Annual Register, Volume 52Edmund Burke 1825 |
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Pagina 5
... taken place , but intelligence of the signature of that armistice had actually arrived in this country . But if by events not to be controlled , it was im- possible to send this armament sooner , why send it at all ? The expedition ...
... taken place , but intelligence of the signature of that armistice had actually arrived in this country . But if by events not to be controlled , it was im- possible to send this armament sooner , why send it at all ? The expedition ...
Pagina 10
... taken into consideration in the House of Commons . After the Speaker had finished reading the speech , lord Barnard , in what is called a mai- den speech , expressed his convic- tion that the House would think the exertions that had ...
... taken into consideration in the House of Commons . After the Speaker had finished reading the speech , lord Barnard , in what is called a mai- den speech , expressed his convic- tion that the House would think the exertions that had ...
Pagina 42
... taken place , we should find , in fact , the same character of weakness and fatuity ; the same features of tar- diness of preparation , ignorance in conduct , imbecility in combina- tion , and , of consequence , failure in result . In ...
... taken place , we should find , in fact , the same character of weakness and fatuity ; the same features of tar- diness of preparation , ignorance in conduct , imbecility in combina- tion , and , of consequence , failure in result . In ...
Pagina 56
... taken by the Chancellor of the Exchequer , contended stre- nuously , that no paper should be moved for that did not exist in any public office of the state . In- deed no paper , he observed , had been specifically called for , orstated ...
... taken by the Chancellor of the Exchequer , contended stre- nuously , that no paper should be moved for that did not exist in any public office of the state . In- deed no paper , he observed , had been specifically called for , orstated ...
Pagina 76
... taken by the commander - in - chief , was that of general Brownrigg , whose opinion respecting the ulterior and main object of the expedition , the de- struction of the arsenals at Ant- werp , was , " That a force passing over from ...
... taken by the commander - in - chief , was that of general Brownrigg , whose opinion respecting the ulterior and main object of the expedition , the de- struction of the arsenals at Ant- werp , was , " That a force passing over from ...
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Pagina 246 - No freeman shall be taken, or imprisoned, or be disseized of his freehold, or liberties, or free customs, or be outlawed, or exiled, or any otherwise destroyed , nor will we pass upon him, nor condemn him, but by lawful judgment of his peers, or by the law of the land.
Pagina 542 - And ne'er did Grecian chisel trace A Nymph, a Naiad, or a Grace, Of finer form or lovelier face...
Pagina 413 - That the President of the United States be, and he hereby is authorized, in case either France or Great Britain shall so revoke or modify her edicts, as that they shall cease to violate the neutral commerce of the United States...
Pagina 556 - But she has treasured, and she loves them all ; When in her way she meets them, they appear Peculiar people — death has made them dear. He named his friend, but then his hand she prest, And fondly whisper'd, " Thou must go to rest ;"
Pagina 437 - ... at the reflection : but let not this be read as something that relates only to another ; for a few years only can divide the eye that is now reading from the hand that has written.
Pagina 280 - I have not only to lament, in common with the British Navy and the British Nation, in the fall of the Commander-in-Chief, the loss of a hero whose name will be immortal, and his memory ever dear to his Country ; but my heart is rent with the most poignant grief for the death of a friend, to whom, by many years...
Pagina 548 - Thy numbers sweet with nature's vespers blending, With distant echo from the fold and lea, And herd-boy's evening pipe, and hum of housing bee. Yet, once again, farewell, thou Minstrel Harp ! Yet, once again, forgive my feeble sway, And little reck I of the censure sharp May idly cavil at an idle lay. Much have I owed thy strains on life's long way, Through secret woes the world has never known, When on the weary night dawned wearier day, And bitterer was the grief devoured alone. — That I o'erlive...
Pagina 376 - Union, and notwithstanding thereof, remain in all time coming within Scotland, as it is now constituted by the Laws of that Kingdom, and with the same Authority and Privileges as before the Union, subject nevertheless to such Regulations for the better Administration of Justice as shall be made by the Parliament of Great Britain...
Pagina 365 - The effective currency of a country depends upon the quickness of circulation, and the number of exchanges performed in a given time, as well as upon its numerical amount ; and all the circumstances which have a tendency to quicken or to retard the rate of circulation render the same amount of currency more or less adequate to the wants of trade.