Annual Register, Volume 46Edmund Burke 1805 - History |
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Page 118
... ministers not only to accept the me- diation of Russia , if offered , but even to solicit it , if it were not . That noble lord had stated , that ministers were ready to hear the ideas of the court of St. Peters- burgh , and to state ...
... ministers not only to accept the me- diation of Russia , if offered , but even to solicit it , if it were not . That noble lord had stated , that ministers were ready to hear the ideas of the court of St. Peters- burgh , and to state ...
Page 119
... ministers , the ministers themselves form the principal part ; that the preparations of the enemy would have little terror , if met by wisdom and ability ; that it is the weakness of the defence , and not the vigour of the attack ...
... ministers , the ministers themselves form the principal part ; that the preparations of the enemy would have little terror , if met by wisdom and ability ; that it is the weakness of the defence , and not the vigour of the attack ...
Page 120
... ministers would declare whe- ther they intended to bring forward any specific plan for ameliorating the situation of that country : if they did not , he should think it competent to any member to agitate the question . He wished those ...
... ministers would declare whe- ther they intended to bring forward any specific plan for ameliorating the situation of that country : if they did not , he should think it competent to any member to agitate the question . He wished those ...
Page 123
... ministers pleas- ed to give the house , no conclusion could be drawn . Sometimes they stated the insurrection of the 23d of July , as a mere contemptible riot , in which but a handful of men were concerned ; and at other times , when it ...
... ministers pleas- ed to give the house , no conclusion could be drawn . Sometimes they stated the insurrection of the 23d of July , as a mere contemptible riot , in which but a handful of men were concerned ; and at other times , when it ...
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... ministers were entitled to claim credit , as not in general wishing that extraordinary powers should be placed in their hands , except in cases where impe- rious necessity required it . The measures that were now proposed , were what ...
... ministers were entitled to claim credit , as not in general wishing that extraordinary powers should be placed in their hands , except in cases where impe- rious necessity required it . The measures that were now proposed , were what ...
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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.