The New Annual Register, Or General Repository of History, Politics, and Literature, for the Year ...G. Robinson, Pater-noster-Row, 1804 - English poetry |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 70
Page 16
... wished to continue . But it might be said , that war would not now be renewed on the same principles on which it was formerly prosecuted , and that new causes of war had occurred since the treaty of peace was concluded . He could not ...
... wished to continue . But it might be said , that war would not now be renewed on the same principles on which it was formerly prosecuted , and that new causes of war had occurred since the treaty of peace was concluded . He could not ...
Page 17
... wished the dispute to be conducted . Of the result of such a rivalship , we had surely very lit- tle room for apprehension . We had got so much the start of them that we must take the lead ; and if they had the start of us , our supe ...
... wished the dispute to be conducted . Of the result of such a rivalship , we had surely very lit- tle room for apprehension . We had got so much the start of them that we must take the lead ; and if they had the start of us , our supe ...
Page 20
... . It was not , he said , because he wished to meet any particular- exigency that he voted for the ad- dress ; it was not because he per- ceived : eeived dangerous results from Swit- zerland and Malta ; but 20 BRITISH AND .
... . It was not , he said , because he wished to meet any particular- exigency that he voted for the ad- dress ; it was not because he per- ceived : eeived dangerous results from Swit- zerland and Malta ; but 20 BRITISH AND .
Page 21
... wished for . Yet he should rejoice , that , by some wise , temperate , and conciliatory plan , a barrier might be put to all farther encroachments . Lord Hawkesbury then proceed- ed to reply to the animadversions thrown upon ministers ...
... wished for . Yet he should rejoice , that , by some wise , temperate , and conciliatory plan , a barrier might be put to all farther encroachments . Lord Hawkesbury then proceed- ed to reply to the animadversions thrown upon ministers ...
Page 24
... wished his point had been lower , and his principle higher ; for his part , he put the point of honour out of the case , for he deemed the national honcur neither more nor less than the national interest . He would not make war for mere ...
... wished his point had been lower , and his principle higher ; for his part , he put the point of honour out of the case , for he deemed the national honcur neither more nor less than the national interest . He would not make war for mere ...
Contents
3 | |
8 | |
37 | |
66 | |
92 | |
123 | |
128 | |
141 | |
6 | |
16 | |
28 | |
35 | |
41 | |
53 | |
60 | |
66 | |
152 | |
155 | |
161 | |
171 | |
179 | |
188 | |
216 | |
223 | |
241 | |
254 | |
262 | |
3 | |
69 | |
81 | |
87 | |
96 | |
103 | |
109 | |
126 | |
134 | |
146 | |
152 | |
158 | |
169 | |
175 | |
74 | |
87 | |
96 | |
102 | |
108 | |
120 | |
133 | |
139 | |
156 | |
168 | |
174 | |
183 | |
193 | |
202 | |
211 | |
217 | |
225 | |
232 | |
239 | |
246 | |
250 | |
287 | |
330 | |
343 | |
347 | |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
arms army bank bank of Ireland bill Britain British called chancellor charge circum circumstances clause colonel command committee concluded conduct consequence consideration considered consolidated fund consul coun debt declared Deduct defence duchy of Cornwall duty effect England estimated Europe exchequer favour force France French government fund honourable gentleman important increase India interest Ireland island John king lady land lord Hawkesbury lord Whitworth lord-lieutenant lordship majesty majesty's ministers Malta means measure ment military militia motion nation necessary noble lord object observed occasion officers parliament peace persons ports posed possession present prince prince of Wales principle prisoners proposed raised received regiment respect revenue right honourable royal highness secretary at war sent ship sion spect spirit stances tain taken Talleyrand thought tion treaty of Amiens troops vernment vote whole wished
Popular passages
Page 218 - My Mary ! And should my future lot be cast With much resemblance of, the past, Thy worn-out heart will break at last, My Mary ! ON THE ICE ISLANDS, SEEN FLOATING IN THE GERMAN 'JO.
Page 217 - Thy silver locks, once auburn bright, Are still more lovely in my sight Than golden beams of orient light, My Mary! For could I view nor them nor thee, What sight worth seeing could I see? The sun would rise in vain for me, My Mary! Partakers of thy sad decline, Thy hands their little force resign; Yet, gently prest, press gently mine, My Mary!
Page 3 - Thou know'st my praise of Nature most sincere, And that my raptures are not conjured up To serve occasions of poetic pomp, But genuine, and art partner of them all.
Page 193 - ... become in the same proportion to the population, as at the period from which we set out. The situation of the labourer being then again tolerably comfortable, the restraints to population are in some degree loosened; and, after a short period, the same retrograde and progressive movements, with respect to happiness, are repeated.
Page 177 - But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD, and went down to Joppa ; and he found a ship going to Tarshish : so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD.
Page ix - Let him study the Holy Scriptures, especially the New Testament. Therein are contained the words of eternal life. It has God for its author ; salvation for its end ; and truth without any mixture of error, for its matter.
Page 178 - And he said unto them, Take me up, and cast me forth into the sea; so shall the sea be calm unto you: for I know that for my sake this great tempest is upon you.
Page 179 - Now the Lord had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.
Page 195 - These checks, and the checks which repress the superior power of population, and keep its effects on a level with the means of subsistence, are all resolvable into moral restraint, vice, and misery.
Page 212 - That gravity should be innate, inherent, and essential to matter, so that one body may act upon another at a distance through a vacuum, without the mediation of anything else, by and through which their action and force may be conveyed from one to another, is to me so great an absurdity, that I believe no man, who has in philosophical matters a competent faculty of thinking, can ever fall into it.