Annual Register of World Events, Volume 261800 - History |
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... last charge , being that laid against his adminiftration of jus- tice , upon the ground of robbe- ries and murders being publicly committed with impunity in his country , was , in all its parts , no lefs denied . The Rajah , in that de ...
... last charge , being that laid against his adminiftration of jus- tice , upon the ground of robbe- ries and murders being publicly committed with impunity in his country , was , in all its parts , no lefs denied . The Rajah , in that de ...
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... last action . The flaughter of his men was equal to the ha- voc of his fhip . No lefs than 45 were killed , and 102 wound- ed , in the Monmouth only ; which was probably a full third of her crew . The extraordinary fortitude with which ...
... last action . The flaughter of his men was equal to the ha- voc of his fhip . No lefs than 45 were killed , and 102 wound- ed , in the Monmouth only ; which was probably a full third of her crew . The extraordinary fortitude with which ...
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... last years of it afford abundant matter to place both in the moft ex- alted point of view . Whoever re- flects upon the deplorable and fallen ftate of the British affairs on the coast of Coromandel , when Sir Eyre Coote arrived at ...
... last years of it afford abundant matter to place both in the moft ex- alted point of view . Whoever re- flects upon the deplorable and fallen ftate of the British affairs on the coast of Coromandel , when Sir Eyre Coote arrived at ...
Page 109
... last refort . As foon then as the ad- vancing troops were able to clofe upon the enemy with their muf- quetry , the firing of the artillery ceafed , and the guns were laid The referve , with under cover . Stuart's corps and the ...
... last refort . As foon then as the ad- vancing troops were able to clofe upon the enemy with their muf- quetry , the firing of the artillery ceafed , and the guns were laid The referve , with under cover . Stuart's corps and the ...
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... last , by all the officers without exception , who animated the crew in fuch a degree , as rendered them in a great measure infenfible to their weakness . The frigates , con- fiding in the number of their men , and in the bravery of ...
... last , by all the officers without exception , who animated the crew in fuch a degree , as rendered them in a great measure infenfible to their weakness . The frigates , con- fiding in the number of their men , and in the bravery of ...
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Page 136 - The glory of his nostrils is terrible. He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: He goeth on to meet the armed men. He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted ; Neither turneth he back from the sword.
Page 194 - So am I!" But yet his horse was not a whit Inclined to tarry there; For why? — his owner had a house Full ten miles off, at Ware. So like an arrow swift he flew, Shot by an archer strong; So did he fly — which brings me to The middle of my song.
Page 184 - Thus groan the old, till by disease oppress'd, They taste a final woe, and then they rest. Theirs is yon House, that holds the parish poor, Whose walls of mud scarce bear the broken door; There, where the putrid vapours, flagging, play, And the dull wheel hums doleful through the day ;— There children dwell who know no parents' care; Parents, who know no children's love, dwell there!
Page 192 - Where they did all get in, Six precious souls, and all agog To dash through thick and thin. Smack went the whip, round went the wheels, Were never folk so glad ; The stones did rattle underneath As if Cheapside were mad.
Page 340 - ... to the middle of the river Apalachicola or Catahouche; thence along the middle thereof to its junction with the Flint river; -thence straight to the head of St. Mary's river; and thence down along the middle of St. Mary's river to the Atlantic ocean.
Page 340 - 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 271 - ... binding upon /the United States as the most solemn acts of confederation or legislation. As to the idea, which I am informed has in some instances prevailed, that...
Page 340 - 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, through the middle of said lake until it arrives at the water communication between that lake and Lake Huron...
Page 341 - United States: And that persons of any other description shall have free liberty to go to any part or parts of any of the thirteen United States, and therein to remain twelve months, unmolested in their endeavours to obtain the restitution of such of their estates, rights and properties as may have been confiscated...
Page 340 - 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...