The Edinburgh Annual Register, for 1808-26, Tom 6J. Ballantyne and Company, 1815 |
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Strona 6
... arms , reduced to the necessity of a bandoning the cause ; or his ambi- tion , leading him to exert all his means and energies in this one quarter , would rouse his secret enemies in other parts of Europe , who would seize the op ...
... arms , reduced to the necessity of a bandoning the cause ; or his ambi- tion , leading him to exert all his means and energies in this one quarter , would rouse his secret enemies in other parts of Europe , who would seize the op ...
Strona 12
... arms of a disciplined soldiery , not merely with the physical mass of impenetrable multitudes , but with famine and with fire , with the voluntary destruction of their own re- sources , and with the conflagration of their own houses ...
... arms of a disciplined soldiery , not merely with the physical mass of impenetrable multitudes , but with famine and with fire , with the voluntary destruction of their own re- sources , and with the conflagration of their own houses ...
Strona 97
... arms raised above him , to lead his countrymen to victory and glory , must be felt as deeply hu- miliating ! Does it require argument to shew , that exclusion from parlia ment must be considered as a privation and indignity ? Why are ...
... arms raised above him , to lead his countrymen to victory and glory , must be felt as deeply hu- miliating ! Does it require argument to shew , that exclusion from parlia ment must be considered as a privation and indignity ? Why are ...
Strona 101
... arms against the king , or those commissioned by him ; and the amendment , which sought to qualify it by adding the word lawfully " be- fore " commissioned , " was thrown out . One of the first acts of William and Mary was to repeal ...
... arms against the king , or those commissioned by him ; and the amendment , which sought to qualify it by adding the word lawfully " be- fore " commissioned , " was thrown out . One of the first acts of William and Mary was to repeal ...
Strona 106
... arms , that the Eng- lish and Scots had little to do with them . Because the frigate which took the Chesapeake is named from an Irish river , her crew , it was pompous ly announced , had been chiefly collect- ed from the banks of the ...
... arms , that the Eng- lish and Scots had little to do with them . Because the frigate which took the Chesapeake is named from an Irish river , her crew , it was pompous ly announced , had been chiefly collect- ed from the banks of the ...
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Strona lxxi - 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.
Strona ccxxxviii - ... .such as must, especially considering her exalted rank and station. necessarily give occasion to very unfavourable interpretations.
Strona xxxii - 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.
Strona cclxxi - 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...
Strona 107 - 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,...
Strona ccliv - 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...
Strona ccxlvii - 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.
Strona 76 - 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...
Strona lxxxii - 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.
Strona cclxix - 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.