Annual Register, Volumen 30Edmund Burke 1790 |
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... army . Turkish vice - admiral , though a brave and able feaman , being pre- vented by the differations in his fleet from performing any of the actions that were expected , in the Black Sea , lejes his head at his return . Brave gar ...
... army . Turkish vice - admiral , though a brave and able feaman , being pre- vented by the differations in his fleet from performing any of the actions that were expected , in the Black Sea , lejes his head at his return . Brave gar ...
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... army which was in- cluded in it , were of themselves fufficient to fpread amazement and terror on all fides ; but when to this was added the effect produced by the language of flattery and of vanity on the fpot , and the ampli- fication ...
... army which was in- cluded in it , were of themselves fufficient to fpread amazement and terror on all fides ; but when to this was added the effect produced by the language of flattery and of vanity on the fpot , and the ampli- fication ...
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... army of 70,000 men to the frontiers , and that the emprefs would attend in perfon , to enforce her claims , and to fettle all differences between the two empires , could not fail to in- creafe their mixed indignation and alarm . An army ...
... army of 70,000 men to the frontiers , and that the emprefs would attend in perfon , to enforce her claims , and to fettle all differences between the two empires , could not fail to in- creafe their mixed indignation and alarm . An army ...
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... army , which he immediately divided into four columns , one of which led by himself , as well as the others , but all purfuing different routes , ad- vanced expeditiously upon the ene- my . If it were poffible to draw any scheme of ...
... army , which he immediately divided into four columns , one of which led by himself , as well as the others , but all purfuing different routes , ad- vanced expeditiously upon the ene- my . If it were poffible to draw any scheme of ...
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... army , which he immediately divided into four columns , one of which led by himself , as well as the others , but all purfuing different routes , ad- vanced expeditioufly upon the ene- my . If it were poffible to draw any scheme of ...
... army , which he immediately divided into four columns , one of which led by himself , as well as the others , but all purfuing different routes , ad- vanced expeditioufly upon the ene- my . If it were poffible to draw any scheme of ...
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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...