The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for the Year ...J. Dodsley, 1800 - History |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 100
Page 10
... these profpects , Bombay entered haftily into a war with the Marattas , without waiting ' for the counsel or approbation of the fuperior prefidency at Cal- cutta . · The Marattas were already fo much incensed at the afylum af- forded to ...
... these profpects , Bombay entered haftily into a war with the Marattas , without waiting ' for the counsel or approbation of the fuperior prefidency at Cal- cutta . · The Marattas were already fo much incensed at the afylum af- forded to ...
Page 16
... these were the following : Its being directly contrary to the inftructions fent from Eng- land for fully confirming the treaty of Poonah , and for invio- lably adhering to its conditions ; as militating against the repeated in ...
... these were the following : Its being directly contrary to the inftructions fent from Eng- land for fully confirming the treaty of Poonah , and for invio- lably adhering to its conditions ; as militating against the repeated in ...
Page 18
... these measures were in agitation and purfuit at Calcutta , the Marattas having refused to comply with the conditions which were propofed from Bombay , that prefidency declared the treaty of Poonah violated , and to be no longer binding ...
... these measures were in agitation and purfuit at Calcutta , the Marattas having refused to comply with the conditions which were propofed from Bombay , that prefidency declared the treaty of Poonah violated , and to be no longer binding ...
Page 23
... these terms were fufficiently favourable ; but they were clogged with the difgraceful condition , that Mr. Farmer and another gentleman fhould remain as hoftages until the treaty was ratified at Bombay ; and the island of Salfette ...
... these terms were fufficiently favourable ; but they were clogged with the difgraceful condition , that Mr. Farmer and another gentleman fhould remain as hoftages until the treaty was ratified at Bombay ; and the island of Salfette ...
Page 33
... these too many inftances were unhappily afforded . Some we have feen ; others did not come within the line of our ar- rangement . Hiring out the Com- pany's troops for the extermina- tion of the Rohilla nation ; the mo- tives which ...
... these too many inftances were unhappily afforded . Some we have feen ; others did not come within the line of our ar- rangement . Hiring out the Com- pany's troops for the extermina- tion of the Rohilla nation ; the mo- tives which ...
Contents
53 | |
79 | |
96 | |
126 | |
177 | |
189 | |
264 | |
278 | |
22 | |
39 | |
52 | |
59 | |
65 | |
81 | |
89 | |
104 | |
284 | |
290 | |
296 | |
298 | |
304 | |
315 | |
5 | |
16 | |
110 | |
116 | |
123 | |
131 | |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
addrefs Admiral againſt alfo army befides Britiſh cafe Capt Captain caufe circumftances clofe coaft command confequence confiderable confidered confifted convoy courfe defign defire diftance Earl enemy enemy's exprefs fafe faid fail fame feamen fecond fecurity feemed fent ferved fervice feven feveral fhall fhips fhould fide fiege fignal fince fire firft firſt fituation fleet fmall fome foon force fquadron French frigates ftate ftill ftores fubject fuch fuffered fufficient fuperiority fupply fuppofed fupport garrifon greateſt guns himſelf honour Houfe Houſe Hyder ifland India inftant laft lefs likewife lofs loft Lord Madras Majefty Majefty's Marattas Marquis de Bouille meaſures ment minifters Minorca moft moſt muſt neceffary neral Nizam obferved occafion officers paffed parliament perfon poffeffion poffible Poonah prefent prefidency prifoners provifions purpoſe reafon refolution refpect Sir Eyre Coote Sir Samuel Hood ſtate thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe tion troops veffels Weft whofe wounded
Popular passages
Page 322 - Lawrence from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean to the northwesternmost head of Connecticut River; thence down along the middle of that river to the forty-fifth degree of north latitude...
Page 322 - And that all disputes which might arise in future on the subject of the boundaries of the said United States may be prevented, it is hereby agreed and declared, that the following are and shall be their boundaries...
Page 322 - Ontario; through the middle of said lake until it strikes the communication by water between that lake and Lake Erie; thence along the middle of said communication into Lake Erie, through the middle of said lake until it arrives at the water communication between that lake and Lake Huron...
Page 323 - IT is agreed that creditors on either side shall meet with no lawful impediment to the recovery of the full value in sterling money, of all bona fide debts heretofore contracted.
Page 324 - That there shall be no future confiscations made, nor any prosecutions commenced against any person or persons, for or by reason of the part which he or they may have taken in the present War ; and that no person shall on that account suffer any future loss or damage either in his person, liberty, or property...
Page 208 - Pope had only a little, because Dryden had more ; for every other writer since Milton must give place to Pope ; and even of Dryden it must be said, that, if he has brighter paragraphs, he has not better poems.
Page 323 - Ocean: east by a line to be drawn along the middle of the River St. Croix from its mouth in the Bay of Fundy to its source, and from its source directly north to the aforesaid highlands, which divide the rivers that fall into the Atlantic Ocean, from those which fall into the River St. Lawrence...
Page 207 - ... none to himself. He examined lines and words with minute and punctilious observation, and retouched every part with indefatigable diligence, till he had left nothing to be forgiven.
Page 322 - His Britannic Majesty acknowledges the said United States, viz., New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia, to be Free, Sovereign and Independent States...
Page 208 - What his mind could supply at call, or gather in one excursion, was all that he sought, and all that he gave. The dilatory caution of Pope enabled him to condense his sentiments, to multiply his images, and to accumulate all that study might produce, or chance might supply.