Public characters [Formerly British public characters] of 1798-9 - 1809-10, Volum 61804 |
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Pàgina 58
... attack him . * But it appears , from the history of the times , that the spirit of the nation was not appalled ; that the va- lour of British seamen was not intimidated ; and that the subject of these memoirs even then , when com ...
... attack him . * But it appears , from the history of the times , that the spirit of the nation was not appalled ; that the va- lour of British seamen was not intimidated ; and that the subject of these memoirs even then , when com ...
Pàgina 78
... attack it according to all the rules and all the forms of war . Commodore Cornwallis was accordingly applied to by the Governor - general , and that officer afford- ed the most efficacious assistance . Having col- lected a few ships he ...
... attack it according to all the rules and all the forms of war . Commodore Cornwallis was accordingly applied to by the Governor - general , and that officer afford- ed the most efficacious assistance . Having col- lected a few ships he ...
Pàgina 82
... attack took place until towards the evening , when the enemy edged down towards the Mars , which had fallen considerably to leeward ; but no sooner was this intention discovered on board the flag ship , than the gallant Admiral bore ...
... attack took place until towards the evening , when the enemy edged down towards the Mars , which had fallen considerably to leeward ; but no sooner was this intention discovered on board the flag ship , than the gallant Admiral bore ...
Pàgina 84
... attacking our little squadron , were in the highest spirits imaginable . " I do not mean the Royal Sovereign alone , the same spirit was shewn in all the ships as they came near me ; and although ( cir- cumstanced as we were ) we had no ...
... attacking our little squadron , were in the highest spirits imaginable . " I do not mean the Royal Sovereign alone , the same spirit was shewn in all the ships as they came near me ; and although ( cir- cumstanced as we were ) we had no ...
Pàgina 97
... attacks which were made upon him . There is no reason , however , to believe what was insinuated , that the deanery of Peterborough , to which he was preferred soon after the trial , was con- ferred in consequence of the part which he ...
... attacks which were made upon him . There is no reason , however , to believe what was insinuated , that the deanery of Peterborough , to which he was preferred soon after the trial , was con- ferred in consequence of the part which he ...
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 276 - In genial spring, beneath the quiv'ring shade, Where cooling vapours breathe along the mead, The patient fisher takes his silent stand, Intent, his angle trembling in his hand: With looks unmov'd, he hopes the scaly breed, And eyes the dancing cork, and bending reed.
Pàgina 8 - There is a tide in the affairs of men Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune; Omitted, all the voyage of their life Is bound in shallows and in miseries. On such a full sea are we now afloat; And we must take the current when it serves, Or lose our ventures.
Pàgina 288 - Whereas the Lords Spiritual and Temporal and Commons assembled at Westminster, lawfully, fully and freely representing all the estates of the people of this realm...
Pàgina 276 - The bright-ey'd perch with fins of Tyrian dye, The silver eel, in shining volumes roll'd, The yellow carp, in scales bedropp'd with gold, Swift trouts, diversified with crimson stains, And pikes, the tyrants of the watery plains. Now Cancer glows with Phoebus...
Pàgina 186 - Accordingly, on that day, he moved for leave to bring in a bill " for vesting the affairs of the East India company in the hands of certain commissioners, for the benefit of the proprietors and the public ;" and also a bill " for the better government of the territorial possessions and dependencies in India.
Pàgina 190 - I cannot consider myself warranted to lay before the Prince of Wales an address purporting to invest his Royal Highness with powers to take upon him the government of this realm, before he shall be enabled by law to do so.
Pàgina 282 - ... conversation to the ministry, who, provided the colonies would subject themselves, might after all, or might not, at their pleasure, make any alterations in the former instructions to governors, or propose in parliament any amendment of the acts complained of...
Pàgina 288 - That it is the opinion of this committee, that his majesty is prevented, by his present indisposition, from coming to his parliament, and from attending to public business, and that the personal exercise of the royal authority is thereby, for the present, interrupted.
Pàgina 297 - And whereas to pursue schemes of conquest and extension of dominion in India are measures repugnant to the wish, the honour, and policy of this nation...
Pàgina 306 - In 1801 appeared a splendid edition, from the press of Bulmer, of " the Tragedies and Poems of Frederick Earl of Carlisle, Knight of the Garter,