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... Ireland and the East Indies , amounting to 30,018 men . The militia and fencibles had been a little reduced , and amounted to about 55,291 men . The fencible cavalry would bear some reduction , as several of them had been sent to Ireland ...
... Ireland and the East Indies , amounting to 30,018 men . The militia and fencibles had been a little reduced , and amounted to about 55,291 men . The fencible cavalry would bear some reduction , as several of them had been sent to Ireland ...
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... Ireland was continued . There was no chance of making any effectual resistance whilst the people of the sister king- don were kept down and oppressed ; for the remaining part of the em- pire , he observed , could be but feebly supported ...
... Ireland was continued . There was no chance of making any effectual resistance whilst the people of the sister king- don were kept down and oppressed ; for the remaining part of the em- pire , he observed , could be but feebly supported ...
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... Ireland , he thought it his duty to resist the demand . The king had lost six millions of sub- jects in America by the folly of former ministers . Mr. Nicholls was now called to order by the speaker , as digressing into the American war ...
... Ireland , he thought it his duty to resist the demand . The king had lost six millions of sub- jects in America by the folly of former ministers . Mr. Nicholls was now called to order by the speaker , as digressing into the American war ...
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... Ireland , carnage , bloodshed , and devasta- tion , he would be rather disposed to strengthen the hands of govern- ment , by which alone this daring and outrageous spirit could be sup pressed , than contribute to give it countenance ...
... Ireland , carnage , bloodshed , and devasta- tion , he would be rather disposed to strengthen the hands of govern- ment , by which alone this daring and outrageous spirit could be sup pressed , than contribute to give it countenance ...
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... Ireland under a very serious charge , and who was brought to trial , no witnesses ap- peared , nor was the shadow of a proof adduced against him . The learned judge before whom he was F4 brought brought for trial , lamented that no ...
... Ireland under a very serious charge , and who was brought to trial , no witnesses ap- peared , nor was the shadow of a proof adduced against him . The learned judge before whom he was F4 brought brought for trial , lamented that no ...
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Page 239 - have arisen what river was truly intended under the name of the river St. Croix...
Page 195 - mid cloisters dim, And saw nought lovely but the sky and stars. But thou, my babe ! shalt wander like a breeze By lakes and sandy shores, beneath the crags Of ancient mountain, and beneath the clouds...
Page 94 - Tis night, and the landscape is lovely no more ; I mourn, but, ye woodlands, I mourn not for you; For morn is approaching, your charms to restore, Perfumed with fresh fragrance, and glittering with dew: Nor yet for the ravage of Winter I mourn ; Kind Nature the embryo blossom will save.
Page 196 - Therefore all seasons shall be sweet to thee, Whether the summer clothe the general earth With greenness, or the redbreast sit and sing Betwixt the tufts of snow on the bare branch Of mossy apple-tree, while the nigh thatch Smokes in the sun-thaw; whether the eave-drops fall, Heard only in the trances of the blast, Or if the secret ministry of frost Shall hang them up in silent icicles, Quietly shining to the quiet Moon.
Page 186 - Tis all the same with Harry Gill; The neighbours tell, and tell you truly, His teeth they chatter, chatter still. At night, at morning, and at noon, 'Tis all the same with Harry Gill; Beneath the sun, beneath the moon, His teeth they chatter, chatter still!
Page 187 - When her old bones were cold and chill, She left her fire, or left her bed, To seek the hedge of Harry Gill.
Page 181 - No freeman shall be taken, or imprisoned, or be disseised of his freehold, or liberties, or free customs, or be outlawed or exiled, or any otherwise destroyed ; nor will we pass upon him, nor condemn him, but by lawful judgment of his peers, or by the law of the land.
Page 195 - For still I hoped to see the stranger's face, Townsman, or aunt, or sister more beloved, My playmate when we both were clothed alike!
Page 194 - Inaudible as dreams! the thin blue flame Lies on my low-burnt fire, and quivers not; Only that film, which fluttered on the grate, Still flutters there, the sole unquiet thing. Methinks, its motion in this hush of nature Gives it dim sympathies with me who live, Making it a companionable form, Whose puny flaps and freaks the idling Spirit By its own moods interprets, every where Echo or mirror seeking of itself, And makes a toy of Thought.
Page 236 - Under these circumstances, I cannot forbear to reiterate the recommendations which have been formerly made, and to exhort you to adopt, with promptitude, decision, and unanimity, such measures as the ample resources of the country afford, for the protection of our seafaring and commercial citizens ; for the...