The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for the Year ...J. Dodsley, 1800 |
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... cause of our fathers being compelled by force to yield up their privileges , the lofs of which will fall heaviest upon us : our revenge is juft , and we are refolved to exert all our powers to recover our liberty , which we will begin ...
... cause of our fathers being compelled by force to yield up their privileges , the lofs of which will fall heaviest upon us : our revenge is juft , and we are refolved to exert all our powers to recover our liberty , which we will begin ...
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... genious in finding out the causes of public calamities ; and if any no- velties have been introduced , they always come in for a great fhare of popular 1 CHAP . VIII . Italy . Pragmatic Sanction published For the YEAR 1768 . [ 47.
... genious in finding out the causes of public calamities ; and if any no- velties have been introduced , they always come in for a great fhare of popular 1 CHAP . VIII . Italy . Pragmatic Sanction published For the YEAR 1768 . [ 47.
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... all the meafures taken by the Princes of the Houfe of Bourbon , and sent a Minifter accordingly to Rome , with orders to make theirs a common common cause , and to confort with their Minifters upon * 54 ] ANNUAL REGISTER.
... all the meafures taken by the Princes of the Houfe of Bourbon , and sent a Minifter accordingly to Rome , with orders to make theirs a common common cause , and to confort with their Minifters upon * 54 ] ANNUAL REGISTER.
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common cause , and to confort with their Minifters upon every occa- fon . The republic of Venice also fent a memorial to the Pope , in which it was strongly folicited to revoke the brief against the Duke of Parma . This folicitation ...
common cause , and to confort with their Minifters upon every occa- fon . The republic of Venice also fent a memorial to the Pope , in which it was strongly folicited to revoke the brief against the Duke of Parma . This folicitation ...
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... cause him to confider a meafure perfectly legal and con- ftitutional , and which only tended to lay the grievances of his fub- jects before the Throne , as of an 6 inflammatory nature , tending to create unwarrantable combinations , and ...
... cause him to confider a meafure perfectly legal and con- ftitutional , and which only tended to lay the grievances of his fub- jects before the Throne , as of an 6 inflammatory nature , tending to create unwarrantable combinations , and ...
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Page 214 - Hoarse he bays with hideous din, Eyes that glow, and fangs that grin : And long pursues, with fruitless yell, The father of the powerful spell.
Page 216 - Virgins these, in speechless woe, That bend to earth their solemn brow, That their flaxen tresses tear, And snowy veils, that float in air. Tell me whence their sorrows rose: Then I leave thee to repose. PR. Ha! no Traveller art thou, King of Men, I know thee now, Mightiest of a mighty line O.
Page 237 - That we will not purchase of any factor, or others, any kind of goods imported from Great Britain, from January 1769, to January 1770.
Page 224 - Distrest alike the statesman and the wit, When one a Borough courts, and one the Pit. The busy candidates for power and fame Have hopes, and fears, and wishes, just the same ; Disabled both to combat or to fly, Must hear all taunts, and hear without reply.
Page 212 - ... towards a hill, and seeming to enter into it. Curiosity led him to follow them, till looking through an opening in the rocks, he saw twelve gigantic figures resembling women : they were all employed about a loom ; and as they wove, they sung the following dreadful song ; which when they had finished, they tore the web into twelve pieces, and (each taking her portion) galloped six to the north, and as many to the south.
Page 213 - Eirin weep, Ne'er again his likeness see ; Long her strains in sorrow steep, Strains of immortality ! Horror covers all the heath, Clouds of carnage blot the sun. Sisters, weave the web of death ; Sisters, cease ; the work is done.
Page 213 - Hauberk crafli, and helmet ring. (Weave the crimfon web of war) Let us go, and let us fly, Where our Friends the conflicT: fliare, Where they triumph, where they die. As As the paths of fate we tread, Wading thro' th' enfanguin'd field : Gondula, and Geira, fpread O'er the youthful King your fhield.
Page 216 - Yet a while my call obey. Prophetefs, awake, and fay, What Virgins thefe, in fpeechlefs woe, That bend to earth their folemn brow, That their flaxen trefles tear, And fnowy veils, that float in air.
Page 58 - Essex, which was about 1578: and then he was declared to be only his natural issue by lady Douglas. Out of her hands the earl was very desirous to get him, in order to put him under the care of sir Edward Horsey, governor of the Isle of Wight ; which some have imagined to have been...
Page 262 - For maintaining his Majefty's forces and garrifons in the Plantations and Africa, including thofe in 'garrifon at Minorca and Gibraltar ; and for provifions for the forces in North America, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, 'Gibraltar, the Ceded Jflands, and Africa, for the year 1778 960,843 18 9 5.