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... land a Body of Troops on the Coast of Pembrokeshire . Surrender as Prisoners without Resistance . Conjectures as to the Object of this Expedition . The Spanish Fleet defeated by Admiral Sir John Jer- vis , off Cape St. Vincent , and ...
... land a Body of Troops on the Coast of Pembrokeshire . Surrender as Prisoners without Resistance . Conjectures as to the Object of this Expedition . The Spanish Fleet defeated by Admiral Sir John Jer- vis , off Cape St. Vincent , and ...
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... land and the sea ser- vice ; to raise a supplementary levy of 60,000 for the militia , and 20,000 cavalry . " He concluded with moving , " that a bill be brought in for raising a certain number of men in the several coun- ties of Great ...
... land and the sea ser- vice ; to raise a supplementary levy of 60,000 for the militia , and 20,000 cavalry . " He concluded with moving , " that a bill be brought in for raising a certain number of men in the several coun- ties of Great ...
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... land - tax and the population of the counties . Sir John Sinclair had made statisti- cal accounts of nine - tenths of the parishes of Scotland ; and from those it appeared , that the general popu- lation of that kingdom had increased ...
... land - tax and the population of the counties . Sir John Sinclair had made statisti- cal accounts of nine - tenths of the parishes of Scotland ; and from those it appeared , that the general popu- lation of that kingdom had increased ...
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... land , and trench upon the test act he moved , that the bill should be read that day three months . The bishop of Rochester con- tended for the motion , and ex pressed his surprize that a bill should be introduced during the dog days ...
... land , and trench upon the test act he moved , that the bill should be read that day three months . The bishop of Rochester con- tended for the motion , and ex pressed his surprize that a bill should be introduced during the dog days ...
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... land service of this year the number of 195,000 men . " General Tarleton said , he had ex- pected that the honourable secreta- ry at war would have gone more into detail . Last year the troops . in pay amounted to 119,000 . The expenses ...
... land service of this year the number of 195,000 men . " General Tarleton said , he had ex- pected that the honourable secreta- ry at war would have gone more into detail . Last year the troops . in pay amounted to 119,000 . The expenses ...
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Page 103 - But it is said by the author that the Christian fable is but the tale of the more ancient superstitions of the world, and may be easily detected by a proper understanding of the mythologies of the heathens.
Page 177 - And David spake unto the Lord the words of this song, in the day that the Lord had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul...
Page 103 - But this error might, perhaps, arise from a want of due attention to the foundations of human judgment, and the structure of that understanding which God has given us for the investigation of truth.
Page 166 - Petition of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons of the City of London, in Common Council assembled.
Page 151 - Venerable, off the coast of Holland, the i2th of October, by log (nth1 three PM Camperdown ESE eight mile. Wind N. by E. Sir, I have the pleasure to acquaint you, for the information of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, that...
Page 103 - Did Milton understand those mythologies? Was he less versed than Mr. Paine in the superstitions of the world ? No ; they were the subject of his immortal song; and though shut out from all recurrence to them, he poured them forth from the stores of a memory rich with all that man ever knew, and laid them in their order as the illustration of...
Page 103 - ... of reasoning the devious mind of man, by showing him its whole process, from the first perceptions of sense to the last conclusions of ratiocination ; putting a rein upon false opinion, by practical rules for the conduct of human judgment.
Page 313 - President discloses sentiments more alarming than the refusal of a minister, because more dangerous to our independence and union, and at the same time studiously marked with indignities towards the government of the United States. It evinces a disposition to separate the people of the United States from the government, to...
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Page 82 - ... with the advice of our Privy Council, to issue this our Royal Proclamation, hereby...