Annual Register, Volumen 30Edmund Burke 1790 |
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... hands , in order to repel the defigns of their implacable enemy , whofe views were not directed to conqueft , but to extermination , and who , if they were permitted to fucceed , would ftop at nothing fhort of the utter annihilation of ...
... hands , in order to repel the defigns of their implacable enemy , whofe views were not directed to conqueft , but to extermination , and who , if they were permitted to fucceed , would ftop at nothing fhort of the utter annihilation of ...
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... hands of a government , which he had injured in the moft fupreme degree , and which , he well knew , had ever been inexorably fevere in its punishment of state offenders . This unfortunate prince , who , as we have heretofore feen , had ...
... hands of a government , which he had injured in the moft fupreme degree , and which , he well knew , had ever been inexorably fevere in its punishment of state offenders . This unfortunate prince , who , as we have heretofore feen , had ...
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... hands of her rival . As there was not leifure then for the intended establishment of the country , which must have included the final fubverfion of the Mama- lucs , it became neceffary to fecure , if poffible , their fidelity during the ...
... hands of her rival . As there was not leifure then for the intended establishment of the country , which must have included the final fubverfion of the Mama- lucs , it became neceffary to fecure , if poffible , their fidelity during the ...
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... hands of prince Potemkin , and thofe commanders who acted under him in the conqueft . This ftate of things drew foreign fpecu- lators , particularly English , pof- feffed of money , and the fpirit of adventure , to encounter all the ...
... hands of prince Potemkin , and thofe commanders who acted under him in the conqueft . This ftate of things drew foreign fpecu- lators , particularly English , pof- feffed of money , and the fpirit of adventure , to encounter all the ...
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... no jealous po- tentate would have ventured in any hands but his own . Thefe were committed to him in full divan , and authenticated by a written decree paffed paffed in all the forms of state , after which 20 ] ANNUAL REGISTER , 1788 .
... no jealous po- tentate would have ventured in any hands but his own . Thefe were committed to him in full divan , and authenticated by a written decree paffed paffed in all the forms of state , after which 20 ] ANNUAL REGISTER , 1788 .
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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.
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.
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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...