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... consisting of only four vessels , with some landmen on board , to annoy the English coasts . A descent was made by them on the coast of Pembroke- shire . But they were so ill prepared for warlike operations , and were themselves so ill ...
... consisting of only four vessels , with some landmen on board , to annoy the English coasts . A descent was made by them on the coast of Pembroke- shire . But they were so ill prepared for warlike operations , and were themselves so ill ...
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... consisting of fifteen ships of the line , commanded by admiral de Winter , to join that of Brest in an invasion of Ireland . - The Dutch fleet had not left the coast of Holland before it was descried by admiral Duncan , who was ...
... consisting of fifteen ships of the line , commanded by admiral de Winter , to join that of Brest in an invasion of Ireland . - The Dutch fleet had not left the coast of Holland before it was descried by admiral Duncan , who was ...
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... consist of a mayor , three aldermen , and a recorder who is to be a barrister and appointed by his majesty , invested with the powers described by the act . It is incompatible with the nature of this work to give the whole of this act ...
... consist of a mayor , three aldermen , and a recorder who is to be a barrister and appointed by his majesty , invested with the powers described by the act . It is incompatible with the nature of this work to give the whole of this act ...
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... consisting of one ship of the line and eight frigates , freighted with troops and stores for Ireland , captured the hoche man of war , and several frigates ; and the remainder , except two , eventually fell into the hands of the English ...
... consisting of one ship of the line and eight frigates , freighted with troops and stores for Ireland , captured the hoche man of war , and several frigates ; and the remainder , except two , eventually fell into the hands of the English ...
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... consisting of the dignified clergy , the nobles , and the chief magistrates of fourteen towns , " and he called on his countrymen to assert their right ; to demand a convocation of the states ; and , if refused , to claim the guarantee ...
... consisting of the dignified clergy , the nobles , and the chief magistrates of fourteen towns , " and he called on his countrymen to assert their right ; to demand a convocation of the states ; and , if refused , to claim the guarantee ...
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Seite 186 - Such an event would alone have removed, and will at any time remove, all obstacles in the way of negotiation or peace. It would confirm to France the unmolested enjoyment of its ancient territory ; and it would give to all the other nations of Europe, in tranquillity and peace, that security which they are now compelled to seek by other means.
Seite 193 - ... sinking fund for the reduction of the principal of the debt incurred in either kingdom before the union, shall continue to be separately defrayed by Great Britain and Ireland respectively.
Seite 490 - This liberty rightly understood, consists in the power of doing whatever the laws permit ;° which is only to be effected by a general conformity of all orders and degrees to those equitable rules of action, by which the meanest individual is protected from the insults and oppression of the greatest.
Seite 144 - ... posterity with infamy for obeying a command when their submission became an act of necessity, since the whole army did not mutiny against the execution ; therefore to establish further the authenticity of the relation, this only can be mentioned, that it was Bonn's division which fired, and thus every one is afforded the opportunity of satisfying themselves respecting the truth, by enquiring of officers serving in the different brigades composing this division.
Seite 224 - To your patriotism, gentlemen, has been confided the honorable duty of guarding the public interests; and while the past is to your country a sure pledge that it will be faithfully discharged, permit me to assure you that your labors to promote the general happiness will receive from me the most zealous cooperation.
Seite 280 - It is a pleasure to stand upon the shore and to see ships tossed upon the sea; a pleasure to stand in the window of a castle and to see a battle and the adventures thereof below; but no pleasure is comparable to the standing upon the vantage ground of truth (a hill not to be commanded, and where the air is always clear and serene), and to see the errors and wanderings and mists and tempests in the vale below; so always that this prospect be with pity, and not with swelling or pride.
Seite 186 - In this situation it can for the present only remain for His Majesty to pursue, in conjunction with other powers, those exertions of just and defensive war, which his regard to the happiness of his subjects will never permit him either to continue beyond the necessity in which they originated, or to terminate on any other grounds, than such as may best contribute to the secure enjoyment of their tranquillity, their constitution, and their independence (Signed) GRENVILLE.
Seite 290 - for the purchase of the Museum, or Collection of Sir Hans Sloane, and of the Harleian Collection of Manuscripts ; and for providing one General Repository for the better reception and more convenient use of the said collections ; and of the Cottonian Library, and of the additions thereto.
Seite 427 - As the leech, the suckling calf, and the bee, take their natural food by little and little, thus must a king draw from his dominions an annual revenue. 130. Of cattle, of gems, of gold and silver, added each year to the capital stock, a fiftieth part may be taken by the king ; of grain, an eighth part, a sixth, or a twelfth, according to the difference of the soil, and the labour necessary to cultivate it.
Seite 241 - ... of the countries at war, which " should have been acquired by the subjects of the neutral power, and should be transported for " their account, which merchandise cannot be expected in any case from the freedom granted to