Annual Register, Volum 24Edmund Burke Longmans, Green, 1800 |
Des de l'interior del llibre
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Pàgina 10
... which the Prince Royal of Pruffia paid to that capi- tal ; a circumftance , which might feem to give fome countenance to fuch an opinion . After The French King , this year dignified , and for 10 ] ANNUAL REGISTER , 1781 .
... which the Prince Royal of Pruffia paid to that capi- tal ; a circumftance , which might feem to give fome countenance to fuch an opinion . After The French King , this year dignified , and for 10 ] ANNUAL REGISTER , 1781 .
Pàgina 25
... give little encourage- ment to a very vigorous defence . with a weak and divided force , Thus the province of Weft Florida , its being able any where to make was reduced piecemeal , without that effectual refiftance , which might have ...
... give little encourage- ment to a very vigorous defence . with a weak and divided force , Thus the province of Weft Florida , its being able any where to make was reduced piecemeal , without that effectual refiftance , which might have ...
Pàgina 31
... give fome idea of the fate of the other buildings in that town , and of the ftate of their inhabitants . That building , which , from its unufual ftrength , feemed calculated brave all the outrages of feafons , was nearly of a circular ...
... give fome idea of the fate of the other buildings in that town , and of the ftate of their inhabitants . That building , which , from its unufual ftrength , feemed calculated brave all the outrages of feafons , was nearly of a circular ...
Pàgina 43
... be founded , pro- pofed to fend Lieut . Gen. Ro- bertion , the governor of New York , and two other gentlemen , as well to give his excellency a true true state of facts , as to explain and declare HISTORY OF EUROPE . [ 43.
... be founded , pro- pofed to fend Lieut . Gen. Ro- bertion , the governor of New York , and two other gentlemen , as well to give his excellency a true true state of facts , as to explain and declare HISTORY OF EUROPE . [ 43.
Pàgina 49
... give them ftrength , and currency . was indeed exceedingly ruinous to This particularly affected , and the American officers ; for al- though the foldiers were ill clad , and otherwife greatly diftreffed , they were , however , on the ...
... give them ftrength , and currency . was indeed exceedingly ruinous to This particularly affected , and the American officers ; for al- though the foldiers were ill clad , and otherwife greatly diftreffed , they were , however , on the ...
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Frases i termes més freqüents
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 171 - In forest, brake or den, As beasts excel cold rocks and brambles rude ; Men who their duties know, But know their rights, and, knowing, dare maintain, Prevent the long-aimed blow, And crush the tyrant while they rend the chain ; These constitute a State; And sovereign law, that State's collected will, O'er thrones and globes elate Sits empress, crowning good, repressing ill.
Pàgina 39 - Burrampooter, are overflowed, and form an inundation of more than a hundred miles in width ; nothing appearing but villages and trees, excepting very rarely the top of an elevated (pot (the artificial mound of fome deferted village) appearing like an if.and.
Pàgina 152 - I care not, fortune, what you me deny : You cannot rob me of free nature's grace ; You cannot shut the windows of the sky, Through which Aurora shows her brightening face ; You cannot bar my constant feet to trace The woods and lawns, by living stream, at eve Let health my nerves and finer fibres brace, And I their toys to the great children leave : Of fancy, reason, virtue, nought can me bereave.
Pàgina 44 - ... portion of the accumulating tide. In the Hoogly or Calcutta river, the bore commences at Hoogly Point (the place where the river firft contracts itfelf) and is perceptible above Hoogly town ; and fo quick is its motion, that it hardly employs four hours in travelling from one to the other, although the diftance is near 70 miles.
Pàgina 321 - All the money he receives is for the navy fervices, and placed under, of carried over, to one of thefe branches; the money in each .branch is fubdivided, arranged, and kept under various different heads of fervices; the whole balance, at the time he leaves the office, continues to be liable, whether it be in his hands, or in the hands of his reprefentatives, in cafe of his death, to the fame fervices for which its feveral parts were originally...
Pàgina 338 - The camp, and not the soil, is the native country of the genuine Tartar. Within the precincts of that camp his family, his companions, his property, are always included, and in the most distant marches he is still surrounded by the objects which are dear or valuable or familiar in his eyes.
Pàgina 334 - Augustus, we behold the tyrant of the republic, converted, almost by imperceptible degrees, into the father of his country and of human kind. In that of Constantine, we may contemplate a hero, who...
Pàgina 143 - Cicero and a multitude more of the bed men periflied, he had the good fortune to furvive every danger. Nor did he feek a fafety for himfelf alone ; his virtue fo recommended him to the leaders of every fide, that he was able to fave not himfelf alone, but the lives and fortunes of many of his friends. When we look to this amiable...
Pàgina 339 - To employ against a human enemy the same patience and valour, the same skill and discipline, is the only alteration which is required in real war, and the amusements of the chase serve as a prelude to the conquest of an empire.
Pàgina 21 - ... frequently cover? Many of them want common sense, many more common learning; but in general, they make up so much by their manner, for those defects, that frequently they pass undiscovered. I have often said, and do think, that a Frenchman, who, with a fund of virtue, learning and good sense, has the manners and good-breeding of his country, is the perfection of human nature.