The Annual Register of World Events: A Review of the Year, Volume 10Edmund Burke Longmans, Green, 1800 - History |
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... refpect to the proteftant fucceffion ; the dan- ger of rebellions within , or invafi- ons from without , from that cause , are fo entirely vanished , that they only ferve to endear to us our pre- fent fecurity . Thefe circumftances feem ...
... refpect to the proteftant fucceffion ; the dan- ger of rebellions within , or invafi- ons from without , from that cause , are fo entirely vanished , that they only ferve to endear to us our pre- fent fecurity . Thefe circumftances feem ...
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... refpect to other matters , the general ftate of affairs in Eu- rope has fuffered no material change fince the conclufion of our last vo- lame . The fame clofe union and alliance still fubfifts between the different branches of the houfe ...
... refpect to other matters , the general ftate of affairs in Eu- rope has fuffered no material change fince the conclufion of our last vo- lame . The fame clofe union and alliance still fubfifts between the different branches of the houfe ...
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... refpect to England , France feems at prefent to be in a state of perfect good neighbourhood ; nor is there any apparent caufe of quar- rel likely to difturb this harmony . It may not perhaps be quite vifi- onary to imagine that the ...
... refpect to England , France feems at prefent to be in a state of perfect good neighbourhood ; nor is there any apparent caufe of quar- rel likely to difturb this harmony . It may not perhaps be quite vifi- onary to imagine that the ...
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... refpect to ecclefiaf- tical affairs , and which almost to- tally fecludes the Roman fee from all jurifdiction in that duchy , [ 4 ] 3 together effect of navigation and commerce , by which the wants For the YEAR 1767 . [ 5.
... refpect to ecclefiaf- tical affairs , and which almost to- tally fecludes the Roman fee from all jurifdiction in that duchy , [ 4 ] 3 together effect of navigation and commerce , by which the wants For the YEAR 1767 . [ 5.
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... refpect due to crowned heads , or injuri- ous to the reputation of private perfons , are ftrictly forbid . The printer is ordered to infert the author's name in the title - page of each book ; in which cafe , the author alone is liable ...
... refpect due to crowned heads , or injuri- ous to the reputation of private perfons , are ftrictly forbid . The printer is ordered to infert the author's name in the title - page of each book ; in which cafe , the author alone is liable ...
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Page 223 - How sleep the brave, who sink to rest, By all their country's wishes blest ! When Spring, with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck their hallowed mould, She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's feet have ever trod. By fairy hands their knell is rung ; By forms unseen their dirge is sung : There Honour comes, a pilgrim gray, To bless the turf that wraps their clay ; And Freedom shall awhile repair, To dwell a weeping hermit there ! TO MERCY.
Page 268 - Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.
Page 138 - And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan : and the land was polluted with blood.
Page 241 - In groundless hope and causeless fear, Unhappy man ! behold thy doom ; Still changing with the changeful year, The slave of sunshine and of gloom.
Page 270 - Property, both in lands and movables, being thus originally acquired by the first taker, which taking amounts to a declaration that he intends to appropriate the thing to his own use...
Page 269 - And the art of agriculture, by a regular connection and consequence, introduced and established the idea of a more permanent property in the soil than had hitherto been received and adopted. It was clear that the earth would not produce her fruits in sufficient quantities without the assistance of tillage; but who would be at the pains of tilling it if another might watch an opportunity to seize upon and enjoy the product of his industry, art and labour?
Page 266 - The earth, therefore, and all things therein, are the general property of all mankind, exclusive of other beings, from the immediate gift of the Creator.
Page 287 - If there was a time in which he had his acquaintance with his own species to make, and his faculties to acquire, it is a time of which we have no record, and in relation to which our opinions can serve no purpose, and are supported by no evidence.
Page 265 - Pleased as we are with the possession, we seem afraid to look back to the means by which it was acquired, as if fearful of some defect in our title ; or at best we rest satisfied with the decision of the laws in our favour, without examining the reason or authority upon which those laws have been built.
Page 269 - ... of religious duties. Thus connected together, it was found that a part only of...