Annual Register, Том 9Edmund Burke 1767 |
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... crown would have found the great- eft difficulty in reducing the re- bels to obedience . The immense distance of the fcene of action , the difficulty of tranfporting troops , together with the various changes of climate and food , which ...
... crown would have found the great- eft difficulty in reducing the re- bels to obedience . The immense distance of the fcene of action , the difficulty of tranfporting troops , together with the various changes of climate and food , which ...
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... crown , and is thereby obliged to maintain a trooper and his horse , had been elected by the peafants of the diftrict of Weden , in the government of Elfsbourgh , as their deputy , to represent them at the diet . The order of Peasants ...
... crown , and is thereby obliged to maintain a trooper and his horse , had been elected by the peafants of the diftrict of Weden , in the government of Elfsbourgh , as their deputy , to represent them at the diet . The order of Peasants ...
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... crowns , per annum , the penfion that had been granted to the celebrated Count Teflin , who is now in the 74th year of his age ; had been governor to the prince royal , am- baffador to feveral courts , prime minifter , and was twice ...
... crowns , per annum , the penfion that had been granted to the celebrated Count Teflin , who is now in the 74th year of his age ; had been governor to the prince royal , am- baffador to feveral courts , prime minifter , and was twice ...
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... crown , and with one of whom he has had a perfonal acquaintance and friendship . His answer to the minifter of Ruf- fia is remarkable : " I have not forgotten ( fays his Majefty ) the obligations I am under to the Em- prefs of Ruffia ...
... crown , and with one of whom he has had a perfonal acquaintance and friendship . His answer to the minifter of Ruf- fia is remarkable : " I have not forgotten ( fays his Majefty ) the obligations I am under to the Em- prefs of Ruffia ...
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... crown of Spain , he was attended by a num- ber of his Italian favourites , who were followed by fhoals of their dependents . It was foon found , that the foreigners had an entire poffeffion of the King's ear ; one of them , the Marquis ...
... crown of Spain , he was attended by a num- ber of his Italian favourites , who were followed by fhoals of their dependents . It was foon found , that the foreigners had an entire poffeffion of the King's ear ; one of them , the Marquis ...
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Страница 161 - ... a privateer, I should have been entitled to clothing and maintenance during the rest of my life; but that was not my chance: one man is born with a silver spoon in his mouth, and another with a wooden ladle. However, blessed be God! I enjoy good health, and will for ever love liberty and Old England. Liberty, property, and Old England, for ever, huzza!
Страница 198 - TURN, gentle Hermit of the dale, And guide my lonely way To where yon taper cheers the vale With hospitable ray. " For here forlorn and lost I tread, With fainting steps and slow; Where wilds, immeasurably spread, Seem lengthening as I go." " Forbear, my son," the Hermit cries, " To tempt the dangerous gloom ; For yonder faithless phantom flies To lure thee to thy doom.
Страница 159 - I fell upon my knees, begged his worship's pardon, and began to give a full account of all that I knew of my breed, seed, and generation ; but, though I gave a very true account, the justice said I could give no account; so I was indicted...
Страница 200 - To soothe the stranger's woe; For grief was heavy at his heart, And tears began to flow. His rising cares the Hermit spied, With answering care opprest : " And whence, unhappy youth," he cried, " The sorrows of thy breast ? " From better habitations spurn'd, Reluctant dost thou rove?
Страница 201 - But let a maid thy pity share, Whom love has taught to stray ; Who seeks for rest, but finds despair Companion of her way.
Страница 159 - I was able to handle a mallet ; and here I lived an easy kind of a life for five years, I only wrought ten hours in the day, and had my meat and drink provided for my labour.
Страница 159 - People may say this and that of being in jail, but, for my part, I found Newgate as agreeable a place as ever I was in in all my life.