The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for the Year ...J. Dodsley, 1800 - History |
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... continued obftinate ; upon which the admiral , according to his orders , immediately declared war against him , and failed out of the harbour to fulfil his inftructions , which were to block up the port , and deftroy all the Algerine ...
... continued obftinate ; upon which the admiral , according to his orders , immediately declared war against him , and failed out of the harbour to fulfil his inftructions , which were to block up the port , and deftroy all the Algerine ...
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... continued feries of lofs and difgrace ; that by it he lost the kingdom of Sweden , as well as the noble pro- vinces of Livonia , Wallachia , and Moldavia . That the misfortunes incurred by it , were not confined to his reign , but are ...
... continued feries of lofs and difgrace ; that by it he lost the kingdom of Sweden , as well as the noble pro- vinces of Livonia , Wallachia , and Moldavia . That the misfortunes incurred by it , were not confined to his reign , but are ...
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... continued only for a few minutes upon the whole he fhew- ed a coolnefs and command of temper , which has , perhaps , been feldom feen in fuch circumftances , but which was very convenient , where refiftance was impoffible . It fhould be ...
... continued only for a few minutes upon the whole he fhew- ed a coolnefs and command of temper , which has , perhaps , been feldom feen in fuch circumftances , but which was very convenient , where refiftance was impoffible . It fhould be ...
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... continued feries of revolutions , if paffing from the hands of one tyrant to another may be called fo , was at length granted by one of the popes to the republic of Pisa , which was then a very confiderable maritime ftate . In the long ...
... continued feries of revolutions , if paffing from the hands of one tyrant to another may be called fo , was at length granted by one of the popes to the republic of Pisa , which was then a very confiderable maritime ftate . In the long ...
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... continued for three years . By the fecond proposals , the company offered , upon the fame terms , to pay the fpecific fum of 400,000l . a year , for three years , by half - yearly payments ; and to indemnify the public for any lofs the ...
... continued for three years . By the fecond proposals , the company offered , upon the fame terms , to pay the fpecific fum of 400,000l . a year , for three years , by half - yearly payments ; and to indemnify the public for any lofs the ...
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Page 243 - How sleep the brave, who sink to rest, By all their country's wishes blest ! When Spring, with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck their hallowed mould, She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's feet have ever trod. By fairy hands their knell is rung ; By forms unseen their dirge is sung : There Honour comes, a pilgrim gray, To bless the turf that wraps their clay ; And Freedom shall awhile repair, To dwell a weeping hermit there ! TO MERCY.
Page 290 - Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.
Page 290 - And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.
Page 156 - And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan : and the land was polluted with blood.
Page 219 - To replace to ditto,, the like fum paid out of the fame, to make good the deficiency on the...
Page 289 - ... places where the ground and herbage remained yet in common. Thus we find Abraham, who was but a sojourner, asserting his right to a well in the country of Abimelech, and exacting an oath for his security, "because he had digged that well.
Page 295 - ... and continuance of property, must still unavoidably remain in common, being such wherein nothing but an usufructuary property is capable of being had ; and therefore they still belong to the first occupant, during the time he holds possession of them, and no longer. Such (among others) are the elements of light, air, and water, which a man may occupy by means of his windows, his gardens, his mills, and other conveniences...
Page 287 - ... from a determinate spot of ground, because his father had done so before him ; or why the occupier of a particular field or of a jewel, when lying on his death-bed, and no longer able to maintain possession, should be entitled to tell the rest of the world which of them should enjoy it after him.
Page 291 - It was clear that the earth would not produce her fruits in sufficient quantities without the assistance of tillage ; but who would be at the pains of tilling it, if another might watch an opportunity to seize upon and enjoy the product of his industry, art, and labour...
Page 38 - When near boiling, (he took a large brafs ladle and tofled the tea, till the liquor turned very brown. It was now taken off the fire, and, after fubfiding a little, was poured clear into another veflel.