Annual Register, Volume 58Edmund Burke 1817 - History |
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Edmund Burke. contributions were of the same nature with the droits of the crown , and became the personal property of the sovereign ; but the Prince Regent had deter- mined , that it should be applied solely to the public service , with ...
Edmund Burke. contributions were of the same nature with the droits of the crown , and became the personal property of the sovereign ; but the Prince Regent had deter- mined , that it should be applied solely to the public service , with ...
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... crown , the daily increase of which threatened to erase even the remaining ves- tiges of liberty . Ministers ( said ... crown . The only means by which they could effect it , was by con- trolling the supplies for main- taining it , which ...
... crown , the daily increase of which threatened to erase even the remaining ves- tiges of liberty . Ministers ( said ... crown . The only means by which they could effect it , was by con- trolling the supplies for main- taining it , which ...
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... crown ; since it was well known that twenty- seven members of the Cortes , and two ( me of the Regency , had become victims to the animosity of Ferdi- nand . After dwelling some time longer on these topics , and allud- ing to the ...
... crown ; since it was well known that twenty- seven members of the Cortes , and two ( me of the Regency , had become victims to the animosity of Ferdi- nand . After dwelling some time longer on these topics , and allud- ing to the ...
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... , however , a minister of the crown stated to parliament that the British government had interfered , and that the four great [ C 2 ] powers powers of Europe had instructed their ministers at the court GENERAL HISTORY . [ 19.
... , however , a minister of the crown stated to parliament that the British government had interfered , and that the four great [ C 2 ] powers powers of Europe had instructed their ministers at the court GENERAL HISTORY . [ 19.
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... crown to detain Buonaparte a prisoner after the termination of the war , and the bill proposed was deemed necessary to remove those doubts . With respect to the justice of this detention , it was warranted on two grounds . If he was ...
... crown to detain Buonaparte a prisoner after the termination of the war , and the bill proposed was deemed necessary to remove those doubts . With respect to the justice of this detention , it was warranted on two grounds . If he was ...
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Page 643 - twas but the wind, Or the car rattling o'er the stony street; On with the dance! let joy be unconfined; No sleep till morn, when Youth and Pleasure meet To chase the glowing Hours with flying feet — But hark!
Page 644 - And Ardennes waves above them her green leaves, Dewy with nature's tear-drops as they pass, Grieving, if aught inanimate e'er grieves, Over the unreturning brave, - alas! Ere evening to be trodden like the grass...
Page 384 - ... subject always to the laws and statutes of the two countries respectively.
Page 644 - Last noon beheld them full of lusty life, Last eve in beauty's circle proudly gay ; The midnight brought the signal-sound of strife, The morn the marshalling in arms — the day Battle's magnificently stern array ! The thunder-clouds close o'er it, which when rent The earth is covered thick with other clay, Which her own clay shall cover, heaped and pent, Rider and horse — friend, foe, — in one red burial blent...
Page 643 - Belgium's capital had gathered then Her beauty and her chivalry, and bright The lamps shone o'er fair women and brave men ; A thousand hearts beat happily ; and when Music arose with its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes looked love to eyes which spake again, And all went merry as a marriage bell ; But hush ! hark ! a deep sound strikes like a rising knell.
Page 643 - Ah ! then and there was hurrying to and fro, And gathering tears and tremblings of distress, And cheeks all pale, which but an hour ago Blush'd at the praise of their own loveliness; And there were sudden partings, such as press The life from out young hearts, and choking sighs Which ne'er might be repeated...
Page 386 - Consuls, for the protection of trade, to reside in the Dominions and territories of the other Party ; but before any Consul shall act as such, he shall in the usual form be approved and admitted by the Government to which he is sent ; and...
Page 310 - Conventicles," provided that any person who should be present at any meeting, under colour or pretence of any exercise of religion, in other manner than according to the liturgy and practice of the Church of England...
Page 415 - To His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, REGENT 'of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. The humble Address and Petition of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons of the City of London, in Common Council assembled.
Page 643 - There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital had gathered then Her Beauty and her Chivalry, and bright The lamps shone o'er fair women and brave men ; A thousand hearts beat happily ; and when Music arose with its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes looked love to eyes which spake again, And all went merry as a marriage bell...