The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for the Year ...J. Dodsley, 1810 - History |
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... give some account of the proceedings and debates of this great national council ; the only great council in Europe in which political affairs could be treat- ed with freedom . The attention of parliament towards the close of the session ...
... give some account of the proceedings and debates of this great national council ; the only great council in Europe in which political affairs could be treat- ed with freedom . The attention of parliament towards the close of the session ...
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... give his unqualified assent to the address as it stood . The speech from the throne declared , that it was with the deepest reluctance his majesty had found himself com- pelled to resort to the extremity of force against Denmark . Now ...
... give his unqualified assent to the address as it stood . The speech from the throne declared , that it was with the deepest reluctance his majesty had found himself com- pelled to resort to the extremity of force against Denmark . Now ...
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... give its decision ap- proving of that expedition ? And still more , if it should do so , with- out any evidence or information on the subject . Ministers had asserted , that there were secret articles in the treaty of Tilsit affecting ...
... give its decision ap- proving of that expedition ? And still more , if it should do so , with- out any evidence or information on the subject . Ministers had asserted , that there were secret articles in the treaty of Tilsit affecting ...
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... give us . In the mean time , he de- clared us blockaded , not by the presence and assault of his navies , and the consequent destruction of our commercial strength , but by shutting the gates against his own shipping . Seeing all this ...
... give us . In the mean time , he de- clared us blockaded , not by the presence and assault of his navies , and the consequent destruction of our commercial strength , but by shutting the gates against his own shipping . Seeing all this ...
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... give credit to govern- ment for their having received in- telligence of the secret articles of Tilsit . There was enough on the face of such papers to enable the enemy to trace the source from whence they might have been re- ceived . On ...
... give credit to govern- ment for their having received in- telligence of the secret articles of Tilsit . There was enough on the face of such papers to enable the enemy to trace the source from whence they might have been re- ceived . On ...
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Page 214 - So stately his form, and so lovely her face, That never a hall such a galliard did grace ; While her mother did fret, and her father did fume, And the bridegroom stood dangling his...
Page 214 - Eske river where ford there was none ; But ere he alighted at Netherby gate, The bride had consented, the gallant came late; For a laggard in love, and a dastard in war, Was to wed the fair Ellen of brave Lochinvar.
Page 214 - I long wooed your daughter, my suit you denied : Love swells like the Solway, but ebbs like its tide ; And now am I come, with this lost love of mine To lead but one measure, drink one cup of wine. There are maidens in Scotland, more lovely by far, That would gladly be bride to the young Lochinvar...
Page 232 - And now her path but not her peace she gains, Safe from her task, but shivering with her pains ; Her home she reaches, open leaves the door, And placing first her infant on the floor, She bares her bosom to the wind, and sits, And sobbing struggles with the rising fits: In vain, they come, she feels th...
Page 211 - Where shall the traitor rest, He, the deceiver, Who could win maiden's breast, Ruin, and leave her? In the lost battle, Borne down by the flying, Where mingles war's rattle With groans of the dying; Eleu loro There shall he be lying.
Page 215 - One touch to her hand, and one word in her ear. When they reached the hall door, and the charger stood near; So light to the croupe the fair lady he swung, So light to the saddle before her he sprung! "She is won! we are gone, over bank, bush, and scaur: They'll have fleet steeds that follow,
Page 215 - ... form, and so lovely her face, That never a hall such a galliard did grace; While her mother did fret, and her father did fume, And the bridegroom stood dangling his bonnet and plume; And the bride-maidens whispered, "'Twere better by far, To have matched our fair cousin with young Lochinvar.
Page 214 - I long wooed your daughter, my suit you denied; Love swells like the Solway, but ebbs like its tide; And now am I come, with this lost love of mine, To lead but one measure, drink one cup of wine. There are maidens in Scotland, more lovely by far, That would gladly be bride to the young Lochinvar.
Page 215 - mong Graemes of the Netherby clan; Forsters, Fenwicks, and Musgraves, they rode and they ran: There was racing and chasing on Cannobie Lee...
Page 158 - And it came to pass, that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child ; and they called him Zacharias, after the name of his father. 60 And his mother answered and said, Not so; but he shall be called John.