The Edinburgh Annual Register, for 1808-26, Τόμος 5J. Ballantyne and Company, 1814 |
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... Commons for an Address to the Prince Regent on this Sub- ject . The Prince entrusts the Marquis Wellesley with Powers to form a new Ad- ministration . Publication of the Statement of the Causes which had induced the Marquis to retire ...
... Commons for an Address to the Prince Regent on this Sub- ject . The Prince entrusts the Marquis Wellesley with Powers to form a new Ad- ministration . Publication of the Statement of the Causes which had induced the Marquis to retire ...
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... Commons the ordi- in fact , the source of almost all our nary course of proceeding was deran- present and impending calamities . " - ged by a singular interference on the Such were the terms in which the whole policy of government was ...
... Commons the ordi- in fact , the source of almost all our nary course of proceeding was deran- present and impending calamities . " - ged by a singular interference on the Such were the terms in which the whole policy of government was ...
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... Commons , which he described as consisting of " the supposed representatives of the people of England ; " but the admonition of the Speaker quickly brought him to a recollection of the decency which he had outraged . He complained of ...
... Commons , which he described as consisting of " the supposed representatives of the people of England ; " but the admonition of the Speaker quickly brought him to a recollection of the decency which he had outraged . He complained of ...
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... Commons ' House of Parlia ment , who ought to be acquainted with every farthing expended . He conceived it right , in an argument of this kind , to put extreme cases ; and he would ask , as had been done by an honourable baronet ( Sir F ...
... Commons ' House of Parlia ment , who ought to be acquainted with every farthing expended . He conceived it right , in an argument of this kind , to put extreme cases ; and he would ask , as had been done by an honourable baronet ( Sir F ...
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... Commons ; of that privilege , the power of granting or refusing the sup- plies , which is the great and only se- curity that the people have in their re- presentatives , against the influence and encroachments of the crown . He gave an ...
... Commons ; of that privilege , the power of granting or refusing the sup- plies , which is the great and only se- curity that the people have in their re- presentatives , against the influence and encroachments of the crown . He gave an ...
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Σελίδα 251 - With this evidence of hostile inflexibility in trampling on rights which no independent nation can relinquish, Congress will feel the duty of putting the United States into an armor and an attitude demanded by the crisis, and corresponding with the national spirit and expectations.
Σελίδα lxiii - I have the honour to acquaint you, for the information of my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, that at 5 o'clock PM on the 6th of August last, in latitude 24° 44
Σελίδα xliii - Delancy, who was killed by a cannon shot in the middle of the action. This officer is a serious loss to his Majesty's service, and to me at this moment.
Σελίδα 193 - June 22, rose in the house of commons ; and after a most eloquent and energetic speech, moved " that this house will early in the next session of parliament, take into its most serious consideration the state of the laws affecting his majesty's Roman catholic subjects in Great Britain and Ireland ; with a view to such a final and conciliatory adjustment, as may be conducive to the peace and strength of the united kingdom ; to the stability of the protestant establishment, and to the general satisfaction...
Σελίδα xl - Alten's brigade of cavalry being upon the Tormes at Aldea Lengua. ' During these movements, there have been occasional cannonades, but without loss on our side. ' I have this morning moved the left of the army to the Tormes, where the whole are now concentrated : and I observe that the enemy have also moved towards the same river near Huerta.
Σελίδα 279 - We behold, in fine, on the side of Great Britain, a state of war against the United States; and, on the side of the United States, a state of peace towards Great Britain.
Σελίδα xlii - Stapleton Cotton, as long as we could find any of them together, directing our march upon Huerta and the fords of the Tormes, by which the enemy had passed on their advance ; but the darkness of the night was highly advantageous to the enemy, many of whom escaped under its cover who must otherwise have been in our hands. ' I am sorry to report that, owing to this same cause, Lieut.
Σελίδα xxiv - Rettberg, of the King's German artillery ; and Major Tulloh, of the Portuguese. Adverting to the extent of the details of the ordnance department during this siege, to the difficulty of weather, &c.
Σελίδα li - Michilimachinack, which giving spirit and confidence to the Indian tribes in its neighbourhood, part of whom assisted in its capture, determined them to advance upon the rear and flanks of the American army, as soon as they heard that it had entered the province.
Σελίδα lxiii - ... fore-yard, all the guns on the quarter-deck and forecastle disabled but two, and filled with wreck, two also on the main-deck disabled, and several shot between wind and water, a very great proportion of the crew killed and wounded, and the enemy comparatively in good order, who had now shot...