The Annual Register of World Events: A Review of the Year, Volume 50Edmund Burke Longmans, Green, 1810 - History |
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... less now . We were told that hostile dispositions , on the part of the northern powers , had begun to shew themselves ever since the peace of Tilsit . Why then had we allowed a Russian fleet since that time to pass through the Mediterra ...
... less now . We were told that hostile dispositions , on the part of the northern powers , had begun to shew themselves ever since the peace of Tilsit . Why then had we allowed a Russian fleet since that time to pass through the Mediterra ...
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... less worthy motives , " You shall serve us but once , and your life shall be the forfeit ? " - What had happened to Portugal was suffici- ent to convince every fair thinking man of the truth of the information respecting Denmark : for ...
... less worthy motives , " You shall serve us but once , and your life shall be the forfeit ? " - What had happened to Portugal was suffici- ent to convince every fair thinking man of the truth of the information respecting Denmark : for ...
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... less imperative . Den- mark was unable to defend Hols- tein ; and it was the opinion of the ablest officers , that if two bodies of French of 15,000 each , had been stationed along the belt , in separate corps of 5000 each , some of ...
... less imperative . Den- mark was unable to defend Hols- tein ; and it was the opinion of the ablest officers , that if two bodies of French of 15,000 each , had been stationed along the belt , in separate corps of 5000 each , some of ...
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... less than six weeks , and the greater part in not less than six months . If the ministers had been anxious to strengthen the country , they would have turned their eyes towards Ireland . Let them re- store to Denmark her ships ; let ...
... less than six weeks , and the greater part in not less than six months . If the ministers had been anxious to strengthen the country , they would have turned their eyes towards Ireland . Let them re- store to Denmark her ships ; let ...
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... less he had farther information , he must ever believe , that our expedi- tion to Copenhagen caused the war with Denmark , and , therefore , that the vessels previously detained , ought to have been considered in a different situation ...
... less he had farther information , he must ever believe , that our expedi- tion to Copenhagen caused the war with Denmark , and , therefore , that the vessels previously detained , ought to have been considered in a different situation ...
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Page 184 - He stayed not for brake, and he stopped not for stone, He swam the Eske River where ford there was none; But, ere he alighted at Netherby gate, The bride had consented, the gallant came late: For a laggard in love, and a dastard in war, Was to wed the fair Ellen of brave Lochinvar. So boldly he...
Page 185 - So stately his form, and so lovely her face, That never a hall such a galliard did grace; While her mother did fret, and her father did fume, And the bridegroom stood dangling his bonnet and plume; And the bride-maidens whispered, " Twere better by far To have matched our fair cousin with young Lochinvar.
Page 184 - I long wooed your daughter, my suit you denied ; — Love swells like the Solway, but ebbs like its tide — And now am I come, with this lost love of mine, To lead but one measure, drink one cup of wine : There are maidens in Scotland more lovely by far, That would gladly be bride to the young Lochinvar.
Page 185 - One touch to her hand, and one word in her ear, When they reached the hall door, and the charger stood near; So light to the croupe the fair lady he swung, So light to the saddle before her he sprung! "She is won! we are gone, over bank, bush, and scaur; They'll have fleet steeds that follow,
Page 184 - OH ! young Lochinvar is come out of the west, Through all the wide Border his steed was the best; And save his good broadsword he weapons had none. He rode all unarmed and he rode all alone. So faithful in love and so dauntless in war, There never was knight like the young Lochinvar.
Page 171 - Twixt resignation and content. Oft in my mind such thoughts awake, By lone Saint Mary's silent lake ; Thou know'st it well, -nor fen, nor sedge, Pollute the pure lake's crystal edge ; Abrupt and sheer, the mountains sink At once upon the level brink ; And just a trace of silver sand Marks where the water meets the land.
Page 202 - And tears unnoticed from their channels flow; Serene her manner, till some sudden pain Frets the meek soul, and then she's calm again;— Her broken pitcher to the pool she takes, And every step with cautious terror makes; For not alone that infant in her arms, But nearer cause, her anxious soul alarms.
Page 181 - Where shall the traitor rest, He, the deceiver, Who could win maiden's breast, Ruin, and leave her ? In the lost battle, Borne down by the flying, Where mingles war's rattle With groans of the dying.
Page 180 - Soft shall be his pillow. There, through the summer day, Cool streams are laving ; There, while the tempests sway, Scarce are boughs waving ; There, thy rest shalt thou take, Parted for ever, Never again to wake, Never, O never.
Page 79 - These globules, numerous experiments soon showed to be the substance I was in search of, and a peculiar inflammable principle the basis of potash. I found that the platina was in no way connected with the result, except as the medium for exhibiting the electrical powers of decomposition; and a substance of the same kind was produced when pieces of copper, silver, gold, plumbago, or even charcoal were employed for completing the circuit. The phenomenon was independent of the presence of air; I found...