The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 116A. Constable, 1862 |
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Page 49
... establish- ment upon Amag as a more certain mode of forcing a capitulation than a bombardment . . . . I think it behoves us to do as little mischief to the town as possible , and to adopt any mode of reducing it rather than bombardment ...
... establish- ment upon Amag as a more certain mode of forcing a capitulation than a bombardment . . . . I think it behoves us to do as little mischief to the town as possible , and to adopt any mode of reducing it rather than bombardment ...
Page 50
... establishing there an independent government . As the troops are not at present wanted in England , and the transports are already in the service , no inconvenience can result from this measure . ' ( Vol . vi . p . 80. ) From this ...
... establishing there an independent government . As the troops are not at present wanted in England , and the transports are already in the service , no inconvenience can result from this measure . ' ( Vol . vi . p . 80. ) From this ...
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... establish as soon as possible our communication with Seville and with Lisbon . ' ( Vol . vi . p . 325. ) The real use of the campaign of 1809 consisted in the expe- rience which it gave the English general of the character of the ...
... establish as soon as possible our communication with Seville and with Lisbon . ' ( Vol . vi . p . 325. ) The real use of the campaign of 1809 consisted in the expe- rience which it gave the English general of the character of the ...
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... establish a government in Spain , and still more time before they will derive such advantage from their influence in that country as they did before they invaded it . ' ( Vol . vi . p . 388. ) ment . A new direction in accordance with ...
... establish a government in Spain , and still more time before they will derive such advantage from their influence in that country as they did before they invaded it . ' ( Vol . vi . p . 388. ) ment . A new direction in accordance with ...
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... established a base in Spain , ad- vanced against the army of Marmont and defeated him with much loss at Salamanca . This blow struck at the vital point , -the line of the French communications with Madrid - laid bare the real weakness ...
... established a base in Spain , ad- vanced against the army of Marmont and defeated him with much loss at Salamanca . This blow struck at the vital point , -the line of the French communications with Madrid - laid bare the real weakness ...
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Page 389 - Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written; Which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.
Page 552 - My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it; and if I could do it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that.
Page 393 - Flow thro' our deeds and make them pure, That we may lift from out of dust A voice as unto him that hears, A cry above the...
Page 552 - seem to be pursuing," as you say, I have not meant to leave any one in doubt. I would save the Union. I would save it the shortest way under the Constitution. The sooner the national authority can be restored the nearer the Union will be "the Union as it was.
Page 127 - Their first step was to circulate among the Members of the House of Commons a paper entitled ' The Case of the Protestant Dissenters with reference to the Corporation and Test Acts,' in which they more especially laboured to distinguish their case from that of the Roman Catholics.
Page 562 - And the Articles of this Confederation shall be inviolably observed by every State ; and the Union shall be perpetual. Nor shall any alteration at any time hereafter be made in any of them, unless such alteration be agreed to, in a Congress of the United States, and be afterwards confirmed by the legislatures of every State.
Page 552 - I would do it; if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it; and if I could do it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that. What I do about slavery and the Colored race, I do because I believe it helps to save this Union; and what I forbear, I forbear because I do not believe it would help to save the Union.
Page 134 - At length, I well remember, after a conversation in the open air, at the root of an old tree at Holwood, just above the steep descent into the vale of Keston, I resolved to give notice, on a fit occasion, in the House of Commons, of my intention to bring the subject forward.