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Prussia , continues the declara- Emperor of Russia has refused to tion , " offered herself for it instead ratity , France offered , in conjunction of England , and the condition on with Russia , to prerent Prussia from which the latter ...
Prussia , continues the declara- Emperor of Russia has refused to tion , " offered herself for it instead ratity , France offered , in conjunction of England , and the condition on with Russia , to prerent Prussia from which the latter ...
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The order of battle was his Majesty was apprised that Lord not generally approved of ; and it is Hutchinson and other military comsaid a better was offered by a General missioners , from England , were on of the first distinction in the ...
The order of battle was his Majesty was apprised that Lord not generally approved of ; and it is Hutchinson and other military comsaid a better was offered by a General missioners , from England , were on of the first distinction in the ...
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... attaining a sort of gea History of England , or at least , a neral knowledge , to be converted inhistory of the country during the deed to oratorial , but never intended reign of the Stuarts , and that the book for literary use .
... attaining a sort of gea History of England , or at least , a neral knowledge , to be converted inhistory of the country during the deed to oratorial , but never intended reign of the Stuarts , and that the book for literary use .
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In one of these near us : but England acquires tuice terrible contentions , the house of the political strength from her aisAustria lost Silesia , which the treaty tant possessions . Her eastern posof Breslaw gave to that of Branden- ...
In one of these near us : but England acquires tuice terrible contentions , the house of the political strength from her aisAustria lost Silesia , which the treaty tant possessions . Her eastern posof Breslaw gave to that of Branden- ...
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England knows that Cplemanufacture of India . A rapid which patriotism might point out , she sketch of the various sorts , fabricated has courteously sent her a stud of in different provinces , from the north running horses , and the ...
England knows that Cplemanufacture of India . A rapid which patriotism might point out , she sketch of the various sorts , fabricated has courteously sent her a stud of in different provinces , from the north running horses , and the ...
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Page 230 - The gorse is yellow on the heath, The banks with speedwell flowers are gay, The oaks are budding; and beneath, The hawthorn soon will bear the wreath, The silver wreath of May.
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Page 348 - The scene of the Picture is laid in that part of the road to Canterbury which commands a view of the Dulwich hills — the time, a beautiful and serene April morning. The interest of the Procession is considerably heightened by the cheerfulness of the accompanying landscape. The Pilgrims are grouped with a decorum suited to their respective characters, and in the order in which we may suppose Chaucer himself to have seen them, headed by the Miller, playing upon his pipe, under the guidance of Harry...
Page 56 - The evidence that there is a Being, all-powerful, wise, and good, by whom every thing exists ; and particularly, to obviate difficulties regarding the wisdom and goodness of the Deity ; and this, in the first place, from considerations independent of written revelation, and, in the second place, from the Revelation of the Lord Jesus ; and from the whole, to point out the inferences most necessary for and useful to mankind.
Page 377 - I was soon convinced that my means were unequal to a regular siege; the only prospect of success that presented itself was, to erect a battery as near as possible to a wall by the south gate, that joins the works to the sea, and endeavour to breach it.
Page 230 - twere mark'd in written page, Translate the wild bird's song. I wish I did his power possess, •";?• That I might learn, fleet bird, from thee, What our vain systems only guess, And know from what wide wilderness You came across the sea.
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Page 141 - French languages: the earliest known instance of the English tongue having been used in deeds, is that of the indenture between the abbot and convent of Whitby, and Robert, the son of John Bustard, dated at York, in the year 1343. The English tongue was ordered to be used in all law pleadings in 1364. Ordered to be used in all law-suits in May, 1731.
Page 131 - A sporting tour through various parts of France, in the year 1802 : including a concise description of the sporting establishments, mode of hunting, and other field amusements, as practised in that country,...
Page 116 - Hardy within the first hour-and-aquarter of this period. A partial cannonade, however, was still maintained, in consequence of the enemy's running ships passing the British at different points ; and the last distant guns which were fired at their van ships that were making off, were heard a minute or two before his lordship expired.