Annual Register, Volum 6Edmund Burke 1764 |
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Pàgina 11
... iffue of the event had been very doubtful . Even armed as they were , they boldly rufhed on the very muzzles of our pieces ; on every repulfe they repeated their affaults with re- doubled fury ; and died at length , like wild beafts ...
... iffue of the event had been very doubtful . Even armed as they were , they boldly rufhed on the very muzzles of our pieces ; on every repulfe they repeated their affaults with re- doubled fury ; and died at length , like wild beafts ...
Pàgina 45
... iffue , ' gative . or the previous election of a kiug of the Romans . In reality , the German confti- tution is as nearly perfect as can be expected in a commonwealth of fovereign princes , or federal uni- on of feveral monarchies and ...
... iffue , ' gative . or the previous election of a kiug of the Romans . In reality , the German confti- tution is as nearly perfect as can be expected in a commonwealth of fovereign princes , or federal uni- on of feveral monarchies and ...
Pàgina 48
... iffue fhould fucceed to the crowns of his family . In the mean time , the king of France has en- gaged to pay him an annuity equi- valent to the revenues of the ter- ritory in queftion , and has ftipu- lated ro remit immediately the ca ...
... iffue fhould fucceed to the crowns of his family . In the mean time , the king of France has en- gaged to pay him an annuity equi- valent to the revenues of the ter- ritory in queftion , and has ftipu- lated ro remit immediately the ca ...
Pàgina 66
... iffue : I enter again into poffeffion of my dominions on the fame footing as before the war ; I reftore to the elector of Saxony his . You will communicate this event where you are , and let me know what impreffion it makes . The The ...
... iffue : I enter again into poffeffion of my dominions on the fame footing as before the war ; I reftore to the elector of Saxony his . You will communicate this event where you are , and let me know what impreffion it makes . The The ...
Pàgina 113
... iffue . Most of the guns , twenty- four pounders , on a bastion con- tiguous , were difmounted , part almoft buried in the rubbish , and one carried more than one hundred yards from its place . Within the fort every thing was ter- ribly ...
... iffue . Most of the guns , twenty- four pounders , on a bastion con- tiguous , were difmounted , part almoft buried in the rubbish , and one carried more than one hundred yards from its place . Within the fort every thing was ter- ribly ...
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 181 - I the Lord have called thee in righteousness, And will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, And give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles ; To open the blind eyes, To bring out the prisoners from the prison, And them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.
Pàgina 181 - And they gave him audience unto this word, and then lifted up their voices, and said, Away with such a fellow from the earth : for it is not fit that he should live.
Pàgina 39 - think proper to be gone from you ; however, that you " may not want company, I have left you the bear, as the " moft fuitable companion in the world that could be
Pàgina 278 - ... which is the term they give it. There is a set of old women who make it their business to perform the operation every autumn, in the month of September, when the great heat is abated. People send to one another to know if any of their family has a mind to have the smallpox: they make parties for this purpose and when they are met (commonly fifteen or sixteen together), the old woman comes with a nutshell full of the matter of the best sort of smallpox and asks what vein you please to have opened.
Pàgina 284 - Vizier's ; and the very house confessed the difference between an old devotee and a young beauty. It was nicely clean and magnificent. I was met at the door by two black eunuchs, who led me through a long gallery between two ranks of beautiful young girls, with their hair finely plaited, almost hanging to their feet, all dressed in fine light damasks, brocaded with silver. I was sorry that decency did not permit me to stop to consider them nearer.
Pàgina 136 - ... in confequence of the heavy charge brought againft you, for being the author of an infamous and feditious libel, tending to inflame the minds, and alienate the affections of the people from...
Pàgina 206 - Councils, and the Representatives of the People so to be summoned as aforesaid, to make, constitute, and ordain Laws, Statutes, and Ordinances for the Public Peace, Welfare, and good Government of our said Colonies, and of the People and Inhabitants thereof, as near as may be agreeable to the Laws of England...
Pàgina 206 - ... according to law and equity, and, as near as may be, agreeable to the laws of England...
Pàgina 286 - ... maids were ranged below the sofa to the number of twenty, and put me in mind of the pictures of the ancient nymphs. I did not think all nature could have furnished such a scene of beauty. She made them a sign to play and dance. Four of them immediately began to play some soft airs on instruments between a lute and a guitar, which they accompanied with their voices, while the others danced by turns. This dance was very different from what I had seen before.