The Edinburgh Annual Register, Volume 1Walter Scott John Ballantyne and Company, 1810 - Europe |
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... authorities ; a lucid arrangement of the materials so painfully col- lected ; a judicious selection , generalising details , yet retaining every circumstance characteristic of the actors and of the age ; a style , emphatic and dignified ...
... authorities ; a lucid arrangement of the materials so painfully col- lected ; a judicious selection , generalising details , yet retaining every circumstance characteristic of the actors and of the age ; a style , emphatic and dignified ...
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... authority with its termination , the space between may be safely filled with conjec- tures , which cannot be easily refuted , if accommodated to the ad- mitted events . The historian may thus throw an arch over a gap in his authorities ...
... authority with its termination , the space between may be safely filled with conjec- tures , which cannot be easily refuted , if accommodated to the ad- mitted events . The historian may thus throw an arch over a gap in his authorities ...
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... authority , and the production of some specific and authenticated do- cuments , were then necessary . The previous settlement of a basis of ne- gociation , ( as had indeed been sug gested by the Emperor of Austria in his first offer ) ...
... authority , and the production of some specific and authenticated do- cuments , were then necessary . The previous settlement of a basis of ne- gociation , ( as had indeed been sug gested by the Emperor of Austria in his first offer ) ...
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... authority . The conduct of France had annihilated every thing in the world like neutra- lity : there existed but two powers , the enemy's and our own . In the mo- ral character of our government , and of our people , in the wisdom and ...
... authority . The conduct of France had annihilated every thing in the world like neutra- lity : there existed but two powers , the enemy's and our own . In the mo- ral character of our government , and of our people , in the wisdom and ...
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... authority of the Moniteur , that , at the very time when ministers were soliciting the Emperor of Russia to mediate between Great Britain and Denmark , they were threatening to despoil Denmark of Norway , and give it to Sweden ; and ...
... authority of the Moniteur , that , at the very time when ministers were soliciting the Emperor of Russia to mediate between Great Britain and Denmark , they were threatening to despoil Denmark of Norway , and give it to Sweden ; and ...
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Page 458 - I hope the people of England will be satisfied!" "I hope my country will do me justice!
Page 143 - Controul, moved for the appointment of a Select Committee to enquire into the present state of the affairs of the East India Company.
Page xxvii - And the right honourable the lords commissioners of his majesty's treasury, his majesty's principal secretaries of state, the lords commissioners of the admiralty, and the judge of the high court of admiralty, and the judges of the courts of vice admiralty.
Page 457 - It is as well as it is. I had rather it should go out of the field with me ;" and in that manner, so becoming to a soldier, Moore was borne from the fight.
Page xviii - ... that all the ports and places of France and her allies, or of any other country at war with His Majesty, and all other ports or places in Europe, from which, although not at war with His Majesty, the British flag is excluded, and all ports or places in the colonies belonging to His Majesty's enemies, shall, from henceforth, be subject to the same restrictions in point of trade and navigation, with the exceptions hereinafter mentioned, as if the same were actually blockaded by His Majesty's naval...
Page xcvii - WP VAN NESS. NATHANIEL PENDLETON, Esq. In the evening of the same day I received from him the following answer : No. XI June 26, 1804. SIR, I have communicated the letter which you did me the honour to write to me of this date, to General Hamilton.
Page xxvii - Now, therefore, His Majesty, by and with the advice of - His Privy Council, is pleased to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows: 1.
Page 438 - Spain, and we must be at hand to aid and take advantage of whatever happens. — The wishes of our country, and our. duty demand this of us, with whatever risk it may be attended. — I mean to proceed bridle in hand, for if the bubble bursts, and Madrid falls, we shall have a run for it.
Page xlii - Napoleon, by the grace of God and the constitution, emperor of the French, king of Italy, and protector of the confederation of the Rhine...
Page xvi - His Majesty's principal Secretaries of State, the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, and the Judges of the High Court of Admiralty, and the Courts of Vice Admiralty, are to take the necessary measures herein as to them shall respectively appertain.