Annual Register, Volume 44Edmund Burke 1803 - History |
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... canton of Berne , in which the immediate interference of France was threatened , under the pretence of the dissensions prevailing among the Swiss themselves ; but in the Valais more immediate and unequi- vocal proceedings on the part of ...
... canton of Berne , in which the immediate interference of France was threatened , under the pretence of the dissensions prevailing among the Swiss themselves ; but in the Valais more immediate and unequi- vocal proceedings on the part of ...
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... Cantons . - Independency of the Valais pronounced con- trary to their Wishes . - Confederation of Uri , Schwietz , and Underwalden . -Address to the French Government and to the Helvetic Republic - Proela- mation of the Helvetic ...
... Cantons . - Independency of the Valais pronounced con- trary to their Wishes . - Confederation of Uri , Schwietz , and Underwalden . -Address to the French Government and to the Helvetic Republic - Proela- mation of the Helvetic ...
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... cantons , to be restored to their ancient privileges . This was acceded to after some debate . Indeed the disposition to revert , as nearly as circumstances would per- mit , to the original federal constitu- tion , prevailed so ...
... cantons , to be restored to their ancient privileges . This was acceded to after some debate . Indeed the disposition to revert , as nearly as circumstances would per- mit , to the original federal constitu- tion , prevailed so ...
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... cantons , ( that is to say , by what was termed tacit com- pliance , for by far the greater num- ber of voters did ... cantons of Schweitz , Uri , and Underwalden , which had never ac- cepted it , confiding in the promise made by ...
... cantons , ( that is to say , by what was termed tacit com- pliance , for by far the greater num- ber of voters did ... cantons of Schweitz , Uri , and Underwalden , which had never ac- cepted it , confiding in the promise made by ...
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... Cantons , to citizen Verninac , minister of the French republic in Switzer- land . " We have ineffectually endea- voured , for four successive years , to tear from us a constitution , which , from its origin , and still more from the ...
... Cantons , to citizen Verninac , minister of the French republic in Switzer- land . " We have ineffectually endea- voured , for four successive years , to tear from us a constitution , which , from its origin , and still more from the ...
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Page 574 - Tis morn, but scarce yon level sun Can pierce the war-clouds, rolling dun, Where furious Frank and fiery Hun Shout in their sulphurous canopy. The combat deepens. On, ye brave, Who rush to glory, or the grave ! Wave, Munich ! all thy banners wave, And charge with all thy chivalry.
Page 532 - ON Linden, when the sun was low, All bloodless lay the untrodden snow, And dark as winter was the flow Of Iser, rolling rapidly. But Linden saw another sight, When the drum beat, at dead of night, Commanding fires of death to light The darkness of her scenery.
Page 529 - Tis thine, oh Glenullin ! whose bride shall await, Like a love-lighted watch-fire, all night at the gate. A steed comes at morning: no rider is there; But its bridle is red with the sign of despair.
Page 530 - They are true to the last of their blood and their breath, And like reapers descend to the harvest of death. Then welcome be Cumberland's steed to the shock...
Page 574 - I have marshalled my clan : Their swords are a thousand, — their bosoms are one ! They are true to the last of their blood and their breath, And like reapers descend to the harvest of death.
Page 574 - Tis the fire-shower of ruin, all dreadfully driven From his eyrie, that beacons the darkness of heaven. Oh, crested Lochiel ! the peerless in might, Whose banners arise on the battlements' height, Heaven's fire is around thee to blast and to burn ; Return to thy dwelling ! all lonely return ! For the blackness of ashes shall mark where it stood, And a wild mother scream o'er her famishing brood.
Page 533 - The world was sad ! — the garden was a wild ! And man, the hermit, sigh'd — till woman smiled...
Page 396 - It is agreed that creditors on either side shall meet with no lawful impediment to the recovery of the full value in sterling money, of all bona fide debts heretofore contracted.
Page 175 - Orleans, and to export them from thence without paying any other duty than a fair price for the hire of the stores; and his Majesty promises either to continue this permission, if he finds, during that time, that it is not prejudicial to the interests of Spain, or if he should not agree to continue it there, he will assign to them, on another part of the banks of the Mississippi, an equivalent establishment...
Page 531 - Tis the sunset of life gives me mystical lore, And coming events cast their shadows before.