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Side 5
... appears too evidently to admit almost of a quef- tion , that nothing could have been more ill - judged and impolitic , in fo very critical a juncture , than this measure of violence . But fuch short - fighted , rafh , and improvident ...
... appears too evidently to admit almost of a quef- tion , that nothing could have been more ill - judged and impolitic , in fo very critical a juncture , than this measure of violence . But fuch short - fighted , rafh , and improvident ...
Side 7
... appear- ing to protect a navigation that was not permitted to exit , that prince had flationed off Lillo . We have formerly fhewn , that thele fortreffes had been originally con- ftructed by the Dutch , to prevent all intercourfe ...
... appear- ing to protect a navigation that was not permitted to exit , that prince had flationed off Lillo . We have formerly fhewn , that thele fortreffes had been originally con- ftructed by the Dutch , to prevent all intercourfe ...
Side 11
... appears that a weak body of patriots being closely pursued by the Auftrians under general Bender , had taken re- fuge in that place . The town be- ing open , Bender forced his way fword in hand into the place , where the inhabitants ...
... appears that a weak body of patriots being closely pursued by the Auftrians under general Bender , had taken re- fuge in that place . The town be- ing open , Bender forced his way fword in hand into the place , where the inhabitants ...
Side 12
... appears to have been very bloody to the Auftrians ; and it is faid , that they would have been en- .cly cut off in their diforderly flight over the Scheldt , if it had not been for the noble ftand made by the regiment of Bender , who ...
... appears to have been very bloody to the Auftrians ; and it is faid , that they would have been en- .cly cut off in their diforderly flight over the Scheldt , if it had not been for the noble ftand made by the regiment of Bender , who ...
Side 17
... appears upon the whole , that , the negociation for an armiftice not fucceeding , both par- ties had recourfe to arms during fome part of the night . It is not to be fuppofed , although the circumftance is not mentioned , and was ...
... appears upon the whole , that , the negociation for an armiftice not fucceeding , both par- ties had recourfe to arms during fome part of the night . It is not to be fuppofed , although the circumftance is not mentioned , and was ...
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Side 139 - ENACTED, that, On every Such trial, the jury sworn to try the issue may give a general verdict of guilty or not guilty upon the whole matter put in issue...
Side 113 - Angelo was capricious in his inventions, cannot be denied ; and this may make some circumspection necessary in studying his works; for though they appear to become him, an imitation of them is always dangerous, and will prove sometimes ridiculous. " Within that circle none durst walk but he.
Side 123 - But when you disturb this harmony ; when you break up this beautiful order, this array of truth and nature, as well as of habit and prejudice ; when you separate the common sort of men from their proper chieftains so as to form them into an adverse army, I no longer know that venerable object called the people in such a disbanded race of deserters and vagabonds.
Side 122 - A true natural aristocracy is not a separate interest in the state, or separable from it. It is an essential integrant part of any large body rightly constituted. It is formed out of a class of legitimate presumptions, which, taken as generalities, must be admitted for actual truths. To be bred in a place of estimation ; To see nothing low and sordid from one's infancy; To be taught to respect one's self; To be habituated to the censorial inspection of the public eye ; To look early to public opinion...
Side 12 - His complexion fair, his features regular and handsome, his countenance open, ingenuous, and animated. He was peculiarly neat in his person and attire. He was an early riser, and punctual in the employments of the day -, methodical in the order and disposition of his library, papers, and writings, as the companions of his thoughts, but without any pedantry, either in these habits, or in any other part of his character.
Side 118 - Think of a genius not born in every country, or every time ; a man gifted by nature with a...
Side 138 - An Act to remove Doubts respecting the Functions of Juries in Cases of Libel. [AD 1792.] " WHEREAS doubts have arisen whether on the trial of an indictment or information for the making or publishing any libel, where an issue or issues are joined between the king and the defendant or defendants, on the plea of not guilty pleaded, it be competent to the jury impanelled to try the same to give their verdict upon the whole matter in issue...
Side 122 - ... and duty; to be formed to the greatest degree of vigilance, foresight, and circumspection, in a state of things in which no fault is committed with impunity, and the slightest mistakes draw on the most ruinous...
Side 19 - At the desire of many of his friends, his body was carried into the chapel the day preceding the interment, and there lay in a kind of state becoming the person, dressed in his clerical habit, with gown, cassock, and band ; the old clerical cap on his head, a Bible in one hand, and a white handkerchief in the other.
Side 110 - ... whom painting has borrowed a new lustre; that under his hands it assumed a new appearance, and is become another and superior art ; I may be excused if I take this opportunity, as I have hitherto taken...