Annual Register, Volumen 30Edmund Burke 1790 |
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... young noblemen or officers , being defirous of fignali- zing their valour , were allured by the magnitude of the conteft and danger to offer their fervices as vo- lunteers ; but , to their astonishment , they were peremptorily and ...
... young noblemen or officers , being defirous of fignali- zing their valour , were allured by the magnitude of the conteft and danger to offer their fervices as vo- lunteers ; but , to their astonishment , they were peremptorily and ...
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... young Eng- lifh officers , whofe minds were too active to live out of action if it could any where be found . Few , if any , of thefe , had risen to any higher rank in their own service than that of lieutenant , fo that the command of ...
... young Eng- lifh officers , whofe minds were too active to live out of action if it could any where be found . Few , if any , of thefe , had risen to any higher rank in their own service than that of lieutenant , fo that the command of ...
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... young prince like . Guftavus , feeling himself yet weak , and not fully affured in his new ac- ceffion of power , would have gladly applied to his great , wife , and pow- erful neighbour , for her approba- tion and confirmation of it ...
... young prince like . Guftavus , feeling himself yet weak , and not fully affured in his new ac- ceffion of power , would have gladly applied to his great , wife , and pow- erful neighbour , for her approba- tion and confirmation of it ...
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... young gentlemen who compofed that council , and abufing their con- fidence in hours of diffipation , he ob- tained the fuperintendance of a great number of districts , all of which , as he had done before , he grievously oppreffed and ...
... young gentlemen who compofed that council , and abufing their con- fidence in hours of diffipation , he ob- tained the fuperintendance of a great number of districts , all of which , as he had done before , he grievously oppreffed and ...
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... young rajah of Dinagepore , from which country Mr. Haftings had received the prefent of 40.000l . fhould be confirmed to the fon of Gunga Govind Sing , through whom that prefent had been conveyed . The circumftances of this cafe were ...
... young rajah of Dinagepore , from which country Mr. Haftings had received the prefent of 40.000l . fhould be confirmed to the fon of Gunga Govind Sing , through whom that prefent had been conveyed . The circumftances of this cafe were ...
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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...