The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for the Year ..., Volume 29J. Dodsley, 1789 - History |
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... called Jutphaas . It cannot but appear aftonishing , how any council , how- ever ignorant of war , or any com- mander of a regiment , however little verfed in actual service , could deem it poflible for fuch a handful of men to maintain ...
... called Jutphaas . It cannot but appear aftonishing , how any council , how- ever ignorant of war , or any com- mander of a regiment , however little verfed in actual service , could deem it poflible for fuch a handful of men to maintain ...
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... called out to supply the place of the troops , and to take up arms in the defence of their country . The states allowed them pay and maintenance ; and , as a laft refort , in a case of such imminent danger , they appointed a commiffion ...
... called out to supply the place of the troops , and to take up arms in the defence of their country . The states allowed them pay and maintenance ; and , as a laft refort , in a case of such imminent danger , they appointed a commiffion ...
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The approaches to the city being now fecured , the Prussian troops are called off from the other attacks . Admirable temper , and great moderation , difplayed by the duke of Brunswick , under various circumstances which occurred ...
The approaches to the city being now fecured , the Prussian troops are called off from the other attacks . Admirable temper , and great moderation , difplayed by the duke of Brunswick , under various circumstances which occurred ...
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... called , " this extra- " ordinary , unexpected , and dif- " agreeable atlair . " In the de- bates upon this fubject , they feemed to throw the whole blame of every thing that happened upon the prin- cefs , by her adopting the rafh mea ...
... called , " this extra- " ordinary , unexpected , and dif- " agreeable atlair . " In the de- bates upon this fubject , they feemed to throw the whole blame of every thing that happened upon the prin- cefs , by her adopting the rafh mea ...
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... called Duerstede , in the province of Utrecht ; a place emi- nently noted , in the course of these troubles , for its early rejection of the authority of the provincial ftates , the adoption of violent republican principles , and for ...
... called Duerstede , in the province of Utrecht ; a place emi- nently noted , in the course of these troubles , for its early rejection of the authority of the provincial ftates , the adoption of violent republican principles , and for ...
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Page 145 - There runs not a drop of my blood in the veins of any living creature. This called on me for revenge. I have sought it : I have killed many : I have fully glutted my vengeance. For my country I rejoice at the beams of peace. But do not harbor a thought that mine is the joy of fear.
Page 145 - I appeal to any white man to say, if ever he entered Logan's cabin hungry, and he gave him not meat; if ever he came cold and naked, and he clothed him not. During the course of the last long and bloody war, Logan remained idle in his cabin, an advocate for peace. Such was my love for the whites, that my countrymen pointed as they passed, and said, 'Logan is the friend of white men.
Page 145 - Logan, not even sparing my women and children. There runs not a drop of my blood in the veins of any living creature. This called on me for revenge. I have...
Page 288 - Individuals entering into society must give up a share of liberty to preserve the rest. The magnitude of the sacrifice must depend as well on situation and circumstance as on the object to be obtained. It is at all times difficult to draw with precision the line between those rights which must be surrendered and those which may be reserved...
Page 165 - To scaud poor wretches! Hear me, auld Hangie, for a wee, An...
Page 172 - Require the borrow'd gloss of art? Speak not of fate: ah! change the theme, And talk of odours, talk of wine, Talk of the flowers that round us bloom: Tis all a cloud, 'tis all a dream; To love and joy thy thoughts confine, Nor hope to pierce the sacred gloom.
Page 290 - Each House may determine the Rules of its Proceedings, punish its Members for disorderly Behaviour, and, with the Concurrence of two thirds, expel a Member.
Page 287 - The friends of our country have long seen and desired that the power of making war, peace, and treaties, that of levying money and regulating commerce, and the correspondent executive and judicial authorities, should be fully and effectually vested in the General Government of the Union...
Page 116 - That this House will resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, to consider of so much of the Acts of the I3th and 25th of Charles II., as requires persons, before they are admitted into any office or place in corporations, or having accepted any office, civil or military, or any place of trust under the Crown, to receive the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper according to the rites of the Church of England.
Page 172 - That rosy cheek, that lily hand, • Would give thy poet more delight Than all Bocara's vaunted gold, Than all the gems of Samarcand. Boy, let yon liquid ruby flow...