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Page 117
... never afraid of the sacrifice of his armies , as he ap- peared entirely regardless of the lives of his soldiers . If , like the Swiss , the Dutch , or the Hanoveri- ans , we were to wait in torpid secu- rity , till the enemy were at our ...
... never afraid of the sacrifice of his armies , as he ap- peared entirely regardless of the lives of his soldiers . If , like the Swiss , the Dutch , or the Hanoveri- ans , we were to wait in torpid secu- rity , till the enemy were at our ...
Page 131
... never had , at any former period , a peace establish ment which could be at all compar ed to what we kept up during the late peace . The army had been nearly doubled since the last session , having been augmented from 60,000 to nearly ...
... never had , at any former period , a peace establish ment which could be at all compar ed to what we kept up during the late peace . The army had been nearly doubled since the last session , having been augmented from 60,000 to nearly ...
Page 134
... never was intended that it should 1 viewed in , at the time of its form tion ; namely , that it should 1 brought to such a degree of perfe tion , as , that the defence of th country might be entirely trusted t it , even if the regulars ...
... never was intended that it should 1 viewed in , at the time of its form tion ; namely , that it should 1 brought to such a degree of perfe tion , as , that the defence of th country might be entirely trusted t it , even if the regulars ...
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... never make it a mansion agreeable to in- habit , or one safe to be in the neigh- bourhood of . Mr. Sturgess reprobated the prin- ciple and detail of the bill . The attorney general strongly supported both . Mr. T. Grenville approved an ...
... never make it a mansion agreeable to in- habit , or one safe to be in the neigh- bourhood of . Mr. Sturgess reprobated the prin- ciple and detail of the bill . The attorney general strongly supported both . Mr. T. Grenville approved an ...
Page 145
... never be considered as a temporary measure , but as a foundation on which the future security and salvation of the country must materially depend . Sir William Young disapproved of the whole of the system by which the volunteer force of ...
... never be considered as a temporary measure , but as a foundation on which the future security and salvation of the country must materially depend . Sir William Young disapproved of the whole of the system by which the volunteer force of ...
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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.