The Anti-Gallican, Or, Standard of British Loyalty, Religion, and Liberty, Volume 1Vernor and Hood, and J. Asperne, 1803 - Great Britain |
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... hand to rally round the throne of your King , and the Constitution of your country , and , with the blessing of God , which you may most confidently expect on so excellent a cause , the proud , the insulting foe , should he come , will ...
... hand to rally round the throne of your King , and the Constitution of your country , and , with the blessing of God , which you may most confidently expect on so excellent a cause , the proud , the insulting foe , should he come , will ...
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... hand for the Address , that has been so ably moved and seconded , he is holding it up to a common address at the beginning of a common war ; that he will have nothing further to do but to meet a roomful of his neighbours to dinner ; to ...
... hand for the Address , that has been so ably moved and seconded , he is holding it up to a common address at the beginning of a common war ; that he will have nothing further to do but to meet a roomful of his neighbours to dinner ; to ...
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... hand and heart they would join to defeat the ambitious projects of an inveterate enemy , against the very existence of our Country . After expressing his belief in the loyalty and courage of Britons , he said , " Our Liberties , our ...
... hand and heart they would join to defeat the ambitious projects of an inveterate enemy , against the very existence of our Country . After expressing his belief in the loyalty and courage of Britons , he said , " Our Liberties , our ...
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... hand I state that your dangers are thus great and nu- merous , yet on the other , I trust I am not deceived in declaring , that , under the It is no petty Divine Divine blessing which has so long fa voured us , THE ANTI - GALLICAN . 25.
... hand I state that your dangers are thus great and nu- merous , yet on the other , I trust I am not deceived in declaring , that , under the It is no petty Divine Divine blessing which has so long fa voured us , THE ANTI - GALLICAN . 25.
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... hand , With vigour to meet him , if here he should land , And prove we are Britons - united and brave , Then laugh at the man , who our Isle would enslave . A. Z. THE BRITONS ' DETERMINATION . Our feuds , our party passions are for ever ...
... hand , With vigour to meet him , if here he should land , And prove we are Britons - united and brave , Then laugh at the man , who our Isle would enslave . A. Z. THE BRITONS ' DETERMINATION . Our feuds , our party passions are for ever ...
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Page 47 - Have in these parts from morn till even fought, And sheath'd their swords for lack of argument. Dishonour not your mothers; now attest That those whom you call'd fathers did beget you. Be copy now to men of grosser blood, And teach them how to war. And you, good yeomen, Whose limbs were made in England...
Page 175 - Nor e'en thy virtues, tyrant, shall avail • To save thy secret soul from nightly fears, From Cambria's curse, from Cambria's tears...
Page 47 - And you, good yeomen, Whose limbs were made in England, show us here The mettle of your pasture ; let us swear That you are worth your breeding : which I doubt not; For there is none of you so mean and base, That hath not noble lustre in your eyes. I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips,* Straining upon the start. The game's afoot ; Follow your spirit : and, upon this charge, Cry — God for Harry ! England ! and Saint George ! [Exeunt . Alarum, and Chambers go off.
Page 103 - We know that -we have made no discoveries, and we think that no discoveries are to be made, in morality ; nor many in the great principles of government, nor in the ideas of liberty, which were understood long before we were born, altogether as well as they will be after the grave has heaped its mould upon our presumption, and the silent tomb shall have imposed its law on our pert loquacity.
Page 181 - I demand of your lordship, the justice of believing me to be with the greatest respect, My Lord, Your lordship's most obedient, and most obliged humble servant, JON.
Page 176 - Dear lost companions of my tuneful art, Dear as the light that visits these sad eyes, Dear as the ruddy drops that warm my heart, Ye died amidst your dying country's cries — No more I weep ; They do not sleep ; On yonder cliffs, a grisly band, I see them sit ; They linger yet, Avengers of their native land : With me in dreadful harmony they join, And weave with bloody hands the tissue of thy line.
Page 103 - Prejudice is of ready application in the emergency ; it previously engages the mind in a steady course of wisdom and virtue, and does not leave the man hesitating in the moment of decision, sceptical, puzzled, and unresolved. Prejudice renders a man's virtue his habit : and not a series of unconnected acts. Through just prejudice, his duty becomes a part of his nature.
Page 103 - Because when such ideas are brought before our minds, it is natural to be so affected; because all other feelings are false and spurious and tend to corrupt our minds, to vitiate our primary morals, to render us unfit for rational liberty, and, by teaching us a servile, licentious, and abandoned insolence, to be our low sport for a few holidays, to make us perfectly fit for and justly deserving of slavery through the whole course of our lives.
Page 233 - Shall hang as high's the steeple ; But while we sing, ' God save the King,' We'll ne'er forget the People.
Page 47 - Be copy now to men of grosser blood, And teach them how to war! — And you, good yeomen, Whose limbs were made in England, show us here The mettle of your pasture; let us swear That you are worth your breeding : which I doubt not; For there is none of you so mean and base, That hath not noble lustre in your eyes. I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips, Straining upon the start. The game's afoot; Follow your spirit: and, upon this charge, Cry — God for Harry! England! and saint George ! [Exeunt.