The Edinburgh Annual RegisterWalter Scott John Ballantyne and Company, 1815 |
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... means as the country possessed had been fully em- ployed ; and whether upon the whole , the result had been such as the nation had a right to expect , from the pos- session of those means , and the just application of them . - The true ...
... means as the country possessed had been fully em- ployed ; and whether upon the whole , the result had been such as the nation had a right to expect , from the pos- session of those means , and the just application of them . - The true ...
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... means of advancing were insufficient ; because he wanted money , and supplies of every sort ; because he had not the common means of transport to convey his artil- lery . At last , however , Lord Wel- lington advanced without a ...
... means of advancing were insufficient ; because he wanted money , and supplies of every sort ; because he had not the common means of transport to convey his artil- lery . At last , however , Lord Wel- lington advanced without a ...
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... mean to say , that their system was raised solely upon the matchless abili ties of their general , and upon the er ... means were confessedly inadequate to the object , according to all the established rules of war . " Again , when it ...
... mean to say , that their system was raised solely upon the matchless abili ties of their general , and upon the er ... means were confessedly inadequate to the object , according to all the established rules of war . " Again , when it ...
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... means of profiting by circumstances which appeared so promising , mini- sters were certainly not so sanguine , as many others who concurred with them , in the policy of granting assist- ance . Whatever the result might be , it was the ...
... means of profiting by circumstances which appeared so promising , mini- sters were certainly not so sanguine , as many others who concurred with them , in the policy of granting assist- ance . Whatever the result might be , it was the ...
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... means of fu ture exertion . As the most brilliant campaign has often no decisive influ- ence upon the fate of war , should a . wise government cast all on one die hazard the power , and shed the heart's blood of a country , merely to ...
... means of fu ture exertion . As the most brilliant campaign has often no decisive influ- ence upon the fate of war , should a . wise government cast all on one die hazard the power , and shed the heart's blood of a country , merely to ...
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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...
cccxlii ページ - Then strip, lads, and to it, though sharp be the weather, And if, by mischance, you should happen to fall. There are worse things in life than a tumble on heather. And life is itself but a game at foot-ball. Then up with the Banner, etc.
cclxxxii 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...
cclxxix ページ - We, his Majesty's most dutiful and loyal subjects, the...
cclxxiii ページ - Our public ships of war in general, as well as the private armed vessels, have continued also their activity and success against the commerce of the enemy, and, by their vigilance and address, have greatly frustrated the efforts of the hostile squadrons distributed along our coasts, to intercept them In returning into port, and resuming their cruises.
ccxxxiii ページ - Those who have advised you, sir, to delay so long the period of my daughter's commencing her intercourse with the world-, and for that purpose to make Windsor her residence, appear not to have regarded the interruptions to her education which this arrangement occasions; both by the impossibility of obtaining the attendance of proper teachers, and the time unavoidably consumed in the frequent journies to town, which...
cciv ページ - ... and traverses, in the horn-work, on the ramparts of the curtain, and inside of the town opposite to the breach, and ready to pour a most destructive fire of musketry on both flanks of the approach to the top of the narrow ridge of the curtain.
xxxiv ページ - The hair was thick at the back part of the head, and, in appearance, nearly black. A portion of it which has since been cleaned and dried, is of a beautiful dark brown colour.
ccliv ページ - The avowal of your conversation with Lord Cholmondeley neither surprises nor offends me ; it merely confirmed what you have tacitly insinuated for this twelvemonth. But after this, it would be a want of delicacy, or rather an unworthy meanness in me, were I to complain of those conditions which you impose upon yourself.
114 ページ - This disposition of the government of the United States, — this complete subserviency to the ruler of France — this hostile temper towards Great Britain, are evident in almost every page of the official correspondence of the American with the French government.