The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for the Year ...J. Dodsley, 1809 - History |
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... means : the means of renewing war with greater advantage . He laboured by all means , to detach the king of Sweden from the cause of his allies , by professions of goodwill , respect , and admiration , and even by dis- memberments in ...
... means : the means of renewing war with greater advantage . He laboured by all means , to detach the king of Sweden from the cause of his allies , by professions of goodwill , respect , and admiration , and even by dis- memberments in ...
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... means for decision and promptitude , took ad- the accomplishment of his ends . He vantage of this circumstance . He provided against reverses , and though broke up his cantonments on Janu- he always boasted of the favour , ary 29th and ...
... means for decision and promptitude , took ad- the accomplishment of his ends . He vantage of this circumstance . He provided against reverses , and though broke up his cantonments on Janu- he always boasted of the favour , ary 29th and ...
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... means for accomplishing his object . But this was , in truth , a drawn battle ; and the severest check he had received since the commencement of his career , which was in Italy , in 1796 . It was not , however , without some degree of ...
... means for accomplishing his object . But this was , in truth , a drawn battle ; and the severest check he had received since the commencement of his career , which was in Italy , in 1796 . It was not , however , without some degree of ...
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... means of supporting with honour the contest in which he is engaged , and which has for its object , the restoration of peace to suffering ha- manity . For this end all the mem- bers of the confederation have re- solved to double their ...
... means of supporting with honour the contest in which he is engaged , and which has for its object , the restoration of peace to suffering ha- manity . For this end all the mem- bers of the confederation have re- solved to double their ...
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... means in his power , for the protection of persons and property . The present capitulation to be car ried into execution at 12 o'clock at noon , the 26th of May . was to be understood , that between the present and that period , the ...
... means in his power , for the protection of persons and property . The present capitulation to be car ried into execution at 12 o'clock at noon , the 26th of May . was to be understood , that between the present and that period , the ...
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Page 203 - Dire was the tossing, deep the groans : Despair Tended the sick, busiest from couch to couch ; And over them triumphant Death his dart Shook, but delay'd to strike, though oft invoked With vows, as their chief good, and final hope.
Page 619 - I do hereby disclaim, disavow, and solemnly abjure any intention to subvert the present Church Establishment as settled by law within this Realm. And I do solemnly swear that I never will exercise any privilege to which I am or may become entitled to disturb or weaken the Protestant religion or Protestant government in the United Kingdom.
Page 740 - The question, therefore, now comes forward; to what other objects shall these surpluses be appropriated, and the whole surplus of impost, after the entire discharge of the public debt, and during those intervals when the purposes of war shall not call for them? Shall we suppress the impost and give that advantage to foreign over domestic manufactures?
Page 740 - Their patriotism would certainly prefer its continuance and application to the great purposes of the public education, roads, rivers, canals, and such other objects of public improvement as it may be thought proper to add to the constitutional enumeration of Federal powers.
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Page 618 - Attempts whatever, which shall be made against his Person, Crown, or Dignity; and I will do my utmost Endeavour to disclose and make known to His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors...
Page 740 - Education is here placed among the articles of public care, not that it would be proposed to take its ordinary branches out of the hands of private enterprise, which manages so much better all the concerns to which it is equal, but a public institution can alone supply those sciences which though rarely called for are yet necessary to complete the circle, all the parts of which contribute to the improvement of the country and some of them to its preservation.
Page 740 - State no quota toward his unlawful enterprise. Whether after the arrival of the proclamation, of the orders, or of our agent any exertion which could be made by that State or the orders of the governor of Kentucky for calling out the militia at the mouth of Cumberland would be in time to arrest these boats and those from the Falls of Ohio is still doubtful.
Page 618 - ... without any hope of any such dispensation from any person or authority whatsoever; or without thinking that I am, or can be, acquitted before God or man, or absolved of this declaration, or any part thereof, although the Pope, or any other person or persons, or power whatsoever, should dispense with, or annul the same, or declare that it was null and void from the beginning.
Page 618 - That I will bear faith and true allegiance to His Majesty King George and him will defend to the utmost of my power against all traitorous conspiracies and attempts whatsoever which shall be made against his person crown or dignity. And I will do my utmost endeavour to disclose and make known to his Majesty and his successors all treasons and traitorous conspiracies which I shall know to be against him or any of them.