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Side v
... and to military men , whose Me- moirs are happily becoming every year more numerous , as the exertions of the country become greater in this inevitable VOL . II . PART I. a and righteous contest . The annals of a less eventful.
... and to military men , whose Me- moirs are happily becoming every year more numerous , as the exertions of the country become greater in this inevitable VOL . II . PART I. a and righteous contest . The annals of a less eventful.
Side 14
... less injurious to our interests than degrading to our reputation ; for Denmark was now ap- plying the whole of her naval force to a predatory warfare against our commerce , which suffered more from this single enemy than from all the ...
... less injurious to our interests than degrading to our reputation ; for Denmark was now ap- plying the whole of her naval force to a predatory warfare against our commerce , which suffered more from this single enemy than from all the ...
Side 33
... less certain that , during the whole of the Spanish revolution , Sir Francis Burdett and his partizans have shewn a callous- ness of feeling toward the patriots , and an indifference toward the best interests of mankind , which were not ...
... less certain that , during the whole of the Spanish revolution , Sir Francis Burdett and his partizans have shewn a callous- ness of feeling toward the patriots , and an indifference toward the best interests of mankind , which were not ...
Side 37
... lution on the table of that House , mony ! The noble leader of the band declaring that he had provided trans- puts all his instruments out of tune , The breadth of the Tagus at Almeida is less than CHAP . 2. ] 37 HISTORY OF EUROPE .
... lution on the table of that House , mony ! The noble leader of the band declaring that he had provided trans- puts all his instruments out of tune , The breadth of the Tagus at Almeida is less than CHAP . 2. ] 37 HISTORY OF EUROPE .
Side 49
... less so , to attack him with a view to grant him such terms as would send him into Spain , from which , whilst in Portu- gal , he was effectually cut off . Un- less ministers were prepared to say that they had been successful before ...
... less so , to attack him with a view to grant him such terms as would send him into Spain , from which , whilst in Portu- gal , he was effectually cut off . Un- less ministers were prepared to say that they had been successful before ...
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Side 290 - And every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves unto him; and he became a captain over them: and there were with him about four hundred men.
Side 83 - Up to our native seat : descent and fall To us is adverse. Who but felt of late, When the fierce foe hung on our broken rear Insulting, and pursued us through the deep, With what compulsion and laborious flight We sunk thus low ? The...
Side 329 - The tax which each individual is bound to pay ought to be certain, and not arbitrary. The time of payment, the manner of payment, the quantity to be paid, ought all to be clear and plain to the contributor, and to every other person.
Side 791 - I need not say that this opinion is neither founded in any sentiment of personal hostility, nor in a desire of unnecessarily prolonging political differences. To compose, not to inflame, the divisions of the Empire has always been my anxious wish, and is now more than ever the duty of every loyal subject. But my accession to the existing Administration could...
Side 419 - ... communications between himself and the American government had been put an end to, replied, that the explanation had been previously made, before his arrival, by Mr Erskine ; and that as Mr Smith, in the conversation which they had held, had made no complaint of the disavowal, it...
Side 794 - I shall shew myself beyond the Pyrenees, the frightened leopard will fly to the ocean to avoid shame, defeat, and death. The triumph of my arms will be the triumph of the genius of good over that of evil, of moderation, order, and morality, over civil war, anarchy, and the bad passions.
Side 491 - Ferdinand, never, in any case, to cede to France any portion of the territories or possessions of the Spanish monarchy in any part of the world.
Side 171 - I have waited with the greatest anxiety until the committee appointed by the house of commons to inquire into my conduct, as commander-in-chief of his majesty's army, had closed its examinations, and I now hope that it will not be deemed improper to address this letter, through you, to the house of commons.
Side 107 - I wish it to be apparent to the whole world, as it is to every individual of the army, that we have done every thing in our power in support of the Spanish cause, and that we do not abandon it until long after the Spaniards had abandoned us.
Side 414 - France, and the powers adopting and acting under the French decrees, should be at liberty to capture all such American vessels as might be found attempting to trade with the ports of any of those powers; without which security, it was stated, for the observance of the embargo, the raising it nominally with respect to Great Britain alone, would, in fact, raise it with respect to all the world. It was added, that His Majesty, upon receiving a distinct and official recognition of these three conditions,...