The American Register, Or, Summary Review of History, Politics, and Literature, Հատորներ 1-2Robert Walsh Thomas Dobson and Son, 1817 |
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... possession of a people : the smallest portion of it " is worth a whole Archipelago of sugar islands . " There may be triteness , but there is not the less truth , in the remark , that the brightest and most durable national glory is ...
... possession of a people : the smallest portion of it " is worth a whole Archipelago of sugar islands . " There may be triteness , but there is not the less truth , in the remark , that the brightest and most durable national glory is ...
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... possession ; to revive the system of tithes , the corvée , or feudal rights of any description . Every such project was , on the contrary , formally and officially disavowed . Some of the plundered emigrants , of the starv- ing priests ...
... possession ; to revive the system of tithes , the corvée , or feudal rights of any description . Every such project was , on the contrary , formally and officially disavowed . Some of the plundered emigrants , of the starv- ing priests ...
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... possessed , before the Re . volution , a federative strength of the greatest importance , as the centre of an extensive system of natural alliances , which the vio- lence of the revolutionary govern . ments had totally destroyed . She ...
... possessed , before the Re . volution , a federative strength of the greatest importance , as the centre of an extensive system of natural alliances , which the vio- lence of the revolutionary govern . ments had totally destroyed . She ...
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... possessed great influence . The night was lost in disheartening deliberation ; the enthusiasm of the youth , who were eager to sally forth , was re- pressed ; General Cambronne ar- rived , had an amicable interview with Gazan , demanded ...
... possessed great influence . The night was lost in disheartening deliberation ; the enthusiasm of the youth , who were eager to sally forth , was re- pressed ; General Cambronne ar- rived , had an amicable interview with Gazan , demanded ...
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... possession for himself and his officers , of the best house of the hamlet , and passed the night . On his arrival , he immediately sent for the mayor , questioned him much about the route of Sisteron , and caused him to procure some ...
... possession for himself and his officers , of the best house of the hamlet , and passed the night . On his arrival , he immediately sent for the mayor , questioned him much about the route of Sisteron , and caused him to procure some ...
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The American Register, Or, Summary Review of History, Politics ..., Հատորներ 1-2 Robert Walsh Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1817 |
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Էջ 267 - How absolute the knave is ! we must speak by the card, or equivocation will undo us. By the Lord, Horatio, these three years I have taken note of it ; the age is grown so picked that the toe of the peasant comes so near the heel of the courtier, he galls his kibe. — How long hast thou been a grave-maker? 1 Clo. Of all the days i' the year, I came to't that day that our last King Hamlet o'ercame Fortinbras.
Էջ ii - An Act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned." And also to the act, entitled " An Act supplementary to an Act, entitled, " An Act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the time therein mentioned," and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving, and...
Էջ 212 - Lawrence, and at all other places in the sea, where the inhabitants of both countries used at any time heretofore to fish. And also that the inhabitants of the United States shall have liberty to take fish...
Էջ 159 - ... parallel of north latitude, then that a line drawn from the said point due north or south, as the case may be, until the said line shall intersect the said parallel of north latitude, and from the point of such intersection due west along and with the said parallel, shall be the line of demarcation between the territories of the United States and those of His Britannic Majesty, and that the said line shall form the northern boundary of the said territories of the United States, and the southern...
Էջ 217 - I love true glory. It is this sentiment which ought to be cherished; and, in spite of cavils, and sneers, and attempts to put it down, it will finally conduct this nation to that height to which God and nature have destined it.
Էջ 216 - Within the limits of the United States, as defined by the treaty of 1783, and...
Էջ 133 - The southern boundary of the United States, which divides their territory from the Spanish colonies of East and West Florida, shall be designated by a line beginning on the River Mississippi, at the northernmost part of the thirty-first degree of latitude...
Էջ 213 - American fishermen shall have liberty to dry and cure fish in any of the unsettled bays, harbors, and creeks of Nova Scotia, Magdalen Islands, and Labrador, so long as the same shall remain unsettled...
Էջ 213 - Labrador; but so soon as the same, or any portion thereof, shall be settled, it shall not be lawful for the said fishermen to dry or cure fish at such portion so settled, without previous agreement for such purpose with the inhabitants, proprietors or possessors of the ground.
Էջ 280 - Nobody ever painted as he has done the facility of self-deception, the half self-conscious hypocrisy towards ourselves, with which even noble minds attempt to disguise the almost inevitable influence of selfish motives in human nature. This secret irony of the characterization is deserving of admiration as a storehouse of acuteness and sagacity; but it is the grave of enthusiasm.