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Page 122
... taken by surprise on the 23d of July ; but , certainly , every appearance warranted that supposi- tion ; for , if they had any informa- tion , they neither communicated it to the chief justice , who lost his life for want of such ...
... taken by surprise on the 23d of July ; but , certainly , every appearance warranted that supposi- tion ; for , if they had any informa- tion , they neither communicated it to the chief justice , who lost his life for want of such ...
Page 123
... taken . The Irish government appear to prefer the charge of neg- ligence , to that of being taken by surprise . There was , however , every appearance of a surprise . The lord lieutenant himself was at his country house ; and surely his ...
... taken . The Irish government appear to prefer the charge of neg- ligence , to that of being taken by surprise . There was , however , every appearance of a surprise . The lord lieutenant himself was at his country house ; and surely his ...
Page 134
... taken away from our effecti force , than added to it . Anoth right honourable gentleman ( M Pitt ) had considered the volunte system in a light , that it certain never was intended that it should 1 viewed in , at the time of its form ...
... taken away from our effecti force , than added to it . Anoth right honourable gentleman ( M Pitt ) had considered the volunte system in a light , that it certain never was intended that it should 1 viewed in , at the time of its form ...
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... taken for making the vo- lunteer force speedily effective : a great deal of time was taken up in teaching them evolutions , which great military authorities were of opinion ought not to be practised in real action , and that , instead ...
... taken for making the vo- lunteer force speedily effective : a great deal of time was taken up in teaching them evolutions , which great military authorities were of opinion ought not to be practised in real action , and that , instead ...
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... 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 talents , but when he spoke of the armies of his own country , he seemed to forget that ...
... 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 talents , but when he spoke of the armies of his own country , he seemed to forget that ...
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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.