Cobbett's Weekly Political Register, Volume 4R. Bagshaw, 1803 - Great Britain |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 100
Page 11
... sent to give up the Cape ; counter - orders to retain it ; orders again to surrender it ; and counter - orders . I suppose , would again have been sent to retain it , could they have reached it soon enough ; it was not , until the most ...
... sent to give up the Cape ; counter - orders to retain it ; orders again to surrender it ; and counter - orders . I suppose , would again have been sent to retain it , could they have reached it soon enough ; it was not , until the most ...
Page 27
... sent out of the country , but should be given up to Buona- parte , to that very man , against whom they had fought for us , that very man whom these news printers now represent as an inexorable tyrant , " a " barbarous mon- " ster ...
... sent out of the country , but should be given up to Buona- parte , to that very man , against whom they had fought for us , that very man whom these news printers now represent as an inexorable tyrant , " a " barbarous mon- " ster ...
Page 37
... sent out , to depart from Europe completely armed for the purposes of war , instead of being as mere transports for the conveyance of troops . For , as you have justly observed , Toussaint had no fleet to oppose them ; consequently ...
... sent out , to depart from Europe completely armed for the purposes of war , instead of being as mere transports for the conveyance of troops . For , as you have justly observed , Toussaint had no fleet to oppose them ; consequently ...
Page 43
... sent at last off Toulon when too late , ( viz . 6 sail of the line , one ship of fifty guns with several smaller , ) in- stead of keeping them employed , as he usually did , in cruizing on remote stations for prizes , or in carrying ...
... sent at last off Toulon when too late , ( viz . 6 sail of the line , one ship of fifty guns with several smaller , ) in- stead of keeping them employed , as he usually did , in cruizing on remote stations for prizes , or in carrying ...
Page 45
... sent a smaller . He sent a larger when we had no port in the Mediterranean ; when Malta had become a French port ; and , when by the French preparations at Toulon , all the neutral states bordering the Mediterranean , were more than ...
... sent a smaller . He sent a larger when we had no port in the Mediterranean ; when Malta had become a French port ; and , when by the French preparations at Toulon , all the neutral states bordering the Mediterranean , were more than ...
Contents
17 | |
35 | |
47 | |
75 | |
105 | |
129 | |
143 | |
145 | |
977 | |
1001 | |
1019 | |
1045 | |
1065 | |
1095 | |
1119 | |
1175 | |
151 | |
171 | |
175 | |
201 | |
203 | |
245 | |
247 | |
271 | |
319 | |
341 | |
359 | |
361 | |
387 | |
399 | |
401 | |
437 | |
459 | |
495 | |
531 | |
553 | |
559 | |
587 | |
589 | |
659 | |
667 | |
673 | |
679 | |
737 | |
759 | |
773 | |
785 | |
859 | |
879 | |
935 | |
961 | |
975 | |
1197 | |
1213 | |
1255 | |
1273 | |
1299 | |
1319 | |
1321 | |
1333 | |
1353 | |
1469 | |
1481 | |
1489 | |
1533 | |
1559 | |
1571 | |
1583 | |
1607 | |
1647 | |
1665 | |
1703 | |
1739 | |
1867 | |
1873 | |
1895 | |
1899 | |
1905 | |
1941 | |
1971 | |
1997 | |
1999 | |
2003 | |
2009 | |
2011 | |
2013 | |
2023 | |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Addington Amiens amongst appears arms Army of Reserve assert attack bill Britain British Buonaparté called cavalry coast colonies command committee conduct consequence considered Consul coun danger declared defence disgrace duty effect Elbe endeavour enemy England Europe exertions favour feel fleet force France French friends gentleman Great-Britain guns honour hope House of Commons invasion Ireland island King kingdom land late letter London Lord Grenville Lord Hawkes Lord Hawkesbury Lordship Majesty Majesty's Malta means measures ment military militia ministers nation necessary neral never object observed officers opinion paper Parliament peace peace of Amiens persons Pitt political ports possession present Prince principles R. B. SHERIDAN received regiment render Republic respect Russia sent sentiments Sheridan ships sion soldiers speech spirit thing tion treaty treaty of Amiens troops vessels Volunteer Corps whole Windham wish
Popular passages
Page 491 - ... come tell us your reason; What sayest thou to this ? Poins. Come, your reason, Jack, your reason. Fal. What, upon compulsion? No; were I at the strappado, or all the racks in the world, I would not tell you on compulsion. Give you a reason on compulsion ! if reasons were as plenty as blackberries, I would give no man a reason upon compulsion, I. P.
Page 883 - THE President of the United States of America, and the First Consul of the French Republic, in the name of the French people, desiring to remove all source of misunderstanding relative to objects of discussion...
Page 389 - They, by a strange frenzy driven, fight for power, for plunder, and extended rule : we, for our country, our altars, and our homes. They follow an adventurer whom they fear, and obey a power which they hate : we serve a monarch whom we love — a God whom we adore.
Page 881 - Spain or her colonies, shall be admitted during the space of twelve years in the port of New Orleans, and in all other legal ports of entry within the ceded territory, in the same manner as the ships of the United States...
Page 887 - Whilst the property and sovereignty of the Mississippi and its waters secure an independent outlet for the produce of the Western States and an uncontrolled navigation through their whole course, free from collision with other powers and the dangers to our peace from that source, the fertility of the...
Page 271 - ... ships, vessels and goods, that are or shall be taken, and to hear and determine the same ; and, according to the course of Admiralty, and the law of nations...
Page 881 - ... that the French ships coming directly from France or any of her colonies, loaded only with the produce and manufactures of France or her said colonies, and the ships of Spain coming directly from Spain or any of her colonies, loaded only with the produce or manufactures of Spain or her colonies, shall be admitted during the space of twelve years in the...
Page 389 - The throne we honour is the people's choice ; the laws we reverence are our brave fathers' legacy ; the faith we follow teaches us to live in bonds of charity with all mankind, and die with hope of bliss beyond the grave. Tell your invaders this, and tell them, too, we seek no change : and, least of all, such change as they would bring us.
Page 883 - America,] by and with the advice and consent of the Senate of the said States, Robert R. Livingston, Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States, and James Monroe, Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary of the said States, near the Government of the French Republic; and the First Consul, in the name of the French people, Citizen Francis Barbe...
Page 881 - ARTICLE II. In the cession made by the preceding article are included the adjacent islands belonging to Louisiana, all public lots and squares, vacant lands, and all public buildings, fortifications, barracks, and other edifices which are not private property.