The Edinburgh Annual Register, Volumen8John Ballantyne and Company, 1817 |
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... tion of the gallant enterprise against the city of Washington , and his regret for the fall of its brave leader . But he commented with severity on the de- struction of the buildings at Washing ton , which were not used for mili tary ...
... tion of the gallant enterprise against the city of Washington , and his regret for the fall of its brave leader . But he commented with severity on the de- struction of the buildings at Washing ton , which were not used for mili tary ...
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... tion of Poland . And again , let it be fully understood , that there were many persons who ardently wished for the restoration and freedom of Poland , not only as necessary to the preservation of the peace of Europe , but as a debt due ...
... tion of Poland . And again , let it be fully understood , that there were many persons who ardently wished for the restoration and freedom of Poland , not only as necessary to the preservation of the peace of Europe , but as a debt due ...
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... tion of the treaty of peace ; and no- thing was , therefore , to be looked to from it . " of The Chancellor of the Exchequer , in answer to Mr Tierney , said , " that what was meant by saying , that the finances of the country were in a ...
... tion of the treaty of peace ; and no- thing was , therefore , to be looked to from it . " of The Chancellor of the Exchequer , in answer to Mr Tierney , said , " that what was meant by saying , that the finances of the country were in a ...
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... tion ; but this could not be done till the establishment of peace , as till then the permanent expenses of the country could not be known . He , for one , would not , shrink from any such inves- tigation . " After some further ...
... tion ; but this could not be done till the establishment of peace , as till then the permanent expenses of the country could not be known . He , for one , would not , shrink from any such inves- tigation . " After some further ...
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... tion acts . His lordship took a view of the great increase in the issues of pa- per since the restrictions commenced ; and argued that , in consequence of these issues , not only did the proprie tors of the bank derive exorbitant pro ...
... tion acts . His lordship took a view of the great increase in the issues of pa- per since the restrictions commenced ; and argued that , in consequence of these issues , not only did the proprie tors of the bank derive exorbitant pro ...
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Página 273 - I am as free as nature first made man, Ere the base laws of servitude began, When wild in woods the noble savage ran.
Página 335 - A victim to the factions which distract my country, and to the enmity of the greatest powers of Europe, I have terminated my political career, and I come, like Themistocles, to throw myself upon the hospitality of the British people.
Página 359 - ... improved into liberal arrangements on other subjects on which the parties have mutual interests, or which might endanger their future harmony. Congress will decide on the expediency of promoting such a sequel by giving effect to the measure of confining the American navigation to American seamen — a measure which, at the same time that it might have that conciliatory tendency, would have the further advantage of increasing the independence of our navigation and the resources for our maritime...
Página 295 - Art. XVII. The Ratifications shall be exchanged to-morrow the 4th, of July, at six o'clock in the morning at the Bridge of Neuilly. Art. XVIII. Commissioners shall be named by the respective parties, in order to watch over the execution of the present Convention.
Página 169 - ... those which they close, and perpetuate revenge and hatred and blood from age to age. Europe seemed to breathe after her sufferings. In the midst of this fair prospect, and of these consolatory hopes, Napoleon...
Página 162 - France with projects of confiision and disorder, he has deprived himself of the protection of the law, and has manifested to the universe, that there can be neither peace nor truce with him.
Página 327 - ... any number of individual powers in Europe, the day of retribution must come. " Not only, then, would it, in my opinion, be unjust in the sovereigns to gratify the people of France on this subject, at the expense of their own people, but the sacrifice they would make would be impolitic, at it would deprive them of the opportunity of giving the people of France a great moral lesson " During these agitating transactions, the articles of peace, so necessary for all parties, were at length finally...
Página 183 - ... peace with a war establishment, and a war to follow it ; recollect further, that whatever be your resources they must outlast those of all your enemies ; and further, that your empire cannot be saved by a calculation : besides, your wealth is only...
Página 294 - VIII. To-morrow, the 4th of July, at mid-day, St. Denis, St. Ouen, Clichy, and Neuilly, shall be given up.
Página 262 - My political life is terminated, and I proclaim my son, under the title of Napoleon II., Emperor of the French.