Annual Register, Volum 6Edmund Burke 1764 |
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Side 10
... first was to be made upon a cantonment of the feamen , in which they judged , if they could fucceed , they must lay the English under unfur- mountable difficulties , becaufe the feamen were known to have had the most confiderable part ...
... first was to be made upon a cantonment of the feamen , in which they judged , if they could fucceed , they must lay the English under unfur- mountable difficulties , becaufe the feamen were known to have had the most confiderable part ...
Side 30
... first companies , who moved on the feigned retreat , and were intended to begin the real attack . The difpofitions were well made , and the plan executed without the least confufion . The favages gave entirely into the fnare . The thin ...
... first companies , who moved on the feigned retreat , and were intended to begin the real attack . The difpofitions were well made , and the plan executed without the least confufion . The favages gave entirely into the fnare . The thin ...
Side 38
... first gave the ill example , no party was free from that parti cular fpecies of intemperance , of which they aceufed the others . But fill the miniftry braved the storm ; and except on the fingle question of excife , their ftrength in ...
... first gave the ill example , no party was free from that parti cular fpecies of intemperance , of which they aceufed the others . But fill the miniftry braved the storm ; and except on the fingle question of excife , their ftrength in ...
Side 61
... first fet , on fire about their ears , were fired upon by their merciless pursuers , who now went fo far as to go for powder to blow them all up ; but happily the off cers , feafonably interpofing , pre- vented farther mifchief . Many ...
... first fet , on fire about their ears , were fired upon by their merciless pursuers , who now went fo far as to go for powder to blow them all up ; but happily the off cers , feafonably interpofing , pre- vented farther mifchief . Many ...
Side 66
... first dif- tinétion , befides an uncommon number of gentlemen of family and fortune . The entertainment confifted of 1560 difhes , befides the defert . The ball continued till near five next morning . A man , who stood on the pillory at ...
... first dif- tinétion , befides an uncommon number of gentlemen of family and fortune . The entertainment confifted of 1560 difhes , befides the defert . The ball continued till near five next morning . A man , who stood on the pillory at ...
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Side 181 - I the Lord have called thee in righteousness, And will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, And give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles ; To open the blind eyes, To bring out the prisoners from the prison, And them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.
Side 181 - And they gave him audience unto this word, and then lifted up their voices, and said, Away with such a fellow from the earth : for it is not fit that he should live.
Side 39 - think proper to be gone from you ; however, that you " may not want company, I have left you the bear, as the " moft fuitable companion in the world that could be
Side 278 - ... which is the term they give it. There is a set of old women who make it their business to perform the operation every autumn, in the month of September, when the great heat is abated. People send to one another to know if any of their family has a mind to have the smallpox: they make parties for this purpose and when they are met (commonly fifteen or sixteen together), the old woman comes with a nutshell full of the matter of the best sort of smallpox and asks what vein you please to have opened.
Side 284 - Vizier's ; and the very house confessed the difference between an old devotee and a young beauty. It was nicely clean and magnificent. I was met at the door by two black eunuchs, who led me through a long gallery between two ranks of beautiful young girls, with their hair finely plaited, almost hanging to their feet, all dressed in fine light damasks, brocaded with silver. I was sorry that decency did not permit me to stop to consider them nearer.
Side 136 - ... in confequence of the heavy charge brought againft you, for being the author of an infamous and feditious libel, tending to inflame the minds, and alienate the affections of the people from...
Side 206 - Councils, and the Representatives of the People so to be summoned as aforesaid, to make, constitute, and ordain Laws, Statutes, and Ordinances for the Public Peace, Welfare, and good Government of our said Colonies, and of the People and Inhabitants thereof, as near as may be agreeable to the Laws of England...
Side 206 - ... according to law and equity, and, as near as may be, agreeable to the laws of England...
Side 286 - ... maids were ranged below the sofa to the number of twenty, and put me in mind of the pictures of the ancient nymphs. I did not think all nature could have furnished such a scene of beauty. She made them a sign to play and dance. Four of them immediately began to play some soft airs on instruments between a lute and a guitar, which they accompanied with their voices, while the others danced by turns. This dance was very different from what I had seen before.