The Edinburgh Annual Register, for 1808-26, Volumen2J. Ballantyne and Company, 1811 |
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... replied . He be- gan by recriminating upon the party of which Mr Ponsonby was the mouth- piece . " Whatever , " he said , " might have been the want of vigour in his Majesty's present ministers , he be lieved the nation would not have ...
... replied . He be- gan by recriminating upon the party of which Mr Ponsonby was the mouth- piece . " Whatever , " he said , " might have been the want of vigour in his Majesty's present ministers , he be lieved the nation would not have ...
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... replied , that the Spaniards were not conquered ; that the struggle which they had so nobly begun might yet successfully be terminated ; and that , as long as they continued true to themselves , Eng- land would continue true to them ...
... replied , that the Spaniards were not conquered ; that the struggle which they had so nobly begun might yet successfully be terminated ; and that , as long as they continued true to themselves , Eng- land would continue true to them ...
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... replied , that he referred to the phrase of " absurdly contending for loyalty , " which the baronet had in- troduced in his speech . Sir Francis explained his meaning to be , that the argument respecting loyalty in Spain was pushed to ...
... replied , that he referred to the phrase of " absurdly contending for loyalty , " which the baronet had in- troduced in his speech . Sir Francis explained his meaning to be , that the argument respecting loyalty in Spain was pushed to ...
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... replied , that no man coul have a higher respect for Sir Har than he had ; but he could not he observing , that if the thanks of Pa liament were to be voted him , would be impossible to make t army understand for what ; for t soldiers ...
... replied , that no man coul have a higher respect for Sir Har than he had ; but he could not he observing , that if the thanks of Pa liament were to be voted him , would be impossible to make t army understand for what ; for t soldiers ...
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... replied to the various points of accusation , he did hope he had submitted to the House grounds for his opinion that the ex- pedition against Portugal was a most wise and expedient measure ; that the object was the best that could be ...
... replied to the various points of accusation , he did hope he had submitted to the House grounds for his opinion that the ex- pedition against Portugal was a most wise and expedient measure ; that the object was the best that could be ...
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Página 417 - But I have it in express charge from the President to state that while he forbears to insist on the further punishment of the offending officer, he is not the less sensible of the justice and utility of such an example, nor the less persuaded that it would best comport with what is due from his Britannic Majesty to his own honor.
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Página 151 - Master French must mind what he is about, or I shall cut up him and his levy too.
Página 416 - Upon receiving through you, on the part of the American Government, a distinct and official Recognition of the three above-mentioned Conditions, His Majesty will lose no time in sending to America a Minister fully empowered to consign them to a formal and regular Treaty.
Página 3 - Portugal, and the deliverance of the kingdom of his ally from the presence and oppressions of the French army, his Majesty most deeply regretted the termination of that campaign by an armistice and convention, of some of the articles of which his Majesty has felt himself obliged formally to declare his disapprobation...
Página 269 - ... generate a kind of expansive force, that will burst asunder even the best compacted governments. The abuses, too, serve to give a direction to the discontent and angry feeling produced in the first instance by the taxes. They stand in the place of the abstract rights of a few years ago, and are the last improvement made in the machine for overturning states, from which it is conceived to derive a much greater heft and purchase, than in its old form of
Página 173 - I do, in the most solemn manner, upon my honour as a prince, distinctly assert my innocence, not only by denying all corrupt participation in any of the infamous transactions which have appeared in evidence at the bar of the house of commons, or any connivance at their existence, but also the slightest knowledge or suspicion that they existed at all.
Página 793 - I am confident, in no respect contribute to this object, nor could it I think be considered in any other light than as a dereliction of public principle. This answer which I must have given to any such proposal, if made while...