Annual Register, Volume 46Edmund Burke 1805 - History |
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... whole , it is the hope of the Editor , that , as the historical portion of the work , while it faith- fully records the fleeting transactions of the times , may convey some information respecting them , even to those who are best ...
... whole , it is the hope of the Editor , that , as the historical portion of the work , while it faith- fully records the fleeting transactions of the times , may convey some information respecting them , even to those who are best ...
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... whole , he was inclined to hope that the situation of the country , at present , and the measures the go- vernment had pursued , would tend to the attainment of a real , perma- nent , and honourable peace , in which the security of ...
... whole , he was inclined to hope that the situation of the country , at present , and the measures the go- vernment had pursued , would tend to the attainment of a real , perma- nent , and honourable peace , in which the security of ...
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... whole system was fit for little else than to be set upon a hill and looked at . He agreed with Mr. Pitt in the hope that we should not long confine ourselves to de- fensive operations only ; but that we should be able to proceed on a ...
... whole system was fit for little else than to be set upon a hill and looked at . He agreed with Mr. Pitt in the hope that we should not long confine ourselves to de- fensive operations only ; but that we should be able to proceed on a ...
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... whole of the system by which the volunteer force of the country was constituted and governed . He thought the prerogative of the crown was questioned by it , and almost three - fourths of the people shelter . ed from that exercise of it ...
... whole of the system by which the volunteer force of the country was constituted and governed . He thought the prerogative of the crown was questioned by it , and almost three - fourths of the people shelter . ed from that exercise of it ...
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... whole active population of the country ought to be in arms . He contended that the French levy , which assisted at the battle of Je- mappe , were very different from our volunteers . He thought the strongest illustration of the ...
... whole active population of the country ought to be in arms . He contended that the French levy , which assisted at the battle of Je- mappe , were very different from our volunteers . He thought the strongest illustration 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.