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... spirit of Europe . If we might apprehend danger from this spirit at some future time , a plain man would ask , why we should not wait a few years , and save ourselves and our re- sources till the danger manifested it- self . It was ...
... spirit of Europe . If we might apprehend danger from this spirit at some future time , a plain man would ask , why we should not wait a few years , and save ourselves and our re- sources till the danger manifested it- self . It was ...
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... spirit enough to share the fruits of victory with the great body of the people , and there- fore they fell . I trust their fate will afford a salutary lesson to every coun- try , and impress on them the convic tion , that by complete ...
... spirit enough to share the fruits of victory with the great body of the people , and there- fore they fell . I trust their fate will afford a salutary lesson to every coun- try , and impress on them the convic tion , that by complete ...
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... spirit of the people , soon commenced their efforts to weak- en the principles which they could not resist , and the war against inde- pendence was renewed , which sought by disunion to degrade the people . Addresses from grand juries ...
... spirit of the people , soon commenced their efforts to weak- en the principles which they could not resist , and the war against inde- pendence was renewed , which sought by disunion to degrade the people . Addresses from grand juries ...
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... spirit such as would never brook this undeserved treatment . It is the duty of parlia ment to take care their blood has not been shed in vain ; and that as they have shared with you in your triumphs , they shall share the fruits of ...
... spirit such as would never brook this undeserved treatment . It is the duty of parlia ment to take care their blood has not been shed in vain ; and that as they have shared with you in your triumphs , they shall share the fruits of ...
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... spirit of party zeal into the discussion of the subject . The business of the committee was gone about in the calm ... spirits of those whose sufferings might have been not unnaturally expected 70 EDINBURGH ANNUAL REGISTER , 1816. [ CHAP ...
... spirit of party zeal into the discussion of the subject . The business of the committee was gone about in the calm ... spirits of those whose sufferings might have been not unnaturally expected 70 EDINBURGH ANNUAL REGISTER , 1816. [ CHAP ...
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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...