The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for the Year ..., Band 27J. Dodsley, 1800 |
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... Several attempts had been made in the late reign ( and they were pro- bably the first endeavours of the fort that had ever been used ) to restrain the oppreffion of the lords , and to better the condition of thefe people . Yet much ...
... Several attempts had been made in the late reign ( and they were pro- bably the first endeavours of the fort that had ever been used ) to restrain the oppreffion of the lords , and to better the condition of thefe people . Yet much ...
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... Several caufes con- curred to render this fhock parti- cularly fatal . It came on fuddenly , without any of the ufual indica- tions ; it was about the Italian time of dinner , when the people were mostly in their houses ; but beyond all ...
... Several caufes con- curred to render this fhock parti- cularly fatal . It came on fuddenly , without any of the ufual indica- tions ; it was about the Italian time of dinner , when the people were mostly in their houses ; but beyond all ...
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... Several fucceed- ing fhocks , through the months of February and March , were little lefs tremendous , and extended their effects ftill farther than the first . They included the Calabria Citra , and thofe parts of the Ultra which had ...
... Several fucceed- ing fhocks , through the months of February and March , were little lefs tremendous , and extended their effects ftill farther than the first . They included the Calabria Citra , and thofe parts of the Ultra which had ...
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... several inftances , of a grofs breach of fo- lemn treaties entered into between the company and the Nizam of the Decan , and of having thereby ftained the national honour , inflamed the refentments of the Nizam , and endangered the ...
... several inftances , of a grofs breach of fo- lemn treaties entered into between the company and the Nizam of the Decan , and of having thereby ftained the national honour , inflamed the refentments of the Nizam , and endangered the ...
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... Several of the mem- bers who ufually voted with him , now joined in the general request , but in vain . The House grew un- ufually warm , and Mr. Eden was preparing to move the following refolution , that " That for any of his majefty's ...
... Several of the mem- bers who ufually voted with him , now joined in the general request , but in vain . The House grew un- ufually warm , and Mr. Eden was preparing to move the following refolution , that " That for any of his majefty's ...
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Seite 118 - ... spread soft furs for him to rest and sleep on. We demand nothing in return.
Seite 17 - He was prone to superstition, but not to credulity. Though his imagination might incline him to a belief of the marvellous and the mysterious, his vigorous reason examined the evidence with jealousy.
Seite 115 - The business of the women is to take exact notice of what passes, imprint it in their memories, for they have no writing, and communicate it to their children. They are the records of the council, and they preserve...
Seite 17 - His person was large, robust, I may say approaching to the gigantic, and grown unwieldy from corpulency. His countenance was naturally of the cast of an ancient statue, but somewhat disfigured by the scars of that evil, which, it was formerly imagined, the royal touch could cure.
Seite 362 - British colonies or plantations ; or on the exportation of any article imported from the British plantations, or any manufacture made of such article, unless in cases where a similar bounty is payable in Great Britain, on exportation from thence, or where such bounty is merely in the nature of a drawback, or compensation of, or for duties paid, over and above any paid thereon in Britain.
Seite 11 - His judgment, in whatever related to the services he was engaged in, quick and sure. His designs were bold and manly ; and both in the conception, and in the mode of execution, bore evident marks of a great original genius. His courage was cool and determined, and accompanied with an admirable presence of mind in the moment of danger. His manners were plain and unaffected.
Seite 186 - Nero, in all the insolent prodigality of despotism, deal out to his praetorian guards a donation fit to be named with the largess showered down by the bounty of our Chancellor of the Exchequer on the faithful band of his Indian sepoys.
Seite 116 - What you have told us, says he, is all very good. It is indeed bad to eat Apples. It is better to make them all into Cyder.
Seite 11 - ... abated. No incidental temptation could detain him for a moment; even those intervals of recreation, which sometimes unavoidably occurred, and were looked for by us with a longing, that persons who have experienced the fatigues of service will readily excuse, were submitted to by him with a certain impatience, whenever they could not be employed in making further provision for the more effectual prosecution of his designs.
Seite 117 - It is reckoned uncivil in travelling strangers to enter a village abruptly, without giving notice of their approach. Therefore, as soon as they arrive within hearing, they stop and halloo, remaining there till invited to enter.