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... arms of victory . But , notwithstanding this very serious and afflicting loss , and notwithstanding the other disasters stated to have occurred to our arms , still knowing that we had the flower of the British army in Ame- rica , he ...
... arms of victory . But , notwithstanding this very serious and afflicting loss , and notwithstanding the other disasters stated to have occurred to our arms , still knowing that we had the flower of the British army in Ame- rica , he ...
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... England would have been the only nation in the world who could have withstood his arms ; it , indeed , she could have stood alone amidst the general ruin . This appeared to those who at CHAP . 1. ] 15 HISTORY OF EUROPE .
... England would have been the only nation in the world who could have withstood his arms ; it , indeed , she could have stood alone amidst the general ruin . This appeared to those who at CHAP . 1. ] 15 HISTORY OF EUROPE .
Page 84
... arms ; ) but to the general system adopted by the ministers , of protecting the city by soldiers in place of peace - officers , and this at a time when the joint ef- forts of the civil and military had proved totally inadequate to ...
... arms ; ) but to the general system adopted by the ministers , of protecting the city by soldiers in place of peace - officers , and this at a time when the joint ef- forts of the civil and military had proved totally inadequate to ...
Page 94
... dis- solute populace equally void of reli- gion and superstition , and of a youth trained up in arms , and in ignorance even of the name of christianity , such efforts only 94 EDINBURGH ANNUAL REGISTER . 1815. [ CHAP . 6. £
... dis- solute populace equally void of reli- gion and superstition , and of a youth trained up in arms , and in ignorance even of the name of christianity , such efforts only 94 EDINBURGH ANNUAL REGISTER . 1815. [ CHAP . 6. £
Page 99
... arms implies an aptitude to a state of war , which , to all other ranks in the state , may indeed be a necessary and unavoidable evil , but never can be a real advantage . The king could not be accused of neglecting to cultivate the ...
... arms implies an aptitude to a state of war , which , to all other ranks in the state , may indeed be a necessary and unavoidable evil , but never can be a real advantage . The king could not be accused of neglecting to cultivate the ...
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Page cliv - And in the event of the said two Commissioners differing, or both or either of them refusing, declining, or wilfully omitting to act, such reports, declarations or statements shall be made by them, or either of them, and such reference to a friendly sovereign or State shall be made in all respects as in the latter part of the fourth article is contained, and in as full a manner as if the same was herein repeated.
Page clvi - The United States of America engage to put an end, immediately after the ratification of the present treaty, to hostilities with all the tribes or nations of Indians with whom they may be at war at the time of such ratification; and forthwith to restore to such tribes or nations, respectively, all the possessions, rights, and privileges which they may have enjoyed or been entitled to in one thousand eight hundred and eleven, previous to such hostilities...
Page cliii - St. Croix River to the highlands; along the said highlands which divide those rivers that empty themselves into the river St. Lawrence from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean...
Page cliv - Commissioners differing, or both, or either of them, refusing, or declining, or wilfully omitting to act, such reports, declarations or statements, shall be made by them, or either of them, and such reference to a friendly...
Page cliii - It is further agreed, that in the event of the two commissioners differing upon all or any of the matters so referred to them, or in the event of both or either of the said commissioners refusing, or declining, or wilfully omitting, to act as...
Page cli - ... after the signing of this treaty, excepting only the islands hereinafter mentioned, shall be restored without delay, and without causing any destruction, or carrying away any of the artillery or other public property originally captured in the said forts or places, and which shall remain therein upon the exchange of the ratifications of this treaty, or any slaves or other private property...
Page clv - The several boards of two Commissioners mentioned in the four preceding articles shall respectively have power to appoint a secretary, and to employ such surveyors or other persons as they shall judge necessary. Duplicates of all their respective reports, declarations, statements, and decisions, and of their accounts, and of the journal of their proceedings, shall be delivered by them to the agents of His...
Page cli - Britannic majesty and the United States of America, desirous of terminating the war which has unhappily subsisted between the two countries, and of restoring, upon principles of perfect reciprocity, peace, friendship, and good understanding between them, have, for that purpose, appointed their respective plenipotentiaries, that is to say...
Page xxxv - An Inquiry into the Integrity of the Greek Vulgate, or Received Text of the New Testament...
Page cli - There shall be a firm and universal peace between His Britannic Majesty and the United States, and between their respective countries, territories, cities, towns and people, of every degree, without exception of places or persons.