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... immediately chosen in its stead , which it was expected would feel more in unison with those who had assumed the reins of power ; and which met for the dispatch of busi- ness on the 22d of June 1807 , being the space of six months and ...
... immediately chosen in its stead , which it was expected would feel more in unison with those who had assumed the reins of power ; and which met for the dispatch of busi- ness on the 22d of June 1807 , being the space of six months and ...
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... immediately proceed to the election of some more suitable and proper person to fill that important and dignified situation . ” The lord chancellor , in the name of the commission , said , - " Gentlemen of the house of commons , we have ...
... immediately proceed to the election of some more suitable and proper person to fill that important and dignified situation . ” The lord chancellor , in the name of the commission , said , - " Gentlemen of the house of commons , we have ...
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... immediately marched off under general Beningsen . Such was the procrastination of Prussia , even towards a court with whom she had no differences to adjust , from whom she had a right to call for immediate aid - and such was the course ...
... immediately marched off under general Beningsen . Such was the procrastination of Prussia , even towards a court with whom she had no differences to adjust , from whom she had a right to call for immediate aid - and such was the course ...
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... immediately after- wards orders were issued to send out reinforcements , which were ready in a fortnight , and would have sailed if the winds permitted . But the whole delay did not exceed a month . After the noble lord had ...
... immediately after- wards orders were issued to send out reinforcements , which were ready in a fortnight , and would have sailed if the winds permitted . But the whole delay did not exceed a month . After the noble lord had ...
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... immediately be- fore the house . The noble lord then repelled the insinuation , that there was on the part of ministers a violation of the public faith to- wards the stockholder , or that any intention or attempt could be in- ferred ...
... immediately be- fore the house . The noble lord then repelled the insinuation , that there was on the part of ministers a violation of the public faith to- wards the stockholder , or that any intention or attempt could be in- ferred ...
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Page 252 - Their patriotism would certainly prefer its continuance and application to the great purposes of the public education, roads, rivers, canals, and such other objects of public improvement as it may be thought proper to add to the constitutional enumeration of federal powers.
Page 251 - I congratulate you, fellow-citizens, on the approach of the period at which you may interpose your authority constitutionally to withdraw the citizens of the United States from all further participation in those violations of human rights which have been so long continued on the unoffending inhabitants of Africa, and which the morality, the reputation, and the best interests of our country have long been eager to proscribe.
Page 159 - Even he that hath clean hands, and a pure heart : and that hath not lift up his mind unto vanity, nor sworn to deceive his neighbour.
Page 130 - Hardy, and as that officer, though often sent for, could not leave the deck, Nelson feared that some fatal cause prevented him, and repeatedly cried: "Will no one bring Hardy to me?
Page 131 - I am going fast; it will be all over with me soon. Come nearer to me. Let my dear Lady Hamilton have my hair and all other things belonging to me.
Page 131 - I have called two or three of our fresh ships round, and have no doubt of giving them a drubbing." "I hope," said Nelson, "none of our ships have struck ? ' ' Hardy answered, '
Page 274 - We do for that end publish this Our royal proclamation, and do hereby dissolve the said Parliament accordingly ; and the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and the knights, citizens, and burgesses, and the commissioners for shires and burghs, of the House of...
Page 251 - After proceeding up it about six hundred miles, nearly as far as the French settlements had extended while the country was in their possession, our geographers were obliged to return without completing their work.
Page 85 - I can give you a strong proof; for I not only suppressed the letter while you stayed there, out of delicacy to you, but it was the reason why, out of delicacy to myself, I did not go to see him, as you often proposed to me, thinking it wrong to go and make a cordial visit to a man, with a letter in my pocket to laugh at him.
Page 251 - The expedition of Messrs. Lewis and Clarke, for exploring the river Missouri, and the best communication from that to the Pacific ocean, has had all the success which could have been expected. They have traced the Missouri nearly to its source, descended the Columbia to the Pacific ocean, ascertained with accuracy the geography of that interesting communication across our continent, learned the character of the country, of its commerce, and inhabitants ; and it is but justice to say that Messrs....