The New Annual Register, Or General Repository of History, Politics, and Literature, for the Year ...G. Robinson, Pater-noster-Row, 1809 - English poetry |
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... entered Spain - Proposed Emigration of Charles to America - Disturbance at Aranjuez - Arrest of the Prince of Peace - Abdication of Charles , and Accession of Ferdinand -- Inquiry into the Nature of the Abdication - Protest of Charles ...
... entered Spain - Proposed Emigration of Charles to America - Disturbance at Aranjuez - Arrest of the Prince of Peace - Abdication of Charles , and Accession of Ferdinand -- Inquiry into the Nature of the Abdication - Protest of Charles ...
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... entered the church , and commenced his literary career . At this period his merit was little known , nor did he seem conscious of his own strength . 1 Like Prior , he had begun by writing ethical odes , which extorted from Dryden the ...
... entered the church , and commenced his literary career . At this period his merit was little known , nor did he seem conscious of his own strength . 1 Like Prior , he had begun by writing ethical odes , which extorted from Dryden the ...
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... entered a student at the Middle Temple , but was seduced by his love of poetry from his pro- fessional pursuits ; and having at five - and - twenty produced a successful tragedy , ( " The Ambitious Stepmother , ' ) he re- nounced law ...
... entered a student at the Middle Temple , but was seduced by his love of poetry from his pro- fessional pursuits ; and having at five - and - twenty produced a successful tragedy , ( " The Ambitious Stepmother , ' ) he re- nounced law ...
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... entered at large into the situation of the coun- try with regard to Petersburgh , Vienna , and Berlin . Here too , it was possible that he might be wrong ; but all that he wished was , that the house should not give any pledge till they ...
... entered at large into the situation of the coun- try with regard to Petersburgh , Vienna , and Berlin . Here too , it was possible that he might be wrong ; but all that he wished was , that the house should not give any pledge till they ...
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... entered into any engagement with the French emperor ; 350 of her ships were in different British ports , with car- goes amounting to two millions of rix - dollars ; and when the Danish subjects got alarmed by the ru mours spread ...
... entered into any engagement with the French emperor ; 350 of her ships were in different British ports , with car- goes amounting to two millions of rix - dollars ; and when the Danish subjects got alarmed by the ru mours spread ...
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Page 200 - Will you. to the utmost of your power maintain the laws of God, the true profession of the gospel, and the Protestant reformed religion established by the law? And will you preserve unto the bishops and clergy of this realm, and to the churches committed to their charge, all such rights and privileges as by law do or shall appertain unto them, or any of them? King or queen. All this I promise to do.
Page 256 - Instead of a pledge, therefore, of a suspension of the embargo as to her in case of such a repeal, it was presumed that a sufficient inducement might be found in other considerations, and particularly in the change produced by a compliance with our just demands by one belligerent, and a refusal by the other, in the relations between the other and the United States.
Page 260 - Shall it lie unproductive in the public vaults ? Shall the revenue be reduced ? Or, shall it not rather be appropriated to the improvements of roads, canals, rivers, education, and other great foundations of prosperity and union, under the powers which Congress may already possess) or such amendment of the Constitution as may be approved by the States...
Page 259 - The situation into which we have thus been forced, has impelled us to apply a portion of our industry and capital to internal manufactures and improvements. The extent of this conversion is daily increasing, and little doubt remains that the establishments formed and forming will, under the auspices of cheaper materials and subsistence, the freedom of labor from taxation with us, and of protecting duties and prohibitions, become permanent.
Page 257 - Europe have undergone no material changes since your last session. The important negotiations with Spain which had been alternately suspended and resumed necessarily experience a pause under the extraordinary and interesting crisis which distinguishes her internal situation.
Page 213 - November last, by which vessels belonging to neutral, friendly, or even powers the allies of England, are...
Page 255 - ... which the aggressions were originally founded, and open the way for a renewal of that commercial intercourse which it was alleged on all sides had been reluctantly obstructed. As each of those governments had pledged its readiness to concur in renouncing a measure which reached its adversary through the incontestable rights of neutrals only, and as the measure had been assumed by each as a retaliation for an asserted acquiescence in the aggressions of the other...
Page 183 - These measures, which are resorted to only in just retaliation of the barbarous system adopted by England, which assimilates its legislation to that of Algiers, shall cease to have any effect with respect to all nations who shall have the firmness to compel the English government to respect their flag. They shall continue to be rigorously in force as long as that government does not return to the principle of the law of nations, which regulates the relations of civilized states in a state of war.
Page 260 - I cannot have escaped error. It is incident to our imperfect nature. But I may say with truth my errors have been of the understanding, not of intention, and that the advancement of their rights and interests has been the constant motive for every measure. On these considerations I solicit their indulgence. Looking forward with anxiety to their future destinies, I trust, that, in their steady...
Page 264 - ... and whether upon a like consideration of the relative situation of -the two armies subsequent to the armistice, and when all the British forces were landed, it is your...