Annual Register, Volumen 30Edmund Burke 1790 |
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... the first military Powers in the world , who have long been uniformly endeavouring to carry the art of war , in all its parts , to the highest poffible point of per- fection . T mand tion , Its prefe ties abun ing . In.
... the first military Powers in the world , who have long been uniformly endeavouring to carry the art of war , in all its parts , to the highest poffible point of per- fection . T mand tion , Its prefe ties abun ing . In.
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... Powers in the world , who have long been uniformly endeavouring to carry the art of war , in all its parts , to the higheft poffible point of per- fection . In treating this fubject , befides giving the clearest narrative In.
... Powers in the world , who have long been uniformly endeavouring to carry the art of war , in all its parts , to the higheft poffible point of per- fection . In treating this fubject , befides giving the clearest narrative In.
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... carrying on a fecret correfpondence , through the medium of the Ruffian conful , with both the Imperial courts of Vienna and Petersburgh . Al though this conduct had hitherto been paffed over without apparent notice , it was now thought ...
... carrying on a fecret correfpondence , through the medium of the Ruffian conful , with both the Imperial courts of Vienna and Petersburgh . Al though this conduct had hitherto been paffed over without apparent notice , it was now thought ...
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... carry it into effect , had been determined on at Cherfon . That , although it was certain fhe was not in condition for entering into fo arduous a con- teft at present , it was no lefs appa- rent , that her reftlefs and ambitious enemies ...
... carry it into effect , had been determined on at Cherfon . That , although it was certain fhe was not in condition for entering into fo arduous a con- teft at present , it was no lefs appa- rent , that her reftlefs and ambitious enemies ...
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... carried : and we may judge of the defence , when , out of fo fmall a number , 400 were left dead upon the spot . The ... carrying off the chief ho- nours of the day . It feemed rather fingular in this encounter , that the Tartars fhould ...
... carried : and we may judge of the defence , when , out of fo fmall a number , 400 were left dead upon the spot . The ... carrying off the chief ho- nours of the day . It feemed rather fingular in this encounter , that the Tartars fhould ...
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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.
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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.
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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...