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... troops were seduced from the prison - ships by the hopes of liberty , and not a few were picked up in the streets and the jails of the metropolis , a large portion of whom had served in the republican fleets and armies , and were ...
... troops were seduced from the prison - ships by the hopes of liberty , and not a few were picked up in the streets and the jails of the metropolis , a large portion of whom had served in the republican fleets and armies , and were ...
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... army of Brittany . " No sooner did the intelligence of these events reach Paris , than the deputies Blad and Tallien were dis- patched to stir up the neighbouring departments , while General Roche moved forward with a large body of troops ...
... army of Brittany . " No sooner did the intelligence of these events reach Paris , than the deputies Blad and Tallien were dis- patched to stir up the neighbouring departments , while General Roche moved forward with a large body of troops ...
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... troops . It was at first resolved to seize on the island of Noirmoutier , for- merly the haunt of the celebrated Charette and his faithful followers , but as this island seemed to be too well guarded , the isle de Dieu was taken ...
... troops . It was at first resolved to seize on the island of Noirmoutier , for- merly the haunt of the celebrated Charette and his faithful followers , but as this island seemed to be too well guarded , the isle de Dieu was taken ...
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... with three fiigates , all of which were full of troops and stores ; nor ought it to be omitted , that Mr. Theobald Wolfe Tone , with * The Canada . whom whom had originated the plan of the society of Unit- 16 ADMIRAL WARREN .
... with three fiigates , all of which were full of troops and stores ; nor ought it to be omitted , that Mr. Theobald Wolfe Tone , with * The Canada . whom whom had originated the plan of the society of Unit- 16 ADMIRAL WARREN .
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... troops shall have Maltese officers . The chief command of the garrison , as also the appoint- ment of the officers , shall belong to the grand master of the order . VI . " The island is put under the protection and guarantee of France ...
... troops shall have Maltese officers . The chief command of the garrison , as also the appoint- ment of the officers , shall belong to the grand master of the order . VI . " The island is put under the protection and guarantee of France ...
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Էջ 119 - By heaven, methinks it were an easy leap, To pluck bright honour from the pale-fac'd moon ; Or dive into the bottom of the deep, Where fathom-line could never touch the ground, And pluck up drowne'd honour by the locks...
Էջ 559 - That it is now necessary to declare that to report any opinion or pretended opinion of his Majesty upon any bill or other proceeding depending in either house of Parliament, with a view to influence the votes of the members, is a high crime and misdemeanor, derogatory to the honour of the crown, a breach of the fundamental privileges of Parliament, and subversive of the Constitution of this country.
Էջ 248 - While cloistered piety displays Her mouldering roll, the piercing eye explores New manners and the pomp of elder days, Whence culls the pensive bard his pictured stores. Not rough nor barren are the winding ways Of hoar Antiquity, but strewn with flowers.
Էջ 391 - THERE is not so variable a thing in nature as a lady's head-dress. Within my own memory, I have known it rise and fall above thirty degrees. About ten years ago it shot up to a very great height, insomuch that the female part of our species were much taller than the men *. The women were of such an enormous stature, that ' we appeared as grasshoppers before them t.
Էջ 357 - That the authority of the sovereign of the neutral country being interposed in any manner of mere force cannot legally vary the rights of a lawfully commissioned belligerent cruiser.
Էջ 121 - A Journal, during a Residence in France, from the beginning of August to the middle of December, 1792.
Էջ 160 - Indeed, under such extreme straitness and distraction labours the whole body of their finances, so far does their charge outrun their supply in every particular, that no man, I believe, who has considered their affairs with any degree of attention or information, but must hourly look for some extraordinary convulsion in that whole system ; the effect of which on France, and even on all Europe, it is difficult to conjecture.
Էջ 256 - Prepare for happiness ; bespeak him one Content indeed to sojourn while he must Below the skies, but having there his home. The world o'erlooks him in her busy search Of objects more illustrious in her view ; And occupied as earnestly as she, Though more sublimely, he o'erlooks the world. She scorns his pleasures, for she knows them not ; He seeks not hers, for he has proved them vain.
Էջ 169 - ... appeared there, of an intention to excite disturbances in other countries — to disregard the rights of neutral nations — and to pursue views of conquest and...
Էջ 405 - Here, bliss domestic beams on every cheek. Hope of my Life ! dear children of my heart! That anxious heart, to each fond feeling true, To you still pants each pleasure to impart, And more, oh transport ! reach its home and you» INSCRIPTION * WRITTEN ON AN HERMITAGE IN ONE OF THE ISLANDS OF THE WEST-INDIES.