The Edinburgh Annual Register, for 1808-26, Volume 1J. Ballantyne and Company, 1810 - Europe |
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... considered them perfectly safe ; yet we believe there are no suspicions of any thing more than accident . 3d . LONDON .--- Old Halfpence .--- Within the last four or five days , some people have taken it into their heads to refuse and ...
... considered them perfectly safe ; yet we believe there are no suspicions of any thing more than accident . 3d . LONDON .--- Old Halfpence .--- Within the last four or five days , some people have taken it into their heads to refuse and ...
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... considered it as desirable to follow the enemy into the town , that he requested permission to do so ; " I felt convinced , " said General Craufurd , " That if the main division under General White- locke had been as near as I thought ...
... considered it as desirable to follow the enemy into the town , that he requested permission to do so ; " I felt convinced , " said General Craufurd , " That if the main division under General White- locke had been as near as I thought ...
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... considered the evidence given in support of the charges against the prisoner , Lieutenant - General White- locke , his defence , and the evidence he has adduced , are of opinion , that he is guilty of the whole of the said charges ...
... considered the evidence given in support of the charges against the prisoner , Lieutenant - General White- locke , his defence , and the evidence he has adduced , are of opinion , that he is guilty of the whole of the said charges ...
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... considered our boats had only sixteen men in all , opposed to such superior force , un- der heavy batteries , and were hailed and fired at long before they reach- ed her . I therefore beg leave to re- commend Mr Trist ( having passed ...
... considered our boats had only sixteen men in all , opposed to such superior force , un- der heavy batteries , and were hailed and fired at long before they reach- ed her . I therefore beg leave to re- commend Mr Trist ( having passed ...
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... considered only as a disguised enemy . His majesty the King of Denmark declares consequently that he adopts altogether the resolutions of Russia in respect to Sweden , and , that he will not separate his cause from that of the Emperor ...
... considered only as a disguised enemy . His majesty the King of Denmark declares consequently that he adopts altogether the resolutions of Russia in respect to Sweden , and , that he will not separate his cause from that of the Emperor ...
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Page 303 - The current, that with gentle murmur glides, Thou know'st, being stopp'd, impatiently doth rage ; But, when his fair course is not hindered, He makes sweet music with the enamel'd stones, Giving a gentle kiss to every sedge He overtaketh in his pilgrimage ; And so by many winding nooks he strays With willing sport to the wild ocean.
Page 333 - Lo, the poor Indian, whose untutored mind Sees God in clouds, and hears Him in the wind...
Page 340 - THE way was long, the wind was cold, The Minstrel was infirm and old ; His withered cheek, and tresses gray, Seemed to have known a better day; The harp, his sole remaining joy, Was carried by an orphan boy. The last of all the bards was he, Who sung of Border chivalry. For, well-a-day! their date was fled, His tuneful brethren all were dead ; •And he, neglected and oppressed, Wished to be with them, and at rest.
Page iv - An Inquiry into the Causes and Consequences of the Orders in Council, and an Examination of the Conduct of Great Britain towards the Neutral Commerce of America.
Page 429 - The outward shows of sky and earth, Of hill and valley, he has viewed; And impulses of deeper birth Have come to him in solitude. In common things that round us lie, Some random truths he can impart : The harvest of a quiet eye That broods and sleeps on his own heart.
Page 436 - O early ripe! to thy abundant store What could advancing age have added more? It might (what nature never gives the young) Have taught the numbers of thy native tongue.
Page 427 - Humble and rustic life was generally chosen because in that condition the essential passions of the heart find a better soil in which they can attain their maturity, are less under restraint, and speak a plainer and more emphatic language...
Page 430 - ... them on, nor ever lost; And to the bridge they came. They followed from the snowy bank Those footmarks, one by one, Into the middle of the plank; And further there were none ! — Yet some maintain that to this day She is a living child ; That you may see sweet Lucy Gray Upon the lonesome wild. O'er rough and smooth she trips along, And never looks behind; And sings a solitary song That whistles in the wind.
Page xxviii - You shall see him brought to bay, " Waken, lords and ladies gay." Louder, louder chant the lay, Waken, lords and ladies gay ; Tell them, youth, and mirth, and glee, Run a course as well as we, Time, stern huntsman ! who can baulk, Stanch as hound, and fleet as hawk? Think of this, and rise with day, Gentle lords and ladies gay.
Page xxiii - The violet in her greenwood bower, Where birchen boughs with hazels mingle, May boast itself the fairest flower In glen or copse or forest dingle. " Though fair her gems of azure hue Beneath the dewdrop's weight reclining, I've seen an eye of lovelier blue More sweet through watery lustre shining. " The summer sun that dew shall dry, Ere yet the sun be past its morrow, Nor longer in my false love's eye Remained the tear of parting sorrow ! " In turning over a volume of MS.