Annual Register, Volumen52Edmund Burke Longmans, Green, 1812 |
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... Town and Fortress of Hostalrich , in Catalonia - Fruit- less Attempt by General O ' Donnel to raise the Siege of Hostalrich . - Effects of the Reduction of Hostalrich . - Reduction by the French of the strong Fortress of Mequineuza , in ...
... Town and Fortress of Hostalrich , in Catalonia - Fruit- less Attempt by General O ' Donnel to raise the Siege of Hostalrich . - Effects of the Reduction of Hostalrich . - Reduction by the French of the strong Fortress of Mequineuza , in ...
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... Towns to France Report concerning the Marriage of Bonaparte Exposé of the State of France II . HOLLAND . Address of Louis to his Subjects on his Abdication Address of the Deputies of Holland to Bonaparte III . SPAIN AND PORTUGAL ...
... Towns to France Report concerning the Marriage of Bonaparte Exposé of the State of France II . HOLLAND . Address of Louis to his Subjects on his Abdication Address of the Deputies of Holland to Bonaparte III . SPAIN AND PORTUGAL ...
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... town to calumniate his conduct . But , in spite of all the runners and de- pendents of administration , that general would be always revered as one of the ablest men of this country . The conduct of his ma- jesty's ministers had led to ...
... town to calumniate his conduct . But , in spite of all the runners and de- pendents of administration , that general would be always revered as one of the ablest men of this country . The conduct of his ma- jesty's ministers had led to ...
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... town , was absolutely impregnable ; that the ships had been moved out of the reach of attack , and that our force , great as it was , was insufficient for the attempt , and daily diminishing from the diseases of a pestilential climate ...
... town , was absolutely impregnable ; that the ships had been moved out of the reach of attack , and that our force , great as it was , was insufficient for the attempt , and daily diminishing from the diseases of a pestilential climate ...
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... town be- sieged by a powerful army , which the garrison was too feeble to en- counter in the open field . In this case the best means of defence might be , frequent sallies , to delay the enemy's ultimate success , and take the chance ...
... town be- sieged by a powerful army , which the garrison was too feeble to en- counter in the open field . In this case the best means of defence might be , frequent sallies , to delay the enemy's ultimate success , and take the chance ...
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Página 398 - I die: remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me: lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, "Who is the Lord?" or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
Página 693 - The timid girls, half dreading their design, Dip the small foot in the retarded brine, And search for crimson weeds, which spreading flow, Or lie like pictures on the sand below; With all those bright red pebbles, that the sun Through the small waves so softly shines upon...
Página 417 - That the freedom of speech, and debates or proceedings in Parliament, ought not to be impeached or questioned in any court or place out of Parliament.
Página 264 - ... subversive of the rights of the whole body of electors of this kingdom.
Página 318 - What! shall the rascals dare to mutiny, and that too when the German Legion is so near at hand! Lash them, lash them, lash them! They deserve it. O yes; they merit a doubletailed cat. Base dogs ! What, mutiny for the sake of the price of a knapsack ! Lash them ! flog them ! Base rascals! mutiny for the price of a goat-skin, and then, upon the appearance of the German soldiers, they take a flogging as quietly as so many trunks of trees...
Página 699 - JEolian lyre The winds of dark November stray, Touch the quick nerve of every wire, And on its magic pulses play ; — Till all the air around, Mysterious murmurs fill, A strange bewildering dream of sound, Most heavenly sweet...
Página 686 - twas her proper care. Here will she come, and on the grave will sit, Folding her arms, in long abstracted fit ; But if observer pass, will take her round, And careless seem, for she would not be found ; Then go again, and thus her hour employ, While visions please her, and while woes destroy.
Página 694 - Ne'er made the mourner in his God rejoice? Is he not man, by sin and suffering tried? Is he not man, for whom the Saviour died? Belie the Negro's powers: — in headlong will, Christian! thy brother thou shalt prove him still: Belie his virtues; since his wrongs began, His follies and his crimes have stampt him Man.
Página 691 - tis done, Counts up his Meals, now lessen'd by that one ; For Expectation is on Time intent, Whether he brings us Joy or Punishment. - Yes ! e'en in sleep th* impressions all remain, He hears the Sentence and he feels the Chain ; He sees the Judge and Jury, when he shakes, And loudly cries, " Not Guilty," and awakes : Then chilling Tremblings o'er his Body creep, Till worn-out Nature is compell'd to sleep.
Página 258 - The evidence that there is a Being, all-powerful, wise, and good, by whom every thing exists ; and particularly, to obviate difficulties regarding the wisdom and goodness of the Deity ; and this, in the first place, from considerations independent of written revelation, and, in the second place, from the Revelation of the Lord Jesus ; and from the whole, to point out the inferences most necessary for and useful to mankind.