Annual Register, Volumen 50Edmund Burke 1820 |
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... sent , and not at all to the policy of the expedition , the object of which , undoubtedly of great magnitude and importance , was attained by the skill and ability of the officers employed . Here he gave an ac- count of the origin ...
... sent , and not at all to the policy of the expedition , the object of which , undoubtedly of great magnitude and importance , was attained by the skill and ability of the officers employed . Here he gave an ac- count of the origin ...
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... sent , in which one ostensible part of the expedition had been entrust ed to an officer who could plead in his own behalf only the approba- tion of a self - created tribunal , in opposition to a sentence of condem- nation lately passed ...
... sent , in which one ostensible part of the expedition had been entrust ed to an officer who could plead in his own behalf only the approba- tion of a self - created tribunal , in opposition to a sentence of condem- nation lately passed ...
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... sent , not to at- tack , but to protect an ally , at a time when there were British troops in Portugal , to repel an actual in- vasion of French and Spanish troops . He could not , however , but remark that ministers , while they ...
... sent , not to at- tack , but to protect an ally , at a time when there were British troops in Portugal , to repel an actual in- vasion of French and Spanish troops . He could not , however , but remark that ministers , while they ...
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... sent to the Tagus . The earl of Buckinghamshire , shewed by dates , that the expedi- tion against Copenhagen had ac- tually sailed before there was a possibility of any account , even of the existence of the treaty of Til- sit , being ...
... sent to the Tagus . The earl of Buckinghamshire , shewed by dates , that the expedi- tion against Copenhagen had ac- tually sailed before there was a possibility of any account , even of the existence of the treaty of Til- sit , being ...
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... sent by the British com- manders to the governor of Copen- hagen , on the 18th of August , and a subsequent letter from them might be read ; which was done . His object , he said , was , to propose to their lordships , to come to a reso ...
... sent by the British com- manders to the governor of Copen- hagen , on the 18th of August , and a subsequent letter from them might be read ; which was done . His object , he said , was , to propose to their lordships , to come to a reso ...
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Página 184 - 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. So boldly he entered the Netherby Hall, Among bride's-men.
Página 171 - Twixt resignation and content. Oft in my mind such thoughts awake, By lone St. Mary's silent lake ; Thou know't it well, — nor fen, nor sedge, Pollute the pure lake's crystal edge ; Abrupt and sheer, the mountains sink At once upon the level brink ; And just a trace of silver sand Marks where the water meets the land.
Página 63 - Cavendish, on the sixth, moved that the house should resolve itself into a committee to consider of that revisal.
Página 184 - The bride kissed the goblet ; the knight took it up, He quaffed off the wine, and he threw down the cup, She looked...
Página 185 - 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,
Página 181 - 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.
Página 194 - O'er many a distant foreign land ; Each place, each province I have tried, And sung and danced my saraband. But all their charms could not prevail To steal my heart from yonder vale.
Página 184 - Oh ! young Lochinvar is come out of the west, Through all the wide Border his steed was the best ; And save his good broadsword he weapons had none, He rode all unarmed and he rode all alone. So faithful in love and so dauntless in war, There never was knight like the young Lochinvar.
Página 185 - mong Graemes of the Netherby clan; Forsters, Fenwicks, and Musgraves, they rode and they ran : There was racing, and chasing, on Cannobie Lee, But the lost bride of Netherby ne'er did they see. So daring in love, and so dauntless in war, Have ye e'er heard of gallant like young Lochinvar ? XIII.
Página 221 - And the Lord turned, and looked upon Peter ; and Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said unto him, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. And Peter went out. and wept bitterly.