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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... received the strongest as- surances from the American minis- ter resident at this court , that the United States are desirous of main taining a friendly intercourse be- tween the two countries . This de- sire will be met by a ...
... received the strongest as- surances from the American minis- ter resident at this court , that the United States are desirous of main taining a friendly intercourse be- tween the two countries . This de- sire will be met by a ...
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... received from his sovereign . Contrasting this language with the indelible dis- grace of the country from the fail- ure of all its projects , what must be the impression produced , and how anxious must he be to support an amendment ...
... received from his sovereign . Contrasting this language with the indelible dis- grace of the country from the fail- ure of all its projects , what must be the impression produced , and how anxious must he be to support an amendment ...
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... received . It was more particularly necessary now , when the tax - gatherers were at every man's door , threatening . to proceed to extremities unless they were paid ; and when the or- ders for such rigour were given by persons holding ...
... received . It was more particularly necessary now , when the tax - gatherers were at every man's door , threatening . to proceed to extremities unless they were paid ; and when the or- ders for such rigour were given by persons holding ...
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... received sentence suffered the punishment annexed to it . There was not a more sanguinary code . than that of England in ancient times . Fortescue stated , that in the time of Henry VI . more persons were executed for robbery in England ...
... received sentence suffered the punishment annexed to it . There was not a more sanguinary code . than that of England in ancient times . Fortescue stated , that in the time of Henry VI . more persons were executed for robbery in England ...
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... received the letter ? The speaker replied , that he thought he had stated that he had received it on Friday evening , and at a late hour . He had no objec- tion to state the precise hour , for the house would , he hoped , do him the ...
... received the letter ? The speaker replied , that he thought he had stated that he had received it on Friday evening , and at a late hour . He had no objec- tion to state the precise hour , for the house would , he hoped , do him the ...
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Popular passages
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...