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... render the labours of our press , and the study of our language , increasingly interesting to foreigners . Inseparably connected with literary discussion , is the con . sideration of our political interests . If satisfaction is ...
... render the labours of our press , and the study of our language , increasingly interesting to foreigners . Inseparably connected with literary discussion , is the con . sideration of our political interests . If satisfaction is ...
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... nothing , but which the dignity of more than twelve miles , and both sovereigns renders a duty on them- terminated completely in favour of is obvi- the French . The Emperor had un- army 1807. ] 13 Frederick III . King of Prussia .
... nothing , but which the dignity of more than twelve miles , and both sovereigns renders a duty on them- terminated completely in favour of is obvi- the French . The Emperor had un- army 1807. ] 13 Frederick III . King of Prussia .
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... rendered a retreat to the re- tended with considerable success ; but gular and orderly vanquished army , he was soon constrained to relinquish after the battle , utterly impossible . these advantages . The Emperor Na- It was a total ...
... rendered a retreat to the re- tended with considerable success ; but gular and orderly vanquished army , he was soon constrained to relinquish after the battle , utterly impossible . these advantages . The Emperor Na- It was a total ...
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... render it un unprofitable , there can be tions . In the neighbourhood but little hope of succeeding with any woollen , and cotton manufactories , the children should be trained to such new plan . the reasons he applied to It is I will ...
... render it un unprofitable , there can be tions . In the neighbourhood but little hope of succeeding with any woollen , and cotton manufactories , the children should be trained to such new plan . the reasons he applied to It is I will ...
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... rendered this the most valu- able article of oriental traffic . The silk - worm , long since introduced in- to Greece , afterwards propagated in Italy , and more lately in France , left . India deprived of its exclusive com- merce in ...
... rendered this the most valu- able article of oriental traffic . The silk - worm , long since introduced in- to Greece , afterwards propagated in Italy , and more lately in France , left . India deprived of its exclusive com- merce in ...
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Page 228 - 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.
Page 269 - OSSIAN. The Poems of Ossian in the Original Gaelic. With a Literal Translation into English, and a Dissertation on the Authenticity of the Poems.
Page 346 - 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 375 - 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 228 - 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.
Page 114 - Take care of my dear Lady Hamilton, Hardy; take care of poor Lady Hamilton. Kiss me, Hardy,
Page 139 - 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 129 - 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 114 - 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.