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... conduct his readers up the River St. Lawrence , by land and water , across the several lakes to Lake Superior , describing in this immense route every prominent feature which can be interesting to political economy and commerce . This ...
... conduct his readers up the River St. Lawrence , by land and water , across the several lakes to Lake Superior , describing in this immense route every prominent feature which can be interesting to political economy and commerce . This ...
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... conduct we are at a loss to conjecture . should be persisted in after that pe- We can scarcely conceive that the riod . Their treasury accounts are directors at home , or the officers sent short but encouraging : at the close out by ...
... conduct we are at a loss to conjecture . should be persisted in after that pe- We can scarcely conceive that the riod . Their treasury accounts are directors at home , or the officers sent short but encouraging : at the close out by ...
Page 69
... conduct of the Sierra Leonists should be followed up with spirit , adieu to the reports of commissioners , which have brought to light so many abuses in the management of the pub- lic money . Instead of commissioners to examine the ...
... conduct of the Sierra Leonists should be followed up with spirit , adieu to the reports of commissioners , which have brought to light so many abuses in the management of the pub- lic money . Instead of commissioners to examine the ...
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... conduct of go . treating also with Fiance it was laid vernment he could not speak so fa- down , and properly laid down , that vourably . The declaration of his war is equally disadvantageous , and peace equally desireable to both coun ...
... conduct of go . treating also with Fiance it was laid vernment he could not speak so fa- down , and properly laid down , that vourably . The declaration of his war is equally disadvantageous , and peace equally desireable to both coun ...
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... conducted with perfect honour sesses , You are great at sea : France and sincerity by his majesty's ministers . is ... conduct towards Russia , less there was a direct and written re- and stipulations for Portugal , Sweden , cognition ...
... conducted with perfect honour sesses , You are great at sea : France and sincerity by his majesty's ministers . is ... conduct towards Russia , less there was a direct and written re- and stipulations for Portugal , Sweden , cognition ...
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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.