United Service Magazine and Naval Military Journal, Volum 51H. Colburn, 1846 |
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... whole energy was an inordinate and insatiable love of Mammon , in pursuit of whose unrighteous cause their cruizers spread dismay and misery among the defenceless . Scott , the Quaker , alluding to such , tells us that when " Avarice ...
... whole energy was an inordinate and insatiable love of Mammon , in pursuit of whose unrighteous cause their cruizers spread dismay and misery among the defenceless . Scott , the Quaker , alluding to such , tells us that when " Avarice ...
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... whole , then , we may consider the Imperial General more unfortunate than faulty . The tactical faults of the Imperial discipline cannot with justice be ascribed to him . It was not his fault that the elementary system in the Imperial ...
... whole , then , we may consider the Imperial General more unfortunate than faulty . The tactical faults of the Imperial discipline cannot with justice be ascribed to him . It was not his fault that the elementary system in the Imperial ...
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... whole we may say that few armies have behaved with more resolution , or performed more trying manoeuvres under imminent peril , than the Swedish army on this great day . Although the period is now a remote one , few battles will be ...
... whole we may say that few armies have behaved with more resolution , or performed more trying manoeuvres under imminent peril , than the Swedish army on this great day . Although the period is now a remote one , few battles will be ...
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... whole day ; and thus the retreat was not only visible to me in its general features , but in its perfect detail and reality , and the pain renewed and multiplied by the sight of every regimental dress we perceived . Such a mournful ...
... whole day ; and thus the retreat was not only visible to me in its general features , but in its perfect detail and reality , and the pain renewed and multiplied by the sight of every regimental dress we perceived . Such a mournful ...
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... whole melancholy expedition . I answered him appropriately , and concluded by regretting that he , after so much suffering and exertion , had yet been grieved by the illness of his son the Prince . He received this well , because this ...
... whole melancholy expedition . I answered him appropriately , and concluded by regretting that he , after so much suffering and exertion , had yet been grieved by the illness of his son the Prince . He received this well , because this ...
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 58 - The renowned Wouter (or Walter) Van Twiller was descended from a long line of Dutch burgomasters who had successively dozed away their lives and grown fat upon the bench of magistracy in Rotterdam, and who had comported themselves with such singular wisdom and propriety that they were never either heard or talked of— which, next to being universally applauded, should be the object of ambition of all magistrates and rulers.
Pàgina 46 - Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses. He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still. Then are they glad because they be quiet ; so he bringeth them unto their desired haven.
Pàgina 355 - THERE is not in the wide world a valley so sweet, As that vale in whose bosom the bright waters meet ; Oh ! the last rays of feeling and life must depart, Ere the bloom of that valley shall fade from my heart.
Pàgina 264 - Severe injuries of the bones of the head ; convulsions. 4. Impaired vision, from whatever cause ; inflammatory affections of the eye-lids ; immobility, or irregularity of the iris ; fistula lachrymalis, etc., etc.
Pàgina 305 - The Lords of the Committee, in obedience to Your Majesty's said Order of Reference. have taken the said Letter into consideration, and do agree humbly to report, as their opinion to Your Majesty, that it may be advisable for Your Majesty to Order and Direct that such Clause be inserted in the said General Instructions.
Pàgina 168 - With fixed anchor in his scaly rind Moors by his side under the lee, while night Invests the sea, and wished morn delays...
Pàgina 305 - HIS MAJESTY having taken into consideration the said Report, and the Draft Charter accompanying it, was pleased, by and with the advice of His Privy Council, to approve thereof, and to order, as it is hereby ordered, that the...
Pàgina 339 - ... like a lace of silke, finely woven as it were together, of a whitish colour, one end whereof is fastened unto the inside of the shell, even as the fish of...
Pàgina 339 - But what our eies have seen, and our hands touched, we shall declare. There is a small island in Lancashire called the Pile of Foulders, wherein are found the broken pieces of old and bruised ships, some whereof have been cast thither by shipwracke, and also the trunks and bodies with the branches of old and rotten trees...
Pàgina 129 - No extension of territory was desired by the Government of India: the measures necessary for providing indemnity for the past and security for the future will, however, involve the retention by the British Government of a portion of the country hitherto under the government of the Lahore state. The extent of territory which it may be deemed advisable to hold will be determined by the conduct of the Durbar, and by considerations for the security of the British frontier. The Government of India will,...