A Letter to the Right Honourable Sir John Newport, Bart. on the Embarrassing Situation and Prospects of the Present Ministry: With Particular Reflections on the Distressed State of Ireland |
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... dangers and difficul- ties , which the prefent Ministry must be prepared to en- counter . The very firft point of difficulty and danger which I fhall point out may perhaps furprife you . It is the very exalted opinion which the world in ...
... dangers and difficul- ties , which the prefent Ministry must be prepared to en- counter . The very firft point of difficulty and danger which I fhall point out may perhaps furprife you . It is the very exalted opinion which the world in ...
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... danger from a renewal of the hoftile co - operation of Ruffia and Auftria . The greateft part of thofe for- midable troops which overan the hereditary States of the German Emperor , in fo fhort a space of time , remained in the * For a ...
... danger from a renewal of the hoftile co - operation of Ruffia and Auftria . The greateft part of thofe for- midable troops which overan the hereditary States of the German Emperor , in fo fhort a space of time , remained in the * For a ...
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... dangers which furround them are equally great . may be faid , that while England continues the war , placed , as fhe ... dangerous wound on the inacceffible body of the British power and profperity . I love to hear this language - it is ...
... dangers which furround them are equally great . may be faid , that while England continues the war , placed , as fhe ... dangerous wound on the inacceffible body of the British power and profperity . I love to hear this language - it is ...
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... dangers , familiar with scenes of blood , inured to hardships and privations , patient of difcipline , and confident of vic- tory . He has a population of between thirty and forty millions to recruit their ranks , fhould they be thinned ...
... dangers , familiar with scenes of blood , inured to hardships and privations , patient of difcipline , and confident of vic- tory . He has a population of between thirty and forty millions to recruit their ranks , fhould they be thinned ...
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... dangers in India call for the most prompt and decifive meafures , which fpeaks their diffi- culties more ftrong than ... danger ; to be told by one " wait , our plans are not yet ripe - the fummer muft come to ripen them -- the autumn ...
... dangers in India call for the most prompt and decifive meafures , which fpeaks their diffi- culties more ftrong than ... danger ; to be told by one " wait , our plans are not yet ripe - the fummer muft come to ripen them -- the autumn ...
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Page vi - The present additional article shall have the same force and validity as if it were inserted, word for word, in the Treaty signed this day. It shall be ratified, and the ratifications shall be exchanged at the same time. In witness whereof, the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed the same, and have affixed thereto their seals.
Page viii - ... of this day. It shall be ratified, and the ratifications shall be exchanged at the same time. In faith of which the respective plenipotentiaries have signed it, and affixed the seal of their arms. Done at Paris, 30th of May, in the year of our Lord, 1814.
Page i - Troops, in such manner as shall be determined upon in the general plan of operations; His Majesty will, moreover, assist the different Powers who shall accede thereto, by subsidies, the amount of which shall correspond to the respective Forces which shall be employed ; and in order that the said pecuniary succours may be proportioned in the manner most conducive to the general good, and to assist the Powers in proportion to the exertions they may make to contribute to the common success, it is agreed,...
Page 165 - Tam multae scelerum facies; non ullus aratro Dignus honos; squalent abductis arva colonis, Et curvae rigidum falces conflantur in ensem. Hinc movet Euphrates, illinc Germania bellum ; Vicinae ruptis inter se legibus urbes 510 Arma ferunt ; saevit toto Mars impius orbe...
Page i - Majesty, in order to concur efficaciously on his side to the happy effects of the present concert, engages to contribute to the common efforts, by employing his forces both by sea and land, as well as his...
Page 214 - ... us. He will even tempt us to overcome our repugnance towards him, and our contempt of his new authority, by some favourable concessions. Then, with regard to his sincerity, we may safely conclude that the same motive which leads him to think of making a peace, will induce him to keep it — the motive of interest — for what can he gain by a transient peace, except the paltry cession of a few islands, which we shall always be able to retake, with the troops and shipping he may send thither,...
Page viii - Alliance shall be ratified by the two high contracting parties, and the ratifications thereof shall be exchanged at Constantinople within the space of two months, or sooner if possible.
Page viii - Russian troops the subsidies agreed upon, payable from the day on which they shall have quitted the frontiers of the empire, and moreover the three months stipulated subsidy under the name of Premiere mist en Campagnc : with this condition, nevertheless, that however long may be the term between the epoch of the departure of the Russian troops from their frontiers, and that of the commencement of hostilities, his Britannic Majesty shall not be bound to pay to Russia for that interval more than six...
Page ii - Treaty shall be approved and ratified by the President of the United States of America, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate of the said States, and by His Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias...
Page xviii - Venetian territory, not occupied by the troops of his majesty the emperor of the French and king of Italy. The city of Venice...