The Edinburgh Annual Register, for 1808-26, Band 3J. Ballantyne and Company, 1812 |
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... ed disasters are to be called splendid victories , and the cypress that droops over the tombs of our gallant defend- ers , whose lives have been uselessly The history of the brave and loyal men who are CHAP . 1. ] HISTORY OF EUROPE .
... ed disasters are to be called splendid victories , and the cypress that droops over the tombs of our gallant defend- ers , whose lives have been uselessly The history of the brave and loyal men who are CHAP . 1. ] HISTORY OF EUROPE .
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... defend , but disciplined , steady , and obedient to command ; having skilful officers , able to execute the commands they receive , and capable of judging what commands to give , and at the same time fit to be trust- ed . - We are told ...
... defend , but disciplined , steady , and obedient to command ; having skilful officers , able to execute the commands they receive , and capable of judging what commands to give , and at the same time fit to be trust- ed . - We are told ...
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... defending their own measures they had a more diffi- cult task . They argued , that to have transported an army to the Adri- atic was actually impracticable , on ac- count of the expences and difficulty . In the north , also , it would ...
... defending their own measures they had a more diffi- cult task . They argued , that to have transported an army to the Adri- atic was actually impracticable , on ac- count of the expences and difficulty . In the north , also , it would ...
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... defended by 30,000 men ; but would not Buona- parte know our force to a drummer , and where we had 30,000 he would have three score . Who would strug- gle against such fearful odds ! We held our ground in that country just at the will ...
... defended by 30,000 men ; but would not Buona- parte know our force to a drummer , and where we had 30,000 he would have three score . Who would strug- gle against such fearful odds ! We held our ground in that country just at the will ...
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... defend Englishmen , -Englishmen wanted no such defence . He had another mon- strous innovation to reprobate , hate- ful to the constitution , and destruc- tive of our liberties , -the practice of secret and solitary imprisonment ; but ...
... defend Englishmen , -Englishmen wanted no such defence . He had another mon- strous innovation to reprobate , hate- ful to the constitution , and destruc- tive of our liberties , -the practice of secret and solitary imprisonment ; but ...
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Seite 251 - France and their dependencies, and for other purposes," it is provided "that in case either Great Britain or France shall before the 3d day of March next so revoke or modify her edicts as that they shall cease to violate the neutral commerce of the United States, which fact the President of the United States shall declare by proclamation and if the other nation shall not within three months thereafter so revoke or modify her edicts in like manner...
Seite 253 - In this new state of things, I am authorized to declare to you, sir, that the decrees of Berlin and Milan are revoked, and that after the 1st of November they will cease to have effect; it being understood that, in consequence of this declaration, the English shall revoke their orders in council, and renounce the new principles of blockade, which they have wished to establish; or that the United States, conformably to the act you have just communicated, shall cause their rights to be respected by...
Seite xii - ... a liberal system of commerce, founded upon the basis of reciprocity and mutual convenience, which by discontinuing certain prohibitions and prohibitory duties might procure the most solid advantages on both sides to the national productions and industry, and give due protection at the same time to the public revenue, and to the interests of fair and legal trade.
Seite xxv - The solemn Ratifications of the present Treaty, expedited in good and due Form, shall be exchanged between the contracting Parties in the Space of Six Months, or sooner, if possible, to be computed from the Day of the Signature of the present Treaty.
Seite xxiv - ... so long as they behave peaceably and commit no offence against the laws; and in case their conduct should render them suspected, and the respective Governments should...
Seite 113 - February, 1769, was ordered to be expunged from the journals as " subversive of the rights of the whole body of electors of this kingdom.
Seite 530 - Whereas the Lords Spiritual and Temporal and Commons assembled at Westminster, lawfully, fully and freely representing all the estates of the people of this realm...
Seite 295 - Abyssinia, consists only of balls of coffee mixed with butter : a lump of this composition, about the size of a billiard ball, keeps them, they say, in strength and spirits during a whole day's fatigue, better than a loaf of bread or a meal of* meat.
Seite v - An act to enable the commissioners of his majesty's treasury to issue exchequer bills, on the credit of such aids or supplies as have been or shall be granted by parliament for the service of Great Britain for the year 1814.
Seite viii - An act for granting to his Majesty certain sums of money out of the consolidated fund of Great Britain, and for applying certain monies therein mentioned, for the service of the year 1812, and for further appropriating the supplies granted in this session of parliament.