Annual Register, Volume 25Edmund Burke Longmans, Green, 1800 - History |
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Page 123
... Majefty and the Prince of Wales , on board the royal yacht . It was faid upon that occafion , ( the first lord of the admiralty and a number of naval officers being prefent ) that the admiral took an opportunity of hinting both his ...
... Majefty and the Prince of Wales , on board the royal yacht . It was faid upon that occafion , ( the first lord of the admiralty and a number of naval officers being prefent ) that the admiral took an opportunity of hinting both his ...
Page 130
... Majefty's fervants in another place , the intentions of government could no longer remain , a matter of doubt ; and therefore , if the ad- drefs was not meant to convey to the king an engagement on their part to fupport him in those de ...
... Majefty's fervants in another place , the intentions of government could no longer remain , a matter of doubt ; and therefore , if the ad- drefs was not meant to convey to the king an engagement on their part to fupport him in those de ...
Page 136
... Majefty's new " fubjects on the island of St. " Euftatius ; and farther , to in- " quire into the fale , diftribution , 66 wares , and merchandize , to the " islands belonging to France , and " to other parts of the dominions " of his ...
... Majefty's new " fubjects on the island of St. " Euftatius ; and farther , to in- " quire into the fale , diftribution , 66 wares , and merchandize , to the " islands belonging to France , and " to other parts of the dominions " of his ...
Page 139
... Majefty's gracious intentions of relinquishing his right in fa vour of the fleet and army , to whom the island had surrendered . With respect to the outrages that were alleged to have been com mitted , or any wanton and lawless exercife ...
... Majefty's gracious intentions of relinquishing his right in fa vour of the fleet and army , to whom the island had surrendered . With respect to the outrages that were alleged to have been com mitted , or any wanton and lawless exercife ...
Page 140
... Majefty's yard at Antigua . So fcrupulously exact had he been in this refpect , that he had not only examined himfelf the clearance of every fhip that went out of the port , but caufed them to anchor under his ftern , where they were ...
... Majefty's yard at Antigua . So fcrupulously exact had he been in this refpect , that he had not only examined himfelf the clearance of every fhip that went out of the port , but caufed them to anchor under his ftern , where they were ...
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addrefs Admiral againſt alfo army befides cafe Capt Captain caufe circumftances clofe coaft command confequence confiderable confifted convoy courfe court defign defire ditto Duke Eaft Earl enemy enemy's exprefs fafe faid fail fame feamen fecond fecurity feemed feen 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 guns himſelf honour Houfe Houſe Hyder ifland India inftant intereft laft land lefs likewife lofs Lord Lord North Majefty Majefty's Marattas Marquis de Bouille meaſures ment Mifs minifters Minorca moft moſt neceffary neral Nizam obferved occafion officers paffed parliament perfon poffeffion Poonah prefent prefidency prifoners propofed provifions purpoſe reafon refolution refpect Sir Samuel Hood ſtate thefe theſe thofe thoſe tion troops veffels Weft whofe wounded
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Page 323 - 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 210 - Dryden it must be said, that if he has brighter paragraphs, he has not better poems.
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 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 - What he attempted, he performed; he is never feeble, and he did not wish to be energetic ; he is never rapid, and he never stagnates. His sentences have neither studied amplitude, nor affected brevity; his periods, though not diligently rounded, are voluble and easy.
Page 322 - Cataraquy; thence along the middle of said river into Lake 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...
Page 210 - ... nothing will supply the want of prudence; and that negligence and irregularity, long continued, will make knowledge useless, wit ridiculous, and genius contemptible.
Page 210 - If the flights of Dryden therefore are higher, Pope continues longer on the wing. If of Dryden's fire the blaze is brighter, of Pope's the heat is more regular and constant. Dryden often surpasses expectation, and Pope never falls below it. Dryden is read with frequent astonishment, and Pope with perpetual delight.
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...