Public characters [Formerly British public characters] of 1798-9 - 1809-10, 第 7 巻1805 |
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... once more resumed the uniform and profession of a naval officer . Before his embarkation on board the Venus , Sir John Warren performed a singular and romantic action , that betokened a munificence truly princely , for he repaired to ...
... once more resumed the uniform and profession of a naval officer . Before his embarkation on board the Venus , Sir John Warren performed a singular and romantic action , that betokened a munificence truly princely , for he repaired to ...
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... once more to command a squadron , and thus combat the French in a more direct and effectual manner , with round , grape , and canister , than carrying on a paper war , by means of notifications , memorials , rescripts , and protocols ...
... once more to command a squadron , and thus combat the French in a more direct and effectual manner , with round , grape , and canister , than carrying on a paper war , by means of notifications , memorials , rescripts , and protocols ...
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... once surprised and pleased all who heard him . Without the assistance of any of the bar , he himself contended against its veterans , and whether he attack- ed or defended , exhibited a degree of masterly skill , as well as a masculine ...
... once surprised and pleased all who heard him . Without the assistance of any of the bar , he himself contended against its veterans , and whether he attack- ed or defended , exhibited a degree of masterly skill , as well as a masculine ...
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... once more possessed the majority on the poll , and a new petition was presented by Mr. Whitbread , on the part of Mr. Tierney , on Tuesday , November 29th , complaining of a new election , and stating , " That George Woodford Thellusson ...
... once more possessed the majority on the poll , and a new petition was presented by Mr. Whitbread , on the part of Mr. Tierney , on Tuesday , November 29th , complaining of a new election , and stating , " That George Woodford Thellusson ...
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... once that they were not hungry . " Notwithstanding these argu- ments , the bill was opposed by the secretary at war ( Mr. Windham ) , and the chancellor of the exche- quer ( Mr. Pitt ) , and it was thrown out by a majority of thirty ...
... once that they were not hungry . " Notwithstanding these argu- ments , the bill was opposed by the secretary at war ( Mr. Windham ) , and the chancellor of the exche- quer ( Mr. Pitt ) , and it was thrown out by a majority of thirty ...
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90 ページ - The Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council, Of the City of London...
106 ページ - That an humble address be presented to his Majesty, that he •will be graciously pleased to give directions that there be laid before this house...
535 ページ - And I looked, and behold a pale horse : and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.
119 ページ - By heaven, methinks it were an easy leap, To pluck bright honour from the pale-faced moon, Or dive into the bottom of the deep, Where fathom-line could never touch the ground, And pluck up drowned honour by the locks...
264 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.
173 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 aggrandisement, as well as to adopt towards my allies the Statesgeneral (who have observed the same neutrality with myself) meaiures -which are neither conformable to the law of nations, nor to the positive stipulations of existing treaties.
351 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.
164 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.
365 ページ - If war, it was necessary only to say so, and to refuse to fulfil the treaty. He now made the tour of Europe, to prove to me that, in its present state, there was no power with which we could coalesce, for the purpose of making war against France; consequently it was our interest to gain time, and, if we had any point to gain, renew the war when circumstances were more favourable. He said it was not doing him justice, to suppose that he conceived himself above the opinion of his country or of Europe....
555 ページ - Greeks in this city, killed his wife, to prevent her from falling into the hands of the enemy, and then took poison, of which he died. Corinth was destroyed the same year which witnessed the destruction of Carthage...