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... island of Lundy , partly by way of a place of refreshment for himself and crew , and partly on account of the harbour , where he could occasionally lay up his vessel : nor ought a generous trait in his character to be omitted upon this ...
... island of Lundy , partly by way of a place of refreshment for himself and crew , and partly on account of the harbour , where he could occasionally lay up his vessel : nor ought a generous trait in his character to be omitted upon this ...
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... island seemed to be too well guarded , the isle de Dieu was taken possession of , and converted into a place of arms ... islands on the coast , was obliged reluctantly to return with the remainder of the troops . During the year 1796 ...
... island seemed to be too well guarded , the isle de Dieu was taken possession of , and converted into a place of arms ... islands on the coast , was obliged reluctantly to return with the remainder of the troops . During the year 1796 ...
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... Island of Malta ; and how sincerely his Majesty regrets , that it is not in his power to acquiesce , without condition or explanation , in every thing that his Imperial Majesty has proposed on this subject . His Majesty however trusts ...
... Island of Malta ; and how sincerely his Majesty regrets , that it is not in his power to acquiesce , without condition or explanation , in every thing that his Imperial Majesty has proposed on this subject . His Majesty however trusts ...
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... island , gives them a peculiar claim to his protection , and a right to expect that , in the future arrangements for the island , some advantages should be stipulated in their favour . " That , independent of every consideration of good ...
... island , gives them a peculiar claim to his protection , and a right to expect that , in the future arrangements for the island , some advantages should be stipulated in their favour . " That , independent of every consideration of good ...
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... island till within a very few years . It is for the purpose of obtaining information on these points , that instructions will be sent to Sir Alexander Ball ; it being impossible , after all that has passed , to bring the negotia- tion ...
... island till within a very few years . It is for the purpose of obtaining information on these points , that instructions will be sent to Sir Alexander Ball ; it being impossible , after all that has passed , to bring the negotia- tion ...
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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.