Annual Register, Volumen 30Edmund Burke 1790 |
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... service to her than the failure . For , had that fleet proceeded on its intended course to the Mediterranean early in the fummer ( as was intended , and the fervice required ) the remaining part of her marine force , her great naval and ...
... service to her than the failure . For , had that fleet proceeded on its intended course to the Mediterranean early in the fummer ( as was intended , and the fervice required ) the remaining part of her marine force , her great naval and ...
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... service rendered them obnoxious to their country . The vicinity of Ruffia too , with that over- reaching affectation of friendship and good neighbourhood , under the co- vert of which the endeavours to be- come a party in the affairs of ...
... service rendered them obnoxious to their country . The vicinity of Ruffia too , with that over- reaching affectation of friendship and good neighbourhood , under the co- vert of which the endeavours to be- come a party in the affairs of ...
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... service , to the rank of acting admirals , they refufed the retreat that was offered them , and had endeavoured , but without fuc- cefs , to obtain their re - establishment from the board of admiralty . This partial promotion had occa ...
... service , to the rank of acting admirals , they refufed the retreat that was offered them , and had endeavoured , but without fuc- cefs , to obtain their re - establishment from the board of admiralty . This partial promotion had occa ...
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... service they might have to fuftain . Officers who had ferved ably and meritoriously all their lives , might not appear , to the judgment of a firft lord of the admiralty , to be fit to be entrusted with the care of a fleet . The noble ...
... service they might have to fuftain . Officers who had ferved ably and meritoriously all their lives , might not appear , to the judgment of a firft lord of the admiralty , to be fit to be entrusted with the care of a fleet . The noble ...
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... service . The noble lord had also stated , that the late promotion had been altogether without a precedent . No fuch thing . There were a great number of pre- cedents for it . In short , there was Scarcely a precedent to the con- trary ...
... service . The noble lord had also stated , that the late promotion had been altogether without a precedent . No fuch thing . There were a great number of pre- cedents for it . In short , there was Scarcely a precedent to the con- trary ...
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Página 7 - ... of the nest till it reached the top, where resting for a moment, it threw off its load with a jerk, and quite disengaged it from the nest.
Página 103 - Nor thou, though learn'd, his homelier thoughts neglect; Let thy sweet muse the rural faith sustain ; These are the themes of simple, sure effect, That add new conquests to her boundless reign, And fill, with double force, her heart-commanding strain.
Página 41 - ORIGINAL LETTERS, written during the Reigns of Henry VI., Edward IV., and Richard III., by various Persons of Rank or Consequence.
Página 107 - Atlantic rock, undreading climb, And of its eggs despoil the solan's* nest. Thus, blest in primal innocence they live, Suffic'd, and happy with that frugal fare Which tasteful toil and hourly danger give. Hard is their shallow soil, and bleak and bare ; Nor ever vernal bee was heard to murmur there...
Página 136 - ... the chances of royal and ministerial talents are multiplied, at least, with the number of its rulers; and a Julian, or Semiramis, may reign in the North, while Arcadius and Honorius again slumber on the thrones of the South.
Página 105 - O'er its drown'd banks, forbidding all return ! Or, if he meditate his wish'd escape, To some dim hill, that seems uprising near, To his faint eye the grim and grisly shape, In all its terrors clad, shall wild appear.
Página 155 - TRANSACTIONS of the Society instituted at London for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce, with the Premiums offered in the year 1783.
Página 103 - Thou hear'st some sounding tale of war's alarms ; When at the bugle's call, with fire and steel, The sturdy clans pour'd forth their brawny swarms, And hostile brothers met, to prove each other's arms. 'Tis thine to sing, how, framing hideous spells, In Sky's lone isle, the gifted wizard-seer, Lodg'd in the wintry cave with Fate's fell spear...
Página 104 - They see the gliding ghosts unbodied troop. Or, if in sports, or on the festive green, Their destined glance some fated youth descry, Who now, perhaps, in lusty vigour seen, And rosy health, shall soon lamented die. For them the viewless forms of air obey; Their bidding heed, and at their beck repair: They know what spirit brews the stormful day, And, heartless, oft like moody madness, stare To see the phantom train their secret work prepare.
Página 144 - I charge him with taking bribes of Gunga Govind Sing. I charge him with not having done that bribe-service which fidelity even in iniquity requires at the hands of the worst of men. I charge him with having robbed those people of whom he took the bribes. I charge him with having fraudulently alienated the fortunes of widows. I charge him with having...