The Edinburgh Annual Register, for 1808-26, Volume 1J. Ballantyne and Company, 1810 - Europe |
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... amount , obscure in purport , and irreconcileable with each other . But there are substitutes for these deficiencies . Time to collect , to systematize , to collate , and to arrange his materials , is at the wri- ter's command ; and ...
... amount , obscure in purport , and irreconcileable with each other . But there are substitutes for these deficiencies . Time to collect , to systematize , to collate , and to arrange his materials , is at the wri- ter's command ; and ...
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... amount- ing to two millions sterling . Was it credible , was it possible , that , when the Danish government assured its merchants they need be in no alarm , when a third of the commercial pro- perty of Denmark was in our hands , was it ...
... amount- ing to two millions sterling . Was it credible , was it possible , that , when the Danish government assured its merchants they need be in no alarm , when a third of the commercial pro- perty of Denmark was in our hands , was it ...
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... amount ? To this only , that in Lord Hutchinson's opinion , the Emperor Alexander was disposed to be at peace with England before the ex- pedition to Copenhagen , and to the fact that the Expedition was made a pretext for declaring war ...
... amount ? To this only , that in Lord Hutchinson's opinion , the Emperor Alexander was disposed to be at peace with England before the ex- pedition to Copenhagen , and to the fact that the Expedition was made a pretext for declaring war ...
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... amount- ed only to this , that ministers ought to come to parliament for a bill of indemnity . This , had they supposed their proceedings required it , they would of course have done , as it was only to ask and have . * But this they ...
... amount- ed only to this , that ministers ought to come to parliament for a bill of indemnity . This , had they supposed their proceedings required it , they would of course have done , as it was only to ask and have . * But this they ...
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... amount of the fees ; and here , he said , the returns were not satisfacto ry . It was stated , that the fee for a licence amounted only to 121. 9s . 6d . Now , he knew , that , on every li- cence which had been granted , the fees had ...
... amount of the fees ; and here , he said , the returns were not satisfacto ry . It was stated , that the fee for a licence amounted only to 121. 9s . 6d . Now , he knew , that , on every li- cence which had been granted , the fees had ...
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Page ci - WP VAN NESS. NATHANIEL PENDLETON, Esq. In the evening of the same day I received from him the following answer : No. XI June 26, 1804. SIR, I have communicated the letter which you did me the honour to write to me of this date, to General Hamilton.
Page 457 - It is as well as it is. I had rather it should go out of the field with me ;" and in that manner, so becoming to a soldier, Moore was borne from the fight.
Page xxvi - Privy Council, to order and declare, and it is hereby ordered and declared, that...
Page lvi - Indies, in favour of his majesty the emperor of the French and king of Italy; and...
Page xliii - Article 2. There shall be peace and friendship between His Britannic Majesty and His Majesty the King of the Hejaz and of Nejd and its Dependencies.
Page xxxix - President be authorized to give such instructions to the officers of the revenue, and of the navy and revenue cutters of the United States, as shall appear best adapted for carrying the same into full effect...
Page xxxi - Now, therefore, His Majesty, by and with the advice of - His Privy Council, is pleased to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows: 1.
Page xc - All the places and forts in the kingdom of Portugal, occupied by the French troops, shall be delivered up to the British army, in the state in which they are at the period of the signature of the present Convention.
Page lxv - We have it in command from his Majesty to express to you the great satisfaction which he derives from being enabled, by putting an end to the present session of parliament, to terminate the laborious attendance which the public business has required of you.
Page xxiv - And the Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of his Majesty's Treasury, his Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty...