The Edinburgh Annual Register, for 1808-26, Volume 7J. Ballantyne and Company, 1816 - Europe |
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... enemy in every attempt to regain the ground he had been compelled to abandon , by the reduction of the fortress of Saint Sebastian , and finally by the esta- blishment of the allied army on the frontier of France . In this series of ...
... enemy in every attempt to regain the ground he had been compelled to abandon , by the reduction of the fortress of Saint Sebastian , and finally by the esta- blishment of the allied army on the frontier of France . In this series of ...
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... enemy actually at sea , was among the number of our difficulties . It ought to be generally known , that , notwithstanding the deci- sive blow which had been struck at the enemy's naval resources , he had never relaxed his maritime ...
... enemy actually at sea , was among the number of our difficulties . It ought to be generally known , that , notwithstanding the deci- sive blow which had been struck at the enemy's naval resources , he had never relaxed his maritime ...
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... enemy at sea ; and at the period of the battle of Trafalgar we had 10,000 seamen less than now . We had a few years ago all the ports of the peninsula against , and we had the Baltic to guard , besides our own operations against enemies ...
... enemy at sea ; and at the period of the battle of Trafalgar we had 10,000 seamen less than now . We had a few years ago all the ports of the peninsula against , and we had the Baltic to guard , besides our own operations against enemies ...
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... enemy's fleets formerly so much talked of ? -Where was the Toulon fleet ? -At Toulon ready to put to sea on the first opportunity . Of how many sail did that consist ? Of not less than 25 or 26 sail . - In the Scheldt there were , how ...
... enemy's fleets formerly so much talked of ? -Where was the Toulon fleet ? -At Toulon ready to put to sea on the first opportunity . Of how many sail did that consist ? Of not less than 25 or 26 sail . - In the Scheldt there were , how ...
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... enemy , whose ener- gies have grown with his misfortunes , and who will leave no efforts untried to remove us from the lofty pinnacle that we have attained . We are not yet in a situation in which we have a right to discuss the terms of ...
... enemy , whose ener- gies have grown with his misfortunes , and who will leave no efforts untried to remove us from the lofty pinnacle that we have attained . We are not yet in a situation in which we have a right to discuss the terms of ...
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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.