Public characters [Formerly British public characters] of 1798-9 - 1809-10, Volum 61804 |
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Pàgina 17
... island , than the flame of it penetrated to the other . This loyal en- thusiasm merited and obtained the confidence of the Sovereign , who , feeling himself enthroned in the hearts of his people , unreservedly opened his armoury ; while ...
... island , than the flame of it penetrated to the other . This loyal en- thusiasm merited and obtained the confidence of the Sovereign , who , feeling himself enthroned in the hearts of his people , unreservedly opened his armoury ; while ...
Pàgina 46
... island was but little visited except by traders from the neighbouring con- tinent , and it appears certain that the chief inter- course , anterior to this period , was kept up by means of small vessels from the opposite coast of Gaul ...
... island was but little visited except by traders from the neighbouring con- tinent , and it appears certain that the chief inter- course , anterior to this period , was kept up by means of small vessels from the opposite coast of Gaul ...
Pàgina 51
... island anterior to that memorable period , when the traces of the Saxon subjugation had become faint , and the victors and vanquished , happily blending together , enjoyed all the blessings resulting from liberty and independence ...
... island anterior to that memorable period , when the traces of the Saxon subjugation had become faint , and the victors and vanquished , happily blending together , enjoyed all the blessings resulting from liberty and independence ...
Pàgina 58
... islands of Scilly , on purpose to bar the entrance to the Channel , constrained Admiral Darby , with twenty - one ships , to retire to Torbay , whither they proposed to pursue and attack him . * But it appears , from the history of the ...
... islands of Scilly , on purpose to bar the entrance to the Channel , constrained Admiral Darby , with twenty - one ships , to retire to Torbay , whither they proposed to pursue and attack him . * But it appears , from the history of the ...
Pàgina 60
... island of St. Vincent's without difficulty , and ac- quired Grenada also , after a spirited but ineffectual resistance on the part of the British troops . No sooner did the brave but unfortunate Byron receive intelligence of these ...
... island of St. Vincent's without difficulty , and ac- quired Grenada also , after a spirited but ineffectual resistance on the part of the British troops . No sooner did the brave but unfortunate Byron receive intelligence of these ...
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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,