The Edinburgh Annual Register, Volumer 1-2;Volum 5Walter Scott John Ballantyne and Company, 1814 |
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... Armies , and their Expulsion from the Russian Empire . Buonaparte returns to Paris , and the Russians occupy Wilna , APPENDIX . - GAZETTES , 379 i - lxjü JANUARY , 1812 . CABINET MINISTERS . NOT OF THE CONTENTS . vii.
... Armies , and their Expulsion from the Russian Empire . Buonaparte returns to Paris , and the Russians occupy Wilna , APPENDIX . - GAZETTES , 379 i - lxjü JANUARY , 1812 . CABINET MINISTERS . NOT OF THE CONTENTS . vii.
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... Buonaparte ) nothing had been done for the Spanish people ; that even if the cause of Spain had been honourably undertaken by the British government , it had now become perfectly hopeless ; that the victories won by our arms were ...
... Buonaparte ) nothing had been done for the Spanish people ; that even if the cause of Spain had been honourably undertaken by the British government , it had now become perfectly hopeless ; that the victories won by our arms were ...
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... Buona- parte , to repeat his prophecies- " Destroy the web of prophecy in vain , The creature's at his dirty work ... Buonaparte was irresistible , and that it was in vain to oppose his designs , wondered that he did not at once crush ...
... Buona- parte , to repeat his prophecies- " Destroy the web of prophecy in vain , The creature's at his dirty work ... Buonaparte was irresistible , and that it was in vain to oppose his designs , wondered that he did not at once crush ...
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... Buonaparte and to France , but to its own government , with indignation , and ascribed the inflictions of Providence to them alone ; if he did not see this , but could make such statements with a conviction that he was doing right , he ...
... Buonaparte and to France , but to its own government , with indignation , and ascribed the inflictions of Providence to them alone ; if he did not see this , but could make such statements with a conviction that he was doing right , he ...
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... Buonaparte as their enemy , it was a gross misrepresentation . Unfortu- nately it was too much a practice to identify the government with the mi- nistry , and convert the fair claims of the former to support and attachment , into a ...
... Buonaparte as their enemy , it was a gross misrepresentation . Unfortu- nately it was too much a practice to identify the government with the mi- nistry , and convert the fair claims of the former to support and attachment , into a ...
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Side 249 - With this evidence of hostile inflexibility in trampling on rights which no independent nation can relinquish, Congress will feel the duty of putting the United States into an armor and an attitude demanded by the crisis, and corresponding with the national spirit and expectations.
Side 190 - Disraeli's motion, that the House should resolve itself into a committee to take into consideration the state of the nation, was negatived by a majority of 296 to 156.
Side 277 - We behold, in fine, on the side of Great Britain, a state of war against the United States; and, on the side of the United States, a state of peace towards Great Britain.
Side lix - I have the honour to acquaint you, for the information of my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, that at 5 o'clock PM on the 6th of August last, in latitude 24° 44...
Side xlix - George and the enemy, upon the river Canard, which uniformly terminated in his being repulsed with loss. I judged it proper to detach a force down the river Thames, capable of acting in conjunction with the garrison of Amherstburg offensively, but Captain Chambers, whom 1 had appointed to direct this detachment, experienced difficulties that frustrated my intentions. The intelligence received from that quarter admitting...
Side 193 - June 22, rose in the house of commons ; and after a most eloquent and energetic speech, moved " that this house will early in the next session of parliament, take into its most serious consideration the state of the laws affecting his majesty's Roman catholic subjects in Great Britain and Ireland ; with a view to such a final and conciliatory adjustment, as may be conducive to the peace and strength of the united kingdom ; to the stability of the protestant establishment, and to the general satisfaction...
Side xxxvi - D'Urban's cavalry were left at Cabrerizos, on the right of the Tormes, as the enemy had still a large corps on the heights above Babilafuente, on the same side of the river ; and I considered it not improbable, that, finding our army prepared for them in the morning, on the left of the Tormes, they would alter their plan, and manœuvre by the other bank.
Side 127 - I certainly am the last person in the kingdom to whom it can be permitted to despair of our Royal Father's recovery.
Side liii - Government, I do hereby announce to all the Inhabitants of the said Territory, that the Laws heretofore in existence shall continue in force until His Majesty's pleasure be known or so long as the peace and safety of the said Territory will admit thereof.
Side xlvii - Michilimachinack, which giving spirit and confidence to the Indian tribes in its neighbourhood, part of whom assisted in its capture, determined them to advance upon the rear and flanks of the American army, as soon as they heard that it had entered the province.