Annual Register, Volum 24Edmund Burke 1800 |
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Pàgina 14
... George Rodney , to intercept the Spanish Squadron and con- voy . Sickness and mortality in the Spanish fleet and army , with fome other caufes , preferte the British islands from the imminent danger to which they were apparently expofed ...
... George Rodney , to intercept the Spanish Squadron and con- voy . Sickness and mortality in the Spanish fleet and army , with fome other caufes , preferte the British islands from the imminent danger to which they were apparently expofed ...
Pàgina 26
... George Rodney . That commander , who was then at Carlisle Bay in the ifland of Barbadoes , whither , we have formerly fhewn , he had re- paired , after his laft action with , and long pursuit of M. de Gui- chen , in order to victual ...
... George Rodney . That commander , who was then at Carlisle Bay in the ifland of Barbadoes , whither , we have formerly fhewn , he had re- paired , after his laft action with , and long pursuit of M. de Gui- chen , in order to victual ...
Pàgina 27
... George Rodney , upon the junction of the enemy's fleets , re- tired to Grofs - Iflet Bay , in St. Lucia , where he was equally well fituated , for obferving their mo- tions ; for counteracting , fo far as he was able , their defigns ...
... George Rodney , upon the junction of the enemy's fleets , re- tired to Grofs - Iflet Bay , in St. Lucia , where he was equally well fituated , for obferving their mo- tions ; for counteracting , fo far as he was able , their defigns ...
Pàgina 29
... George Rodney being aware of the origi- nal defign againft New York ; and apprehenfive that both the Bri- tish land and naval force would be entirely overwhelmed by the vast fuperiority of the enemy , as foon as he had received certain ...
... George Rodney being aware of the origi- nal defign againft New York ; and apprehenfive that both the Bri- tish land and naval force would be entirely overwhelmed by the vast fuperiority of the enemy , as foon as he had received certain ...
Pàgina 31
... George Rodney being aware of the origi- nal defign against New York ; and apprehenfive that both the Bri- tith land and naval force would be entirely overwhelmed by the vast fuperiority of the enemy , as foon as he had received certain ...
... George Rodney being aware of the origi- nal defign against New York ; and apprehenfive that both the Bri- tith land and naval force would be entirely overwhelmed by the vast fuperiority of the enemy , as foon as he had received certain ...
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Altres edicions - Mostra-ho tot
Frases i termes més freqüents
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 64 - ... a delicious basso-relievo of the destruction of Troy. In the afternoon, when she condescended to walk in the garden, the lake was covered with Tritons and Nereids ; the pages of the family were converted into Wood-nymphs who peeped from every bower ; and the footmen gamboled over the lawns in the figure of Satyrs.
Pàgina 327 - Calcutta, it fometimes occafions an inftantaneous rife of five feet : and both here, and in every other part of its track, the boats, on its approach, immediately quit the more, and make for fafety to the middle of the river.
Pàgina 322 - As a ftrong preemptive proof of the wandering of the Ganges from the one fide of the Delta to the other, I muft obferve, that there is no appearance of virgin earth between the Tiperah hills on the...
Pàgina 263 - Hands no more than is necefl'ary to anfwer the current Payments and Expences of the Office. It appears to be cuftomary for the Receiver of the Firft Fruits, to detain in his Hands the Produce of the whole Year, until Eight or Nine Months after that Year is ended, befides receiving the current Produce of thofe Months ; and for the Receiver of the Tenths to detain in his Hands, for at...
Pàgina 289 - Henry, Earle of Surrey and Sir Thomas Wyal, betweene whom I finde very litle difference, I repute them (as before) for the two chief lanternes of light to all others that have since employed their pennes upon English poesie. Their conceits were loftie, their stiles stately, their conveyance cleanely, their termes proper, their meetre sweete and well proportioned, in all imitating very naturally and studiously their Maister Francis Petrarcha.
Pàgina 243 - ... trade and navigation, the high contracting powers have antecedently agreed, and do engage to give to all other neutral powers, free leave to accede to the present treaty, and, after a thorough knowledge of the principles on which it rests, share equally in the obligations and advantages thereof.
Pàgina 139 - Ihould produce in fuppoirt of the charge, and that he had agreed, that the papers offered by the accufer could not be admitted ; and the faid court having in another part of the faid trial...
Pàgina 171 - ... and other warlike weapons, as well offensive as defensive, being then and there unlawfully, maliciously and traitorously assembled and gathered together...
Pàgina 273 - Coming however, before us, they are, in our opinion, too important to be pafled over in filence ; we thought it our duty to point them out, that...