Annual Register, Volume 44Edmund Burke 1803 - History |
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Page 97
... courts of Sweden and Denmark to the convention signed with Rus- sia , respecting the rights of neutral powers ; and ... court of Russia as absolutely annulled and abandoned , not only as a general code of maritime law , but even in its ...
... courts of Sweden and Denmark to the convention signed with Rus- sia , respecting the rights of neutral powers ; and ... court of Russia as absolutely annulled and abandoned , not only as a general code of maritime law , but even in its ...
Page 105
... courts of Sweden and Denmark to the convention signed with Rus- sia , respecting the rights of neutral powers ; and ... court of Russia as absolutely annulled and abandoned , not only as a general code of maritime law , but even in its ...
... courts of Sweden and Denmark to the convention signed with Rus- sia , respecting the rights of neutral powers ; and ... court of Russia as absolutely annulled and abandoned , not only as a general code of maritime law , but even in its ...
Page 135
... court . Lord Holland said , he never could admit the principle laid down by the lord chancellor , that it might be more prudent not to speak upon that question in the house , for fear of hurting the interests of the house of Orange . If ...
... court . Lord Holland said , he never could admit the principle laid down by the lord chancellor , that it might be more prudent not to speak upon that question in the house , for fear of hurting the interests of the house of Orange . If ...
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... court prevent- Afterwards the politics of ed this . Russia changed , and the present emperor refused Malta . He could have wished that the king of Naples had been something of a more pow- erful protector , but he saw no reason to doubt ...
... court prevent- Afterwards the politics of ed this . Russia changed , and the present emperor refused Malta . He could have wished that the king of Naples had been something of a more pow- erful protector , but he saw no reason to doubt ...
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... court ; his persevering and ardent zeal in the repression of adultery and seduction , crimes which felt , on all occasions , the rigour due to such breaches of morality and the laws of society , during his long administration of the ...
... court ; his persevering and ardent zeal in the repression of adultery and seduction , crimes which felt , on all occasions , the rigour due to such breaches of morality and the laws of society , during his long administration of 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.