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... duty , as he accompanied his Royal Highness on board the Valiant , of seventy - four guns . The events of the French revolution , and the wars arising out of it , in which England took part , called forth all the energies of this ...
... duty , as he accompanied his Royal Highness on board the Valiant , of seventy - four guns . The events of the French revolution , and the wars arising out of it , in which England took part , called forth all the energies of this ...
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... duty , is to obtain the good opinion of his country , expressed by their representatives in parliament assembled . " On the promotion that took place soon after , Sir John was nominated a rear - admiral of the blue , and hoisted his ...
... duty , is to obtain the good opinion of his country , expressed by their representatives in parliament assembled . " On the promotion that took place soon after , Sir John was nominated a rear - admiral of the blue , and hoisted his ...
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... duty to oppose the leave for bringing in the bill , and having in that opposition stood alone , he felt himself called upon to say a few words . The cordial support he had given to the address to his Majesty would prevent the ...
... duty to oppose the leave for bringing in the bill , and having in that opposition stood alone , he felt himself called upon to say a few words . The cordial support he had given to the address to his Majesty would prevent the ...
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thought it his duty to reject . If it was meant only to punish persons convicted of conspiring to stir up the army against their commanders , the head of those commanders being the King , he thought the laws of high - treason at present ...
thought it his duty to reject . If it was meant only to punish persons convicted of conspiring to stir up the army against their commanders , the head of those commanders being the King , he thought the laws of high - treason at present ...
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... duty to remain , and support the cause of his consti- tuents and his country , he manfully , although almost singly , opposed such measures as appeared to him to trench either on the policy or the rights of the nation ; and it was ...
... duty to remain , and support the cause of his consti- tuents and his country , he manfully , although almost singly , opposed such measures as appeared to him to trench either on the policy or the rights of the nation ; and it was ...
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accordingly admiral afterwards appeared appointed arms army attack became bill body British Captain cause celebrated character Christ Church circumstances Colonel commander in chief conduct consequence considerable considered contest Cosway court distinguished Duchess of Devonshire Duke Earl Earl of Lauderdale election eminence enemy England English favour former fortune France French friends gentleman George Tierney Grey hundred immediately infantry island John Borlase Warren King lady land late Lauderdale length Lieutenant-colonel Lord Camden Lord Lauderdale Lord Whitworth lordship Majesty Majesty's Major Topham Major-general Major-general Moore Malta manner Maroons measure ment mind minister nation negociation neral noble notwithstanding obtained occasion officers parliament peace period person Petersburgh picture Pitt possession present rank received regiment rendered respect right honourable royal Russia ships Sir John soon Southwark squadron success talents thousand Tierney tion treaty treaty of Amiens troops vote West Whitworth whole
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119 ページ - By heaven, methinks it were an easy leap, To pluck bright honour from the pale-fac'd moon ; Or dive into the bottom of the deep, Where fathom-line could never touch the ground, And pluck up drowne'd honour by the locks...
559 ページ - That it is now necessary to declare that to report any opinion or pretended opinion of his Majesty upon any bill or other proceeding depending in either house of Parliament, with a view to influence the votes of the members, is a high crime and misdemeanor, derogatory to the honour of the crown, a breach of the fundamental privileges of Parliament, and subversive of the Constitution of this country.
248 ページ - While cloistered piety displays Her mouldering roll, the piercing eye explores New manners and the pomp of elder days, Whence culls the pensive bard his pictured stores. Not rough nor barren are the winding ways Of hoar Antiquity, but strewn with flowers.
391 ページ - THERE is not so variable a thing in nature as a lady's head-dress. Within my own memory, I have known it rise and fall above thirty degrees. About ten years ago it shot up to a very great height, insomuch that the female part of our species were much taller than the men *. The women were of such an enormous stature, that ' we appeared as grasshoppers before them t.
357 ページ - That the authority of the sovereign of the neutral country being interposed in any manner of mere force cannot legally vary the rights of a lawfully commissioned belligerent cruiser.
121 ページ - A Journal, during a Residence in France, from the beginning of August to the middle of December, 1792.
160 ページ - Indeed, under such extreme straitness and distraction labours the whole body of their finances, so far does their charge outrun their supply in every particular, that no man, I believe, who has considered their affairs with any degree of attention or information, but must hourly look for some extraordinary convulsion in that whole system ; the effect of which on France, and even on all Europe, it is difficult to conjecture.
256 ページ - Prepare for happiness ; bespeak him one Content indeed to sojourn while he must Below the skies, but having there his home. The world o'erlooks him in her busy search Of objects more illustrious in her view ; And occupied as earnestly as she, Though more sublimely, he o'erlooks the world. She scorns his pleasures, for she knows them not ; He seeks not hers, for he has proved them vain.
169 ページ - ... appeared there, of an intention to excite disturbances in other countries — to disregard the rights of neutral nations — and to pursue views of conquest and...
405 ページ - Here, bliss domestic beams on every cheek. Hope of my Life ! dear children of my heart! That anxious heart, to each fond feeling true, To you still pants each pleasure to impart, And more, oh transport ! reach its home and you» INSCRIPTION * WRITTEN ON AN HERMITAGE IN ONE OF THE ISLANDS OF THE WEST-INDIES.