The Scots Magazine and Edinburgh Literary Miscellany, Band 71Archibald Constable and Company, 1809 |
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... command of the fleet em- ployed in that quarter . The Jupiter , soon after her arrival , was ordered on a cruize off the Havannah , and Capt . Pasley had the good fortune to take five out of thirteen vessels which he fell in with . The ...
... command of the fleet em- ployed in that quarter . The Jupiter , soon after her arrival , was ordered on a cruize off the Havannah , and Capt . Pasley had the good fortune to take five out of thirteen vessels which he fell in with . The ...
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... command- ed in person , the losses sustained during the foregoing day , had carried terror and repentance into all minds . During the night the most mutinous withdrew themselves from the danger by flight , and a part of the troops was ...
... command- ed in person , the losses sustained during the foregoing day , had carried terror and repentance into all minds . During the night the most mutinous withdrew themselves from the danger by flight , and a part of the troops was ...
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... command of the British army , which amounted to about 9000 men . We understand he was to march for Spain about the end of that month . SWEDEN AND RUSSIA . The gallant Swedes have at length been obliged to abandon Finland to the superior ...
... command of the British army , which amounted to about 9000 men . We understand he was to march for Spain about the end of that month . SWEDEN AND RUSSIA . The gallant Swedes have at length been obliged to abandon Finland to the superior ...
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... command . ed by Capt . - Lieut . J. W. Heneyman , of the Dutch navy . " I am happy to say our loss is trifling , having only three wounded , and the enemy five killed and six wounded . I feel more pleasure in announcing her capture , as ...
... command . ed by Capt . - Lieut . J. W. Heneyman , of the Dutch navy . " I am happy to say our loss is trifling , having only three wounded , and the enemy five killed and six wounded . I feel more pleasure in announcing her capture , as ...
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... command , of Edward , the Confessor , Siward , the potent earl of Northumberland , and the relation of Malcolm , conducted a numerous army into Scotland , during the year 1054 . The Northumbrians , led by Siward , and his his son ...
... command , of Edward , the Confessor , Siward , the potent earl of Northumberland , and the relation of Malcolm , conducted a numerous army into Scotland , during the year 1054 . The Northumbrians , led by Siward , and his his son ...
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Seite 207 - I'll wage thee. Who shall say that Fortune grieves him, While the star of hope she leaves him? Me, nae cheerfu' twinkle lights me ; Dark despair around benights me. I'll ne'er blame my partial fancy, Naething could resist my Nancy ; But to see her was to love her; Love but her, and love for ever.
Seite 37 - Liberty have ever found their first support, and their last asylum; a country, the birthplace of many famous Philosophers, Soldiers, and Statesmen, and the scene of many important events recorded in Scottish History, particularly a great many of the actions of the Glorious Wallace, the Saviour of his country; Yet, we have never had one Scotch Poet of any eminence, to make the fertile banks of Irvine, the romantic woodlands and sequestered scenes on Aire, and the heathy mountainous source, and winding...
Seite 54 - It has demonstrated to foreign nations the moderation and firmness which govern our councils, and to our citizens the necessity of uniting in support of the laws and the rights of their country, and has thus long frustrated those usurpations and spoliations which, if resisted, involved war; if submitted to, sacrificed a vital principle of our national independence.
Seite 301 - In these my confidence will under every difficulty be best placed, next to that which we have all been encouraged to feel in the guardianship and guidance of that Almighty Being whose power regulates the destiny of nations, whose blessings have been so conspicuously dispensed to this rising Republic, and to whom we are bound to address our devout gratitude for the past, as well as our fervent supplications and best hopes for the future.
Seite 36 - Does any man tell me that my full efforts can be of no service; and that it does not belong to my humble station to meddle with the concerns of a nation?
Seite 300 - States as the basis of their peace and happiness; to support the Constitution, which is the cement of the Union, as well in its limitations as in its authorities; to respect the rights and authorities reserved to the States and to the people...
Seite 299 - Unwilling to depart from examples of the most revered authority, I avail myself of the occasion now presented, to express the profound impression made on me by the call of my country to the station, to the duties of which I am about to pledge myself by the most solemn of sanctions.
Seite 657 - Allan, their grieve, who fainted away when he was told his master was in the house, and that he was to set out with him on horseback before day, and pretend to the rest of the servants, that he had orders to sell some horses at Morpeth Fair. Accordingly, my grandfather getting out at a window to the stables, they set out in the dark. Though, with good reason, it was a sorrowful parting, yet after he was fairly gone, they rejoiced, and thought themselves happy that he was in a way of being safe ;...
Seite 56 - I cannot have escaped error. It is incident to our imperfect nature. But I may say with truth, my errors have been of the understanding, not of intention ; and that the advancement of their rights and interests has been the constant motive for every measure.
Seite 54 - Instead of a pledge, therefore, of a suspension of the embargo as to her in case of such a repeal, it was presumed that a sufficient inducement might be found in other considerations, and particularly in the change produced by a compliance with our just demands by one belligerent, and a refusal by the other, in the relations between the other and the United States.