The Pamphleteer, Volume 4Abraham John Valpy A. J. Valpy., 1814 - Great Britain |
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... nature of their duty . At six o'clock , a number of joiners , locksmiths , and masons , were detained , with a view to their services , and many ladders were carried to the Pilotta . At night , artillery was planted before the gates ...
... nature of their duty . At six o'clock , a number of joiners , locksmiths , and masons , were detained , with a view to their services , and many ladders were carried to the Pilotta . At night , artillery was planted before the gates ...
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... nature ; but he soon had reason to repent . Every expedient was at work for the success of this base stra- tagem . It was reported in all quarters that a new Concordat had been framed , and it was universally credited , when guns were ...
... nature ; but he soon had reason to repent . Every expedient was at work for the success of this base stra- tagem . It was reported in all quarters that a new Concordat had been framed , and it was universally credited , when guns were ...
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... nature , and by every principle of morals and religion , which ought to bind mankind , void ab initio ; at least we may withdraw from any further share in the execution of that felony . The original war itself was professedly undertaken ...
... nature , and by every principle of morals and religion , which ought to bind mankind , void ab initio ; at least we may withdraw from any further share in the execution of that felony . The original war itself was professedly undertaken ...
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... nature . On what ground of argument was the slave - trade abolished in Great Britain ? That traffic , by the by , instead of being abolished , is carried on in a clandestine form , more horrible than ever . In many cases , the British ...
... nature . On what ground of argument was the slave - trade abolished in Great Britain ? That traffic , by the by , instead of being abolished , is carried on in a clandestine form , more horrible than ever . In many cases , the British ...
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... nature an infernal crime , which no power could legalise , no authority could sanction . But , alas ! there is a treaty , and the honor of the nation must be preserved . Ea est in re pravá pervicacia ; ipsi fidem vocant . I say the ...
... nature an infernal crime , which no power could legalise , no authority could sanction . But , alas ! there is a treaty , and the honor of the nation must be preserved . Ea est in re pravá pervicacia ; ipsi fidem vocant . I say the ...
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Page 447 - Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times ; and the turtle, and the crane, and the swallow, observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD.
Page 283 - He that troubles his neighbour without a cause is punished for it by the justice of the court he appeals to. And he that appeals to Heaven must be sure he has right on his side, and a right, too, that is worth the trouble and cost of the appeal...
Page 365 - ... promises, kindly stepped in, and carried him away, to where the wicked cease from troubling, and where the weary are at rest ! It is during the time that we lived on this farm, that my little story is most eventful.
Page 321 - What!" said Toussaint, in his letter to the perfidious Frenchman, " have I not passed my word to the British general ? How then can you suppose that I will cover myself with dishonor by breaking it?
Page 73 - So fertile in examples, does not furnish a single parallel. A tranquil and moderate power, which, by long and unchanging wisdom, had obtained in the circle of monarchies a moral dignity, sees itself assaulted and treated as if it had been forging plots, and meditating the ruin of England; and all to justify its prompt and. total spoliation.
Page 162 - Humanity may in this case require that the freedom of trade should be restored only by slow gradations, and with a good deal of reserve and .circumspection.
Page 445 - He adds, that they never appear at Senegal, until the winter season, and that they do not build nests as in Europe, but roost every night on the sand by the sea shore. Sir...
Page 566 - Britain,) for the space of two years, shall, to all intents and purposes, be deemed and taken to be a natural-born subject of his Majesty's kingdom of Great Britain...
Page 556 - Enemy's property or of carrying to the Enemy, any of the articles which are Contraband of war; The said Vessel shall be brought to the nearest or most convenient Port, and if any property of an Enemy, should be found on board such Vessel, that part only which belongs to the Enemy shall be made prize, and the Vessel shall be at liberty to proceed with the remainder without any Impediment.