The Edinburgh Annual RegisterWalter Scott John Ballantyne and Company, 1815 |
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... sent to Cadiz for the use of the Spaniards : these he was forced to intercept , and apply to the exigencies of the British army . Upon a fair comparison of his force with that of Marmont , and ta- king into calculation the reinforcé ...
... sent to Cadiz for the use of the Spaniards : these he was forced to intercept , and apply to the exigencies of the British army . Upon a fair comparison of his force with that of Marmont , and ta- king into calculation the reinforcé ...
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... sent last March to Lisbon to be kept afloat , subject to the orders of Lord Wellington . Ac- cording to the opinion , however , of the noble lord himself , Burgos must have been taken , if at all , without de- lay , and before any ...
... sent last March to Lisbon to be kept afloat , subject to the orders of Lord Wellington . Ac- cording to the opinion , however , of the noble lord himself , Burgos must have been taken , if at all , without de- lay , and before any ...
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... sent to the north to 150,000 , at the period of the battle of Salamanca , they would be inclined to take a different and more correct view of the subject . They would observe that such a force , when spread over Spain , might have ...
... sent to the north to 150,000 , at the period of the battle of Salamanca , they would be inclined to take a different and more correct view of the subject . They would observe that such a force , when spread over Spain , might have ...
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... sent over all the pa- pers with which they were acquainted on the subject . " Leaving these details , and revert- ing to the general state of affairs , it was asked , " When had a speech been delivered on the opening of parlia- ment ...
... sent over all the pa- pers with which they were acquainted on the subject . " Leaving these details , and revert- ing to the general state of affairs , it was asked , " When had a speech been delivered on the opening of parlia- ment ...
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... sent state of degradation . He had not placed his strength in a capital city , but had trusted to the spirit of his country to stand by him and to re- pel the invaders ; and in this expecta- tion he had not been disappointed . " - After ...
... sent state of degradation . He had not placed his strength in a capital city , but had trusted to the spirit of his country to stand by him and to re- pel the invaders ; and in this expecta- tion he had not been disappointed . " - After ...
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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.