The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for the Year ...J. Dodsley, 1800 |
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... Sea Horfe , and Captain Reynolds , of the Com- buftion fire - fhip . The feamen and marines , with the guns and pio- neers , immediately formed , and pushed forward , though it was near- ly dark , to Trincomale fort ; and the company of ...
... Sea Horfe , and Captain Reynolds , of the Com- buftion fire - fhip . The feamen and marines , with the guns and pio- neers , immediately formed , and pushed forward , though it was near- ly dark , to Trincomale fort ; and the company of ...
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... Seas would have been the deftination of fuch an armament . It feems probable that nothing lefs than the numberlefs exigencies , and the various untoward events of the war , could have delayed the profecution of a defign which feemed ...
... Seas would have been the deftination of fuch an armament . It feems probable that nothing lefs than the numberlefs exigencies , and the various untoward events of the war , could have delayed the profecution of a defign which feemed ...
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and , in their present state , could be of very little use at sea . The hard weather which came on in the beginning of September , accordingly frustrated all their views ; and abandoning all hope of intercepting the British con- voys ...
and , in their present state , could be of very little use at sea . The hard weather which came on in the beginning of September , accordingly frustrated all their views ; and abandoning all hope of intercepting the British con- voys ...
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... Seas as would be capable of ruining their immenfe com- merce on that fide , and of effec- tually protecting our own , in cluding the farther great object of preventing the poffibility of re- ftoring their marine , by cutting off their ...
... Seas as would be capable of ruining their immenfe com- merce on that fide , and of effec- tually protecting our own , in cluding the farther great object of preventing the poffibility of re- ftoring their marine , by cutting off their ...
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... sea . It was denied that we had at this time any other fhips ready for fervice , except thofe that were under orders to fail with Sir George Rodney ; and Lord Mulgrave gave it as his de- cided opinion , that to have de- tached this ...
... sea . It was denied that we had at this time any other fhips ready for fervice , except thofe that were under orders to fail with Sir George Rodney ; and Lord Mulgrave gave it as his de- cided opinion , that to have de- tached this ...
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Seite 322 - Lawrence from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean to the northwesternmost head of Connecticut River; thence down along the middle of that river to the forty-fifth degree of north latitude...
Seite 322 - And that all disputes which might arise in future on the subject of the boundaries of the said United States may be prevented, it is hereby agreed and declared, that the following are and shall be their boundaries...
Seite 322 - Ontario; through the middle of said lake until it strikes the communication by water between that lake and Lake Erie; thence along the middle of said communication into Lake Erie, through the middle of said lake until it arrives at the water communication between that lake and Lake Huron...
Seite 323 - IT is agreed that creditors on either side shall meet with no lawful impediment to the recovery of the full value in sterling money, of all bona fide debts heretofore contracted.
Seite 324 - That there shall be no future confiscations made, nor any prosecutions commenced against any person or persons, for or by reason of the part which he or they may have taken in the present War ; and that no person shall on that account suffer any future loss or damage either in his person, liberty, or property...
Seite 208 - Pope had only a little, because Dryden had more ; for every other writer since Milton must give place to Pope ; and even of Dryden it must be said, that, if he has brighter paragraphs, he has not better poems.
Seite 323 - Ocean: east by a line to be drawn along the middle of the River St. Croix from its mouth in the Bay of Fundy to its source, and from its source directly north to the aforesaid highlands, which divide the rivers that fall into the Atlantic Ocean, from those which fall into the River St. Lawrence...
Seite 207 - ... none to himself. He examined lines and words with minute and punctilious observation, and retouched every part with indefatigable diligence, till he had left nothing to be forgiven.
Seite 322 - His Britannic Majesty acknowledges the said United States, viz., New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia, to be Free, Sovereign and Independent States...
Seite 208 - What his mind could supply at call, or gather in one excursion, was all that he sought, and all that he gave. The dilatory caution of Pope enabled him to condense his sentiments, to multiply his images, and to accumulate all that study might produce, or chance might supply.