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... Court of Petersburg , ' was published . The author was a French emigrant , and had been cherish- ed by that court whose intrigues he had ungratefully exaggerated to the world . This man had the audacity to request permission of the ...
... Court of Petersburg , ' was published . The author was a French emigrant , and had been cherish- ed by that court whose intrigues he had ungratefully exaggerated to the world . This man had the audacity to request permission of the ...
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... court- phant out of the great conflict . How martial has , in this instance , deter- long will the present conflict last be- mined on the fact , and no one doubts tween France and Great Britain . The the propriety of the sentence : but ...
... court- phant out of the great conflict . How martial has , in this instance , deter- long will the present conflict last be- mined on the fact , and no one doubts tween France and Great Britain . The the propriety of the sentence : but ...
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... , that he intimated his design to some of the directors of the Vierra Leone Company , and together they planned an embassy to the court of Oulo , to civilize the interior of Africa . 26 Answers to the Historical and Philosophical Questions.
... , that he intimated his design to some of the directors of the Vierra Leone Company , and together they planned an embassy to the court of Oulo , to civilize the interior of Africa . 26 Answers to the Historical and Philosophical Questions.
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... court a considerable varia- tion from the general character of his hand - writing . Here the case is left by the attorney general , and in defence of the judge , five witnesses appear , all well acquainted with his hand - writing . Of ...
... court a considerable varia- tion from the general character of his hand - writing . Here the case is left by the attorney general , and in defence of the judge , five witnesses appear , all well acquainted with his hand - writing . Of ...
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... court of Spain the out any other concomitant circum- instrument of his vengeance on one stances , a sufficient proof of guilt ; of its best servants . Thus it is possible and we do not hesitate to say , that for one man to imitate ...
... court of Spain the out any other concomitant circum- instrument of his vengeance on one stances , a sufficient proof of guilt ; of its best servants . Thus it is possible and we do not hesitate to say , that for one man to imitate ...
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Page 514 - THERE is a calm for those who weep, A rest for weary pilgrims found : They softly lie, and sweetly sleep, Low in the ground. The...
Page 503 - May the Great God, whom I worship, grant to my Country, and for the benefit of Europe in general, a great and glorious Victory; and may no misconduct in any one tarnish it; and may humanity after Victory be the predominant feature in the British Fleet. For myself, individually, I commit my life to Him, who made me, and may his blessing light upon my endeavours for serving my Country faithfully. To him I resign myself and the just cause which is entrusted to me to defend. Amen. Amen. Amen.
Page 196 - Collingwood, disdaining the parade of taking possession of a vanquished enemy, most gallantly pushed up, with every sail set, to save his old friend and messmate, who was to appearance in a critical state ; the Blenheim being ahead, the Culloden crippled and astern.
Page 303 - That during the war he has assisted at the capture of seven sail of the line, six frigates, four corvettes, and eleven privateers, of different sizes ; and taken and destroyed near fifty sail of merchantmen; and your Memorialist has actually been engaged against the enemy upwards of one hundred and twenty times.
Page 123 - Unindebted to the suggestions of surrounding objects, his whole soul is employed. He enters into nice calculations; he digests sagacious reasonings. In imagination he declaims or describes, impressed with the deepest sympathy, or elevated to the loftiest rapture. He makes a thousand new and admirable combinations. He passes through a thousand imaginary scenes, tries his courage, tasks his ingenuity, and thus becomes gradually prepared to meet almost any of the many-coloured events of human life.
Page 503 - CODICIL TO LORD NELSON'S WILL " October the twenty-first, one thousand eight hundred and five, then in sight of the combined fleets of France and Spain, distant about ten miles.
Page 64 - ... interest. These payments, with those which had been made in three years and a half preceding, have extinguished of the funded debt nearly eighteen millions of principal. Congress, by their act of...
Page 64 - ... meeting the claims of our citizens assumed by the convention with France. We have not, however, made use of this authority, because the sum of four millions and...
Page 303 - ... served on shore with the army four months, and commanded the batteries at the sieges of Bastia and Calvi...
Page 343 - ... a few minutes after to engage as close as possible, when, at a short period after ten, the Superb closed upon the bow of the Alexander, the leading ship, and commenced the action ; but after three broadsides she sheered off : the signal was now made for closer action, and we were enabled to attack the Admiral...