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... Troops there . Final Conquest of Egypt . Naval Engagement off Algesiras . At- tack upon Boulogne . Negotiation for Peace with France -- Preliminaries signed . Concluding Observations СНАР . Х. • 258 Foreign History . France , Delays in ...
... Troops there . Final Conquest of Egypt . Naval Engagement off Algesiras . At- tack upon Boulogne . Negotiation for Peace with France -- Preliminaries signed . Concluding Observations СНАР . Х. • 258 Foreign History . France , Delays in ...
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... troops were now sent on an expedition which might have been unnecessary , if a treaty most wisely concluded had been ho- nourably fulfilled . After declaring that to men so unfit for their situa- tions his lordship could not give his ...
... troops were now sent on an expedition which might have been unnecessary , if a treaty most wisely concluded had been ho- nourably fulfilled . After declaring that to men so unfit for their situa- tions his lordship could not give his ...
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... troops had been wasted , and our arms disgraced . He accused ad- ministration of artfully resolving not to employ lord Moira , for the same reason that Thugut had not employed the archduke Charles , because they were afraid his emi ...
... troops had been wasted , and our arms disgraced . He accused ad- ministration of artfully resolving not to employ lord Moira , for the same reason that Thugut had not employed the archduke Charles , because they were afraid his emi ...
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... troops in the expedition he was called to command in the year 1794 ; the reason was , it had been found that the royalists had retired from the coasts of France to the interior of the country , and therefore could not have co - operated ...
... troops in the expedition he was called to command in the year 1794 ; the reason was , it had been found that the royalists had retired from the coasts of France to the interior of the country , and therefore could not have co - operated ...
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... troops in the service of the whole empire . The number of regular forces , cavalry and infan- try , amounted to 193,187 men . The number of militia , both Bri- tish and Irish , was 78,046 ; of fencibles , both British and Irish , 31,415 ...
... troops in the service of the whole empire . The number of regular forces , cavalry and infan- try , amounted to 193,187 men . The number of militia , both Bri- tish and Irish , was 78,046 ; of fencibles , both British and Irish , 31,415 ...
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Page 199 - All too will bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will to be rightful must be reasonable ; that the minority possess their equal rights, which equal laws must protect, and to violate would be oppression.
Page 201 - ... in the decisions of the majority, the vital principle of republics, from which is no appeal but to force, the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism; a welldisciplined militia, our best reliance in peace and for the first moments of war, till regulars may relieve them; the supremacy of the civil over the military authority; economy in the public expense, that...
Page 41 - ... and perspicuity, which had ever marked his character, till long after the action was over, when he fainted through weakness and loss of blood. Were it permitted for a soldier to regret any one who has fallen in the service of his country, I might be excused for lamenting him more than any other person; but it is some .consolation to those who tenderly loved him, that as his life was honorable, so was his death glorious.
Page 200 - And let us reflect that having banished from our land that religious intolerance under which mankind so long bled and suffered, we have yet gained little if we countenance a political intolerance as despotic, as wicked, and capable of as bitter and bloody persecutions.
Page 199 - Called upon to undertake the duties of the first executive office of our country, I avail myself of the presence of that portion of my fellowcitizens which is here assembled to express my grateful thanks for the favor with which they have been pleased to look toward me, to declare a sincere consciousness that the task is above my talents...
Page 119 - ... turrets sparkle in the skies ; to trace back the structure through all its varieties, to the simplicity of its first plan ; to find what was first projected, whence the scheme was taken, how it was improved, by what assistance it was executed, and from what stores the materials were collected ; whether its founder dug them from the quarries of Nature, or demolished other buildings to embellish his own.
Page 200 - During the throes and convulsions of the ancient world, during the agonizing spasms of infuriated man, seeking through blood and slaughter his long-lost liberty, it was not wonderful that the agitation of the billows should reach even this distant and peaceful shore; that this should be more felt and feared by some and less by others, and should divide opinions as to measures of safety.
Page 250 - And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not. 10 As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.
Page 199 - ... industry, engaged in commerce with nations who feel power and forget right, advancing rapidly to destinies beyond the reach of mortal eye; when I contemplate these transcendent objects, and see the honor, the happiness, and the hopes of this beloved country committed to the issue and the auspices of this day, I shrink from the contemplation, and humble myself before the magnitude of the undertaking.
Page 43 - An ancient clergyman of Dorsetshire, Dr. Wright, found John Milton in a small chamber, hung with rusty green, sitting in an elbow chair, and dressed neatly in black; pale, but not cadaverous ; his hands and fingers gouty, and with chalk-stones.