Annual Register, Volumen 30Edmund Burke 1790 |
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... duke of Oftrogothia , and to depart fuddenly himself from Finland , in order to oppofe the irruption of the Danes on the fide of Norway . vious to it , two Turkish veffels were blown up. ΤΗ HOUGH the warlike prepa- rations of Ruffia were ...
... duke of Oftrogothia , and to depart fuddenly himself from Finland , in order to oppofe the irruption of the Danes on the fide of Norway . vious to it , two Turkish veffels were blown up. ΤΗ HOUGH the warlike prepa- rations of Ruffia were ...
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... duke of Suder- mania , the king's brother , confifted of fifteen fhips of the line , but in- cluding no high rates , and confe- quently no fuperior weight of me- tal ; the highest rates were one of feventy , and three of fixty - eight ...
... duke of Suder- mania , the king's brother , confifted of fifteen fhips of the line , but in- cluding no high rates , and confe- quently no fuperior weight of me- tal ; the highest rates were one of feventy , and three of fixty - eight ...
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... duke of Suder- mania , when furrounded and over- laid by a great fuperiority of hoftile force , not a little contributed . Every body regretted that neither this nobleman , nor his two brave affoci- ates , the first and fecond captains ...
... duke of Suder- mania , when furrounded and over- laid by a great fuperiority of hoftile force , not a little contributed . Every body regretted that neither this nobleman , nor his two brave affoci- ates , the first and fecond captains ...
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... duke to the crown of Sweden , as fucceffor to the late unfortunate emperor Peter the Third , who had , unhappily for himself , relinquifhed that quiet and fecure inheritance , for VOL . XXX . 3 the delufive profpect of fucceeding to the ...
... duke to the crown of Sweden , as fucceffor to the late unfortunate emperor Peter the Third , who had , unhappily for himself , relinquifhed that quiet and fecure inheritance , for VOL . XXX . 3 the delufive profpect of fucceeding to the ...
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... duke to the crown of Sweden , as fucceffor to the late unfortunate emperor Peter the Third , who had , unhappily for himself , relinquished that quiet and fecure inheritance , for VOL . XXX . 3 the delufive profpect of fucceeding to the ...
... duke to the crown of Sweden , as fucceffor to the late unfortunate emperor Peter the Third , who had , unhappily for himself , relinquished that quiet and fecure inheritance , for VOL . XXX . 3 the delufive profpect of fucceeding to the ...
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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...