Public characters [Formerly British public characters] of 1798-9 - 1809-10, Հատոր 81806 |
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... tion , and by an union of parties forming what was termed at that day a " broad bottomed administra- tion . " It is almost unnecessary to add , that their labours proved unsuccessful . At the general election in 1786 he was chosen for ...
... tion , and by an union of parties forming what was termed at that day a " broad bottomed administra- tion . " It is almost unnecessary to add , that their labours proved unsuccessful . At the general election in 1786 he was chosen for ...
Էջ 10
... tion off Brest , and had ten men killed , and eleven wounded on that occasion . In 1781 we find him on board the Warwick of fifty guns and three hundred men . On his passaage down Channel he fell in with , and captured the Rotterdam , a ...
... tion off Brest , and had ten men killed , and eleven wounded on that occasion . In 1781 we find him on board the Warwick of fifty guns and three hundred men . On his passaage down Channel he fell in with , and captured the Rotterdam , a ...
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... tion that the moment the English squadron cast anchor in the road , the white flag should be hoisted , the ships of war disarmed , and the citadel and forts on the coast placed provisionally at the disposal of the British admiral ...
... tion that the moment the English squadron cast anchor in the road , the white flag should be hoisted , the ships of war disarmed , and the citadel and forts on the coast placed provisionally at the disposal of the British admiral ...
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... tion of manners , to which she added a grace of de- portment entirely her own ; and a pathos of elocu- tion that took the heart captive , and subdued all the senses to her controul . When her father , a veteran worthy of the soil which ...
... tion of manners , to which she added a grace of de- portment entirely her own ; and a pathos of elocu- tion that took the heart captive , and subdued all the senses to her controul . When her father , a veteran worthy of the soil which ...
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... tion respecting the police of the country , the ma- nagement of which he not only arraigned with his usual acuteness of reasoning and force of argument , but also demonstrated by calculation , to the fullest conviction of every man ...
... tion respecting the police of the country , the ma- nagement of which he not only arraigned with his usual acuteness of reasoning and force of argument , but also demonstrated by calculation , to the fullest conviction of every man ...
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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.