The history of England, by D. Hume, continued by T. Smollett, and to the 23rd year of the reign of queen Victoria by E. Farr and E.H. Nolan. 3 vols. [in 12 pt.].1859 |
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... enemy's whole line . A battle was fought at Egmont , which was favourable to the British ; for , although it was indecisive , yet the retreat of the enemy in consequence gave them an opportunity of occupying several strong positions ...
... enemy's whole line . A battle was fought at Egmont , which was favourable to the British ; for , although it was indecisive , yet the retreat of the enemy in consequence gave them an opportunity of occupying several strong positions ...
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... enemies ; the English kept the common cause in the course of the ensuing cam- Seringapatam with the island on which it is situated , paign , informed the house that he was desirous of the whole of his territories on the Malabar coast ...
... enemies ; the English kept the common cause in the course of the ensuing cam- Seringapatam with the island on which it is situated , paign , informed the house that he was desirous of the whole of his territories on the Malabar coast ...
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... enemy or to surren- der . In this emergency Soult attempted to open the blockade , and leading on his division he attacked their fortified post of Monte Creto , and penetrated into the enemy's camp . But his career was checked . Re ...
... enemy or to surren- der . In this emergency Soult attempted to open the blockade , and leading on his division he attacked their fortified post of Monte Creto , and penetrated into the enemy's camp . But his career was checked . Re ...
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... enemies it was said , that his delicacy about his pledged faith to the Irish , and his sense of the justice and expediency of During the sitting of this new parliament acts were granting Catholic emancipation were but pretexts ; and ...
... enemies it was said , that his delicacy about his pledged faith to the Irish , and his sense of the justice and expediency of During the sitting of this new parliament acts were granting Catholic emancipation were but pretexts ; and ...
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... enemy ; and Sir Hyde Parker , who was " nervous about dark nights and fields of ice , " having yielded to his ... enemy's prepara- tions , which they found to be of a very formidable nature . Undaunted , however , by any fear of danger ...
... enemy ; and Sir Hyde Parker , who was " nervous about dark nights and fields of ice , " having yielded to his ... enemy's prepara- tions , which they found to be of a very formidable nature . Undaunted , however , by any fear of danger ...
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Page 430 - 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...
Page 392 - ... or to regulate the mode of carrying on any manufacture, trade, or business, or the management thereof...
Page 317 - All men knew that his heart was as humane as it was fearless ; that there was not in his nature the slightest alloy of selfishness or cupidity; but that with perfect and entire devotion he served his country with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his strength, and therefore they loved him as truly and as fervently as he loved England.
Page 410 - I have said) put up with almost any thing that did not touch national faith and national honour, rather than let slip the furies of war, the leash of which we hold in our hands — not knowing whom they may reach, or how far their ravages may be carried. Such is the love of peace which the British Government acknowledges ; and such the necessity for peace which the circumstances of the world inculcate.
Page 348 - I cannot conclude without expressing the gratification I should feel, if some of those persons with whom the early habits of my public life were formed, would strengthen my hands, and constitute a part of my government.
Page 468 - I am not only not prepared to bring forward any measure of this nature, but I will at once declare, that, as far as I am concerned, as long as I hold any station in the government of the country, I shall always feel it my duty to resist such measures when proposed by others.
Page 426 - I make him a present of them all. Let him come on with his whole force, sword in hand, against the Constitution, and the English people will not only beat him back, but laugh at his assaults. In other times, the country may have heard with dismay that
Page 430 - That the House do now resolve itself into a committee of the whole House for the purpose of taking into consideration the...
Page 468 - I am fully convinced that the country possesses at the present moment a legislature which answers all the good purposes of legislation, and this to a greater degree than any legislature ever has answered in any country whatever.
Page 317 - British must place themselves between the enemy and the captured and disabled British ships ; and should the enemy close, I have no fears as to the result. The second in command will in all possible things direct the movements of his line by keeping them as compact as the nature of the circumstances will admit. Captains are to look to their particular line as their rallying point. But, in case signals...