Annual Register, Band 26Edmund Burke Longmans, Green, 1800 |
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... late war in India peculiarly interesting . Having got through this difficult , though pleafing task , we had only to gather up the gleanings of the war in other quarters ; and then tracing those measures which led to the restoration of ...
... late war in India peculiarly interesting . Having got through this difficult , though pleafing task , we had only to gather up the gleanings of the war in other quarters ; and then tracing those measures which led to the restoration of ...
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... late ftate and govern- ment of that country , as well as of its relation to , and the means by which it became dependent on the Eaft India company . The country of Benares lies far up the Ganges , not a great deal fhort of 600 miles ...
... late ftate and govern- ment of that country , as well as of its relation to , and the means by which it became dependent on the Eaft India company . The country of Benares lies far up the Ganges , not a great deal fhort of 600 miles ...
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... late at night by Mr. Markham , entered into a written juftification of the feveral parts of his conduct . He ftates , that the payment of the fubfidics had been much more regularly made , than than was reprefented ; that he had fent a ...
... late at night by Mr. Markham , entered into a written juftification of the feveral parts of his conduct . He ftates , that the payment of the fubfidics had been much more regularly made , than than was reprefented ; that he had fent a ...
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... late years been formed as additions to its original ftrength ; and by degrees , a close- built , large , and very populous town , had grown up round it . The eftablishment of a fmall ftand- ing garrifon , and of a governor , who were ...
... late years been formed as additions to its original ftrength ; and by degrees , a close- built , large , and very populous town , had grown up round it . The eftablishment of a fmall ftand- ing garrifon , and of a governor , who were ...
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... late act , and his apprehenfion of the confequences . Wanting refolu- tion to determine upon the course he fhould purfue , whether to place his truft in the hope of ac- commodation , or to commit all to the fortune of arms , he heft ...
... late act , and his apprehenfion of the confequences . Wanting refolu- tion to determine upon the course he fhould purfue , whether to place his truft in the hope of ac- commodation , or to commit all to the fortune of arms , he heft ...
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Seite 168 - Where they did all get in, Six precious souls, and all agog To dash through thick and thin. Smack went the whip, round went the wheels, Were never folk so glad ; The stones did rattle underneath As if Cheapside were mad. John Gilpin, at his horse's side, Seized fast the flowing mane, And up he got, in haste to ride, But soon came down again...
Seite 318 - St. Croix River to the highlands; along the said highlands which divide those rivers that empty themselves into the river St. Lawrence, from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean, to the northwesternmost head of Connecticut River...
Seite 166 - The busy day, the peaceful night, Unfelt, uncounted, glided by ; His frame was firm, his powers were bright, Though now his eightieth year was nigh. Then with no fiery throbbing pain, No cold gradations of decay, Death broke at once the vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest way.
Seite 167 - JOHN GILPIN was a citizen Of credit and renown, A trainband captain eke was he Of famous London town. John Gilpin's spouse said to her dear, Though wedded we have been These twice ten tedious years, yet we No holiday have seen. To-morrow is our wedding-day, And we will then repair Unto the Bell at Edmonton All in a chaise and pair.
Seite 318 - 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 170 - So am I!" But yet his horse was not a whit Inclined to tarry there; For why? — his owner had a house Full ten miles off, at Ware. So like an arrow swift he flew, Shot by an archer strong; So did he fly — which brings me to The middle of my song.
Seite 318 - Cataraquy; thence along the middle of said river into Lake 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...
Seite 171 - What news? what news? your tidings tell; Tell me you must and shall Say why bare-headed you are come, Or why you come at all?
Seite 161 - Such is that room which one rude beam divides, And naked rafters form the sloping sides; Where the vile bands that bind the thatch are seen, And lath and mud are all that lie between; Save one dull pane, that, coarsely...
Seite 160 - And the dull wheel hums doleful through the day; There children dwell who know no parents' care; Parents, who know no children's love, dwell there ! Heart-broken matrons on their joyless bed, Forsaken wives, and mothers never wed; Dejected widows with unheeded tears, And crippled age with more than childhood fears; The lame, the blind, and, far the happiest they!