The Edinburgh Annual Register, for 1808-26, Volume 7J. Ballantyne and Company, 1816 - Europe |
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... called for a restoration of tran- quillity ? To Great Britain , most as suredly , though bending under , yet cheerfully supporting , the unavoidable burdens of war ; to our allies , whom no man will charge with too great pre- cipitation ...
... called for a restoration of tran- quillity ? To Great Britain , most as suredly , though bending under , yet cheerfully supporting , the unavoidable burdens of war ; to our allies , whom no man will charge with too great pre- cipitation ...
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... called upon to exert her energies ; such is the object , for the attainment of which , in my judg- ment , no sacrifices will be too great : by that alone can domestic security be obtained ; by that we shall firmly grasp the substance ...
... called upon to exert her energies ; such is the object , for the attainment of which , in my judg- ment , no sacrifices will be too great : by that alone can domestic security be obtained ; by that we shall firmly grasp the substance ...
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... called to com . bat , and whom he has successively vanquished . Admirable , therefore , as I think his conduct in every part of Spain , in his sieges , at Salamanca , at Vittoria , on the Pyrenees , I do not know if he is not to me ...
... called to com . bat , and whom he has successively vanquished . Admirable , therefore , as I think his conduct in every part of Spain , in his sieges , at Salamanca , at Vittoria , on the Pyrenees , I do not know if he is not to me ...
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... called upon for extraordi- nary exertions , either on the side of the peninsula , or in aid of the allies , in any critical emergency in which our assistance might be necessary to bring the great cause in which we had hi- therto so ...
... called upon for extraordi- nary exertions , either on the side of the peninsula , or in aid of the allies , in any critical emergency in which our assistance might be necessary to bring the great cause in which we had hi- therto so ...
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... called into action on two ser- vices ; in case of rebellion or of inva- sion . These were not likely now to happen ; and notwithstanding the grant of force made by parliament for foreign service , and the magnitude of the armies which ...
... called into action on two ser- vices ; in case of rebellion or of inva- sion . These were not likely now to happen ; and notwithstanding the grant of force made by parliament for foreign service , and the magnitude of the armies which ...
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Page 131 - Resolved, that an humble address be presented to His Royal Highness the Prince Regent, that he will be graciously pleased to give directions...
Page 17 - An act to enable his Majesty to accept the services of a proportion of the militia of the city of London, out of the united kingdom, for the vigorous prosecution of the war.
Page 58 - Nort'i moved in the House of Commons for leave to bring in a bill "for the better regulating the government of the Province of Massachusetts Bay.
Page cccxlv - In the Name of the Most Holy and Undivided Trinity. His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and His Majesty the Emperor of All the Russias...
Page cclx - I have the honour to acquaint you, for the information of my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, that at 5 o'clock PM on the 6th of August last, in latitude 24° 44
Page lxxxvii - It is not however the grandeur of military success, which has alone fixed our admiration or commanded our applause; it has been that generous and lofty spirit which inspired your troops with unbounded confidence, and taught them to know, that the day of battle was always a day of victory; that moral courage and enduring fortitude which, in perilous times when gloom and doubt had beset ordinary minds, stood nevertheless unshaken ; and that ascendancy of character, which uniting the energies of jealous...
Page ccclxxiv - An act for continuing to his Majesty certain duties on malt, sugar, tobacco, and snuff, in Great Britain ; and on pensions, offices, and personal estates, in England; for the service of the year 1816.
Page cxxii - Far in the bosom of the deep, O'er these wild shelves my watch I keep; A ruddy gem of changeful light, Bound on the dusky brow of night, The seaman bids my lustre hail, And scorns to strike his timorous. sail.
Page cccvi - Thornton, esq., his envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to his majesty the king of Sweden ; .and his majesty the king of Sweden...
Page ccclxx - Revolutionary struggle defeated his unrighteous projects. His threats and his barbarities, instead of dismay, will kindle in every bosom an indignation not to be extinguished but in the disaster and expulsion of such cruel invaders.