The Edinburgh Annual Register, for 1808-26, Volume 9J. Ballantyne and Company, 1820 |
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... land upon the British shores with a foreign army ? He thought that not only the interest of this country , but the safety of Europe , depended up- on his measures . He came to drive away an odious tyrant and the pen- sioners of France ...
... land upon the British shores with a foreign army ? He thought that not only the interest of this country , but the safety of Europe , depended up- on his measures . He came to drive away an odious tyrant and the pen- sioners of France ...
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... land and stock of the country , did not exceed 130 or at least 140 millions . When it thus appeared , that even in time of peace the country was called upon by the state for half its revenue , that there was danger of its soon arriving ...
... land and stock of the country , did not exceed 130 or at least 140 millions . When it thus appeared , that even in time of peace the country was called upon by the state for half its revenue , that there was danger of its soon arriving ...
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... land ; the third to the surplus of the grants for 1815 , which , at the begin- ning of the session , he had calculated at three millions , but which , on more accurate enquiry , had been found to amount to 5,663,7551 .; the fourth to a ...
... land ; the third to the surplus of the grants for 1815 , which , at the begin- ning of the session , he had calculated at three millions , but which , on more accurate enquiry , had been found to amount to 5,663,7551 .; the fourth to a ...
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... land , down to the period of those bloody measures which deformed the annals of Charles I. , Cromwell , and James II . , he went on to the epoch of the revolution , 1688. " With the revolution , " said he , " came honour , glory , and ...
... land , down to the period of those bloody measures which deformed the annals of Charles I. , Cromwell , and James II . , he went on to the epoch of the revolution , 1688. " With the revolution , " said he , " came honour , glory , and ...
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... lands to plough five acres in every hundred occupied , yet it does not encourage tillage by allowing any bounty to ... land more than twenty - five years , in a Sketch of Ireland , written in 1747 , states a 7 42 [ CHAP . 4 . EDINBURGH ...
... lands to plough five acres in every hundred occupied , yet it does not encourage tillage by allowing any bounty to ... land more than twenty - five years , in a Sketch of Ireland , written in 1747 , states a 7 42 [ CHAP . 4 . EDINBURGH ...
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Page cccxcix - Arve and Arveiron at thy base Rave ceaselessly; but thou, most awful Form ! Risest from forth thy silent sea of pines, How silently ! Around thee and above Deep is the air and dark, substantial, black, An ebon mass: methinks thou piercest it, As with a wedge ! But when I look again, It is thine own calm home, thy crystal shrine, Thy habitation from eternity ! 0 dread and silent Mount ! I gazed upon thee, Till thou, still present to the bodily sense, Didst vanish from my thought: entranced in prayer...
Page cdxxxii - For what is a man profited, if he gain the whole world, and lose or forfeit his own self...
Page cdxxv - And Jesus said unto him, Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests ; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.
Page ciii - It is ordered by His Royal Highness the Prince Re-gent, in the name and on the behalf of His Majesty...
Page cccxxxiii - The Board having maturely considered these facts, DO ALSO REPORT to His Excellency General Washington, that Major Andre, Adjutant General to the British Army, ought to be considered as a Spy from the enemy ; and that, agreeable to the law and usage of nations, it is their opinion he ought to suffer death.
Page clxxxvii - An Act to amend and render more effectual an Act passed in the last session of Parliament, for building and promoting the building of additional Churches in populous Parishes...
Page cccvii - Our profession is the chastest of all : even the shadow of a fault tarnishes the lustre of our finest achievements.
Page cxcii - King George the Second, intituled "An Act to amend and make more effectual " the laws relating to rogues, vagabonds, and other idle and disorderly persons, and to " houses of correction," and shall be punishable as such rogue and vagabond accordingly.
Page cccxxxiii - Vulture man-of-war for this effect, and was fetched by a boat from the ship to the beach. Being there, I was told that the approach of day would prevent my return, and that I must be concealed until the next night. I was in my regimentals, and had fairly risked my person. " Against my stipulation, my intention, and without my knowledge beforehand, I was conducted within one of your posts.
Page cccxxxii - I beg your Excellency will be persuaded, that no alteration in the temper of my mind, or apprehension for my safety, induces me to take the step of addressing you, but that it is to rescue myself from an imputation of having assumed a mean character for treacherous purposes or self-interest; a conduct incompatible with the principles that actuate me, as well as with my condition in life.