The Edinburgh Annual Register, for 1808-26, 第 6 巻J. Ballantyne and Company, 1815 |
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... fire , with the voluntary destruction of their own re- sources , and with the conflagration of their own houses , the progress of his desolating ambition . No man can con- template the recent occurrences in the north of Europe without ...
... fire , with the voluntary destruction of their own re- sources , and with the conflagration of their own houses , the progress of his desolating ambition . No man can con- template the recent occurrences in the north of Europe without ...
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... fire and blown up . To the superior weight of metal of the Constitution , and the enterprize of the Americans in pushing out on such distant and unex- pected attempts , was to be attributed this melancholy event . Yet it did seem ...
... fire and blown up . To the superior weight of metal of the Constitution , and the enterprize of the Americans in pushing out on such distant and unex- pected attempts , was to be attributed this melancholy event . Yet it did seem ...
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... fire of artillery and mus- ketry , without firing a shot . The enemy suffered severely at this point , and lost three pieces of cannon . Lieutenant - General then proceeded to attack the village of Abechinco with . the first division ...
... fire of artillery and mus- ketry , without firing a shot . The enemy suffered severely at this point , and lost three pieces of cannon . Lieutenant - General then proceeded to attack the village of Abechinco with . the first division ...
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... fire . The attempt was scarcely made , when the genius of one man , ( Vauban , ) per- fected a new system , which gave to the defence of towns a superiority over the attack , by rendering them unassailable by all open efforts , such as ...
... fire . The attempt was scarcely made , when the genius of one man , ( Vauban , ) per- fected a new system , which gave to the defence of towns a superiority over the attack , by rendering them unassailable by all open efforts , such as ...
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... fire à ricochet , are irresistible -the timid and the brave alike fall be- fore them . Such certainty in a siege , however , depends on an exact adhe- rence to the rules of art ; and when these are departed from , all becomes confusion ...
... fire à ricochet , are irresistible -the timid and the brave alike fall be- fore them . Such certainty in a siege , however , depends on an exact adhe- rence to the rules of art ; and when these are departed from , all becomes confusion ...
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lxxi ページ - You have sent me, among the trophies of your unrivalled fame, the staff of a French marshal, and I send you, in return, that of England.
ccxxxviii ページ - ... .such as must, especially considering her exalted rank and station. necessarily give occasion to very unfavourable interpretations.
xxxii ページ - The forehead and temples had lost little or nothing of their muscular substance ; the cartilage of the nose was gone ; but the left eye in the first moment of exposure was open and full, though it vanished almost immediately : and the pointed beard, so characteristic of the period of the reign of King Charles, was perfect.
cclxxi ページ - And whereas the Senate of the United States have approved of the said arrangement and recommended that it should be carried into effect, the same having also received the sanction of 'His Royal Highness, the Prince Regent, acting in the name and on the behalf of His...
107 ページ - With this view, by the Decree of Berlin, followed by that of Milan, he declared the British territories to be in a state of blockade ; and that all Commerce, or even correspondence with Great Britain was prohibited. He decreed that every vessel and cargo, which had entered, or was found proceeding to a British port, or which, under any circumstances., had been visited by a British ship of war, should be lawful prize: he declared all British goods and produce, wherever found, and however acquired,...
ccliv ページ - Our inclinations are not in our power, nor should either of us be held answerable to the other, because nature has not made us suitable to each other. Tranquil and comfortable society is, however, in our power ; let our intercourse, therefore, be restricted to that...
ccxlvii ページ - Every sentiment of duty to your majesty, and of concern for the public welfare, required that these particulars should not be withheld from your majesty, to whom more particularly belonged the cognizance of a matter of state, so nearly touching the honour of your majesty's royal Family, and, by possibility, affecting the succession of your majesty's crown.
76 ページ - At the expiration of the restrictions, I still was inclined to delay taking this step, in the hope that I might owe the redress I sought to your gracious and unsolicited condescension. I have waited in the fond indulgence of this expectation, until, to my inexpressible mortification, I find that my unwillingness to complain has only produced fresh grounds of complaint ; and...
lxxxii ページ - Also, for that it is undecent to crowd up myself with my gentleman-usher in my coach, I will have him to have a convenient horse, to attend me either in city or country. And I must have two footmen. And my desire is, that you defray all the charges for me.
cclxix ページ - His Royal Highness can never admit, that in the exercise of the undoubted and hitherto undisputed right of searching neutral merchant vessels in time of war, the impressment of British seamen, when found therein, can be deemed any violation of a neutral flag. Neither can he admit, that the taking such seamen from on board such vessels, can be considered by any neutral state as a hostile measure, or a justifiable cause of war.