The New Annual Register, Or General Repository of History, Politics, and Literature, for the Year ...G. Robinson, Pater-noster-Row, 1811 - English poetry |
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... command that expedition ? Was it an officer of great experience and of high mili- tary reputation ; who had often fought the battles of his country , and been crowned with laurels and renown ; one who was celebrated for his energy and ...
... command that expedition ? Was it an officer of great experience and of high mili- tary reputation ; who had often fought the battles of his country , and been crowned with laurels and renown ; one who was celebrated for his energy and ...
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... command he had made the application . The situation of the country was obviously such as re- quired as strong an administration as could be formed ; and he did think there were circumstances at the time the application was made , which ...
... command he had made the application . The situation of the country was obviously such as re- quired as strong an administration as could be formed ; and he did think there were circumstances at the time the application was made , which ...
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... command , to remove Mr. Fuller by force from the house . It was with difficulty that the serjeant and four messen- gers , after a severe struggle , were able to take him into custody . March 1. Mr. Perceval rose and stated , that he had ...
... command , to remove Mr. Fuller by force from the house . It was with difficulty that the serjeant and four messen- gers , after a severe struggle , were able to take him into custody . March 1. Mr. Perceval rose and stated , that he had ...
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... command , of which he withheld all knowledge from his majesty's ministers , and from the admiral commanding the naval part of the expedition , whose conduct he had implicated in no fewer than twelve parts of his narrative ; and that on ...
... command , of which he withheld all knowledge from his majesty's ministers , and from the admiral commanding the naval part of the expedition , whose conduct he had implicated in no fewer than twelve parts of his narrative ; and that on ...
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... command . If any thing in the feeling of the public was still alive , it ought to be called on to investigate this act ; and it now rested with the house to say , whether the occasion was such as to call for their interference in the ...
... command . If any thing in the feeling of the public was still alive , it ought to be called on to investigate this act ; and it now rested with the house to say , whether the occasion was such as to call for their interference in the ...
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Page 39 - That the influence of the Crown had increased, was increasing, and ought to be diminished:
Page 154 - That the freedom of speech and debates or proceedings in parliament ought not to be impeached or questioned in any court or place out of parliament.
Page 56 - Of watery Neptune, is now bound in with shame, With inky blots, and rotten parchment bonds: That England, that was wont to conquer others, Hath made a shameful conquest of itself.
Page 64 - England," it is declared and enacted, that no freeman may be taken or imprisoned or be disseised of his freehold or liberties, or his free customs, or be outlawed or exiled, or in any manner destroyed, but by the lawful judgment of his peers, or by the law of the land.
Page 111 - I am well aware that I have but a short time to live ; my mode of life has rendered it impossible that I should get rid of this fever. If I...
Page 64 - By assuming and exercising a power of dispensing with and suspending of laws and the execution of laws without consent of Parliament; 2.
Page 77 - I, to find this subject (surely neither unentertaining nor unuseful) had fallen into hands so likely to do it justice. Few have felt a higher esteem for your talents, your taste, and industry. In truth, the only cause of my delay has been a sort of diffidence, that would not let me send you...
Page 139 - Large rooms, well lighted by Argand's lamps, contain every evening some hundreds of young people, of whom some draw from relievo or living models, while others copy drawings of furniture, chandeliers, or other ornaments in bronze. In this assemblage ( and this is very remarkable in the midst of a country where the prejudices of the nobility against the...