Public characters [Formerly British public characters] of 1798-9 - 1809-10, Հատոր 81806 |
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... officers who have fought the battles of their country , when the ardour of applause may have abated , and the shouts of the mul- titude are forgotten . They have also treated lieterary literary men with that deference so justly ap ...
... officers who have fought the battles of their country , when the ardour of applause may have abated , and the shouts of the mul- titude are forgotten . They have also treated lieterary literary men with that deference so justly ap ...
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... officers . * Lord Keith's great uncle , Marischal Keith , was one of the favourite generals of Frederick II . king of Prussia . This cele brated officer was descended from one of the most illustrious families in Scotland , to whose ...
... officers . * Lord Keith's great uncle , Marischal Keith , was one of the favourite generals of Frederick II . king of Prussia . This cele brated officer was descended from one of the most illustrious families in Scotland , to whose ...
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... officer . It were to be wished therefore , as most of these enter the service while mere boys , and before their education has been completed , that attention were paid not only to their morals morals and discipline , but also to their ...
... officer . It were to be wished therefore , as most of these enter the service while mere boys , and before their education has been completed , that attention were paid not only to their morals morals and discipline , but also to their ...
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... officers of high rank . They took in the boat with them the greater part of the treasure which was on board the ... officer during the American war , and the contest with France opened a new field for his valour and exertions . On ...
... officers of high rank . They took in the boat with them the greater part of the treasure which was on board the ... officer during the American war , and the contest with France opened a new field for his valour and exertions . On ...
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... officer of artillery , found means to carry some , and annoy all our posts . : It was therefore reluctantly determined , in a gene- ral council of war , that Toulon was no longer ten- able ; measures were accordingly adopted for the ...
... officer of artillery , found means to carry some , and annoy all our posts . : It was therefore reluctantly determined , in a gene- ral council of war , that Toulon was no longer ten- able ; measures were accordingly adopted for the ...
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Էջ 337 - I, that am curtail'd of this fair proportion, Cheated of feature by dissembling Nature, Deform'd, unfinish'd, sent before my time Into this breathing world scarce half made up, And that so lamely and unfashionable That dogs bark at me as I halt by them...
Էջ 342 - Euphrosyne, And by men, heart-easing Mirth, Whom lovely Venus at a birth With two sister Graces more To ivy-crowned Bacchus bore...
Էջ 245 - One asylum of free discussion is still inviolate. There is still one spot in Europe where man can freely exercise his reason on the most important concerns of society, where he can boldly publish his judgment on the acts of the proudest and most powerful tyrants. The press of England is still free. It is guarded by the free Constitution of our forefathers. It is guarded by the hearts and arms of Englishmen, and I trust, I may venture to say, that if it be to fall, it will fall only under the ruins...
Էջ 553 - An elegant sufficiency, content, Retirement, rural quiet, friendship, books, Ease and alternate labour, useful life, Progressive virtue, and approving Heaven.
Էջ 337 - That dogs bark at me, as I halt by them; Why, I, in this weak piping time of peace, Have no delight to pass away the time...
Էջ 371 - I stand ready to avow or disavow promptly and explicitly any precise or definite opinion which I may be charged with having declared of any gentleman.
Էջ 503 - My name is Norval: on the Grampian hills My father feeds his flocks; a frugal swain, Whose constant cares were to increase his store, And keep his only son, myself, at home.
Էջ 370 - still more despicable,' admits of infinite shades, from very light to very dark. How am I to judge of the degree intended ? or how shall I annex any precise idea to language so indefinite...
Էջ 46 - O early lost ! what tears the river shed, When the sad pomp along his banks was led ! His drooping swans on ev'ry note expire, 275 And on his willows hung each muse's lyre.
Էջ 375 - Jay, Adams, and Hamilton ; the only three who can be supposed to have stood in that relation to him. That he has too much reason to believe that, in regard to Mr. Hamilton, there has been no reciprocity. For several years his name has been lent to the support of base slanders. He has never had the generosity, the magnanimity, or the candor to contradict or disavow.