The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for the Year ...J. Dodsley, 1824 - History |
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... give them both tranquillity and strength - it was for these very reasons , that , in our former volumes , we marked with reprobation the proceedings of the Revolutionists , because , during the period of their reign , their conduct was ...
... give them both tranquillity and strength - it was for these very reasons , that , in our former volumes , we marked with reprobation the proceedings of the Revolutionists , because , during the period of their reign , their conduct was ...
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... give a plausible pretext for complaint . These complaints were uttered most loudly in various county- meetings , held immediately before , or shortly after , the meeting of par- liament ; at which , under pretext of assigning the causes ...
... give a plausible pretext for complaint . These complaints were uttered most loudly in various county- meetings , held immediately before , or shortly after , the meeting of par- liament ; at which , under pretext of assigning the causes ...
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... give credit to ministers for having used their exertions to avert the calamity of a war on the continent , and for having made protestations , how- ever vainly , against the conduct of France , he confessed that he did not , under all ...
... give credit to ministers for having used their exertions to avert the calamity of a war on the continent , and for having made protestations , how- ever vainly , against the conduct of France , he confessed that he did not , under all ...
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... would be more con- sistent with those promises to give his subjects a representative form of government , than to maintain at their cost , and almost to their utter ruin , a large standing army , for the 12 ] ANNUAL REGISTER , 1823 .
... would be more con- sistent with those promises to give his subjects a representative form of government , than to maintain at their cost , and almost to their utter ruin , a large standing army , for the 12 ] ANNUAL REGISTER , 1823 .
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... give even a hypothetical concurrence to a hypothetical promise in a hypothetical case , that he should be informed , dis- tinctly and practically , what of fence Spain had actually given to France , and what were the grounds of future ...
... give even a hypothetical concurrence to a hypothetical promise in a hypothetical case , that he should be informed , dis- tinctly and practically , what of fence Spain had actually given to France , and what were the grounds of future ...
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Page 193 - In the wars of the European powers, in matters relating to themselves, we have never taken any part, nor does it comport with our policy so to do. It is only when our rights are invaded or seriously menaced, that we resent injuries or make preparation for our defence.
Page 193 - Our policy in regard to Europe, which was adopted at an early stage of the wars which have so long agitated that quarter of the globe, nevertheless remains the same, which is, not to interfere in the internal concerns of any of its Powers ; to consider the government de facto as the legitimate government for us ; to cultivate friendly relations with it, and to preserve those relations by a frank, firm, and manly policy, meeting, in all instances, the just claims of every power, submitting to injuries...
Page 193 - We owe it, therefore, to candor, and to the amicable relations existing between the United States and those powers to declare, that we should consider any attempt on their part to extend their system to any portion of this hemisphere as dangerous to our peace and safety.
Page 185 - In the discussions to which this interest has given rise and in the arrangements by which they may terminate the occasion has been judged proper for asserting, as a principle in which the rights and interests of the United States are involved, that the American continents, by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintain, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers...
Page 92 - Annual Report of the American Society for Colonizing the Free People of Colour of the United States.
Page 48 - As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.
Page 192 - The citizens of the United States cherish sentiments the most friendly in favor of the liberty and happiness of their fellow-men on that side of the Atlantic. In the wars of the European powers in matters relating to themselves we have never taken any part, nor does it comport with our policy so to do.
Page 229 - That, to pursue schemes of conquest, and extension of dominion in India, are measures repugnant to the wish, the honour, and the policy of this nation.
Page 153 - ... necessity, it would assume the likeness of an animated thing, instinct with life and motion — how soon it would ruffle, as it were, its swelling plumage — how quickly it would put forth all its beauty and its bravery, collect its scattered elements of strength, and awaken its dormant thunder.
Page 87 - ... shall be guilty of felony ; and, being convicted thereof, shall be liable, at the discretion of the Court, to be transported beyond the seas for life, *or for any term not less than seven years, or to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding four years : and, if a male, to be once, twice, or thrice publicly or privately whipped (if the Court shall so think fit,) in addition to such imprisonment...