only a contemptible riot . He concluded by moving ...
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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.