The History of England, from the Revolution to the Death of George the Second: (Designed as a Continuation of Mr. Hume's History.)T. Cadell ... and R. Baldwin, 1804 |
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Seite 415 - ... is a certain part of the world where your death has more than been wished for upon other motives. I know the world too well to trust this secret in any breast but my own. A few days determine me your friend or enemy. " FELTON." " You will apprehend that I mean you should be alone ; and depend upon it, that a discovery of any artifice in this affair will be fatal to you. My safety is insured by my silence, for confession only can condemn me.
Seite 416 - These and the former terms complied with ensure your safety : my revenge, in case of non-compliance, (or any scheme to expose me,) will be slower, but not less sure ; and strong suspicion the utmost that can possibly ensue upon it, while the chances will be tenfold against you.
Seite 439 - ... by the public : that a court of oyer and terminer, and gaol delivery, for the trial of offences committed within the jurisdiction of the admiralty...
Seite 493 - Barker, to advance and burn two ships that lay close to the mouth of the harbour. They accordingly approached with great intrepidity, and met with a very warm reception from divers batteries, which they had not before perceived. Two small forts they attempted to destroy, and cannonaded...
Seite 415 - If you think this of any consequence, you will not fail to meet the author on Sunday next, at ten in the morning, or on Monday, (if the weather should be rainy on Sunday) near the first tree beyond the stile in...
Seite 333 - ... affection. Would you have your brother lay his just complaints against you before the whole empire, and all Europe ? Are not your proceedings without example ? What is Germany become ? What are its princes...
Seite 506 - Ireland to exert their wellknown zeal and spirit in support of his majesty's government, and in defence of all that was dear to them, by timely preparation to resist and frustrate any attempts of the enemy to disturb the quiet and shake the security of...
Seite 398 - ... with whom he had always studied to live in the most perfect union, he was nevertheless determined not to suffer the trade of the French colonies in America to be carried on by the subjects of other powers, under the...
Seite 386 - He afterwards, in the course of his argumentation, adds, " that they must be very ignorant, indeed, who imagine that the forces of England are not able to resist those of France, unless the latter be hindered from turning all her efforts to the sea.
Seite 415 - I shall proceed immediately to acquaint you with the motive and end of addressing this epistle to you, which is equally interesting to us both. You are to know, then, that my present situation in life is such, that I should prefer annihilation to a continuance in it. Desperate diseases require desperate remedies; and you are the man I have pitched upon, either to make me or unmake yourself.