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... land alone , ( who asserted that the re- storation of King Louis had been un- warrantably effected by means of fo- reign arms , and that , therefore , the whole of the measures which had ter- minated in that event were worthy of ...
... land alone , ( who asserted that the re- storation of King Louis had been un- warrantably effected by means of fo- reign arms , and that , therefore , the whole of the measures which had ter- minated in that event were worthy of ...
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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 , 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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... land then first took her station amongst the nations of the earth , when it cea- sed to be a divided nation . I discharge a debt of justice due to him who sits beside me ( Mr. Grattan ) -to him Ire . land owes much ; and to whom she has ...
... land then first took her station amongst the nations of the earth , when it cea- sed to be a divided nation . I discharge a debt of justice due to him who sits beside me ( Mr. Grattan ) -to him Ire . land owes much ; and to whom she has ...
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Page lxxxii - Our sovereign Lord the King chargeth and commandeth all persons, being assembled, immediately to disperse themselves, and peaceably to depart to their habitations, or to their lawful business, upon the pains contained in the act made in the first year of King George, for preventing tumults and riotous assemblies. God save the King.
Page cdxi - For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel, And the men of Judah his pleasant plant: And he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; For righteousness, but behold a cry.
Page cccxv - Buoyed above the terror of death by the consciousness of a life devoted to honorable pursuits, and stained with no action that can give me remorse, I trust that the request I make to your Excellency at this serious period, and which is to soften my last moments, will not be rejected. Sympathy towards a soldier will surely induce your Excellency and a military tribunal to adapt the mode of my death to the feelings of a man of honor.
Page cdv - 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 lxx - W. steering west, going six knots, observed a shoal on the larboard beam, about half a mile in length, and a quarter of a mile in breadth, bearing south, half a mile distant, in appearance white sand and yellow weed, supposed to be the Longshamps shoal.
Page ccxci - Exhibit anew those noble qualities which have placed you on the list of our most valued commanders. I will myself furnish you, as far as it may be in my power, with opportunities of regaining the esteem of your country.
Page clxxi - One thousand eight hundred and thirty-two ; to permit such Persons in Great Britain as have omitted to make and file Affidavits of the Execution of Indentures of Clerks to Attornies and Solicitors to make and file the same on or before the First Day of Hilary Term One thousand eight hundred and thirty-two ; and to allow Persons to make and file such Affidavits, although the Persons whom they served shall have neglected to take out their annual Certificates.
Page cccxii - The person in your possession is Major John Andre, adjutantgeneral to the British army. " The influence of one commander in the army of his adversary is an advantage taken in war. A correspondence for this purpose I held ; as confidential (in the present instance) with his Excellency Sir Henry Clinton.
Page 15 - ON NATURAL PHILOSOPHY; In which the Elements of that Science are familiarly explained.
Page lxxxvii - It is ordered by His Royal Highness the Prince Re-gent, in the name and on the behalf of His Majesty...