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... head to shelter him from the rain or the sun ; and a servant stood by to attend upon and hand him refreshment , while he was at the same time applauded by the spectators : so that the punishment , instead of being disgraceful to him ...
... head to shelter him from the rain or the sun ; and a servant stood by to attend upon and hand him refreshment , while he was at the same time applauded by the spectators : so that the punishment , instead of being disgraceful to him ...
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... head is , that , had there been no corn laws , it appeared , from the prices in the neighbouring countries , that the price of corn in this country would only have been 458. ; but that , the pre- sent importation price being 65s , it ...
... head is , that , had there been no corn laws , it appeared , from the prices in the neighbouring countries , that the price of corn in this country would only have been 458. ; but that , the pre- sent importation price being 65s , it ...
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... head of an army of English and Sicilians , had the difficult task to keep in check Suchet , who occupied Cata- lonia with a large French force . With this view Sir Jolin undertook the siege of Tarragona , and being compelled to raise it ...
... head of an army of English and Sicilians , had the difficult task to keep in check Suchet , who occupied Cata- lonia with a large French force . With this view Sir Jolin undertook the siege of Tarragona , and being compelled to raise it ...
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... head , though it had the full proportion of members . To add still farther to the inconve- niences of this state of administration , Louis XVIII . had a favourite , al- though he had no prime minister . Count Blacas D'Aulps , minister ...
... head , though it had the full proportion of members . To add still farther to the inconve- niences of this state of administration , Louis XVIII . had a favourite , al- though he had no prime minister . Count Blacas D'Aulps , minister ...
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... head of the regiment which cried Vive le Roi . " Such a challenge could only pass as a cheap yet insulting bravado in the eyes of those to whom it was given , but by whom it could not be accepted . The king was frequently called upon to ...
... head of the regiment which cried Vive le Roi . " Such a challenge could only pass as a cheap yet insulting bravado in the eyes of those to whom it was given , but by whom it could not be accepted . The king was frequently called upon to ...
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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.