The Annual Register of World Events: A Review of the Year, Volume 36Edmund Burke Longmans, Green, 1799 |
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... Some of the powers in the others , and relying folely on their fingle ftrength . In its moft flour- ifhing and formidable condition , its neighbours when not difunited , had fuccefsfully oppofed its ambitious defigns , and reduced it to ...
... Some of the powers in the others , and relying folely on their fingle ftrength . In its moft flour- ifhing and formidable condition , its neighbours when not difunited , had fuccefsfully oppofed its ambitious defigns , and reduced it to ...
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... Some hopes had at firft been en- tertained , that General Clairfait might have made a junction with the forces engaged ; but a river feparated him from them ; and the French obferved his motions with fo much vigilance , that he found it ...
... Some hopes had at firft been en- tertained , that General Clairfait might have made a junction with the forces engaged ; but a river feparated him from them ; and the French obferved his motions with fo much vigilance , that he found it ...
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... Some part of the infurgents , who had , through more coolnefs and de- " termination than the rest , effected a retreat , and efcaped the fate of their companions , finding it im . practicable to return to their coun- try by croffing the ...
... Some part of the infurgents , who had , through more coolnefs and de- " termination than the rest , effected a retreat , and efcaped the fate of their companions , finding it im . practicable to return to their coun- try by croffing the ...
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... Some- times they were tied to stakes , and expofed to the derifion of the re- publican foldiery . In order to in- fult at once their religion and po- litics , effigies of the King and Pope were fometimes produced before them , decorated ...
... Some- times they were tied to stakes , and expofed to the derifion of the re- publican foldiery . In order to in- fult at once their religion and po- litics , effigies of the King and Pope were fometimes produced before them , decorated ...
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... Some parts of his fpeech on this occafion were re- markable . Let the rich , fays he , refign the fuperfluities of their ta- bles , where luxury and vanity alone are fed ; let them ceafe to con- fume in one day the food of many months ...
... Some parts of his fpeech on this occafion were re- markable . Let the rich , fays he , refign the fuperfluities of their ta- bles , where luxury and vanity alone are fed ; let them ceafe to con- fume in one day the food of many months ...
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Page 413 - Wealth, my lad, was made to wander, Let it wander as it will; Call the jockey, call the pander, Bid them come, and take their fill. When the bonny blade carouses, Pockets full, and spirits high — What are acres?
Page 408 - HO! why dost thou shiver and shake, Gaffer Gray ? And why does thy nose look so blue ? " 'Tis the weather that's cold, 'Tis I'm grown very old, And my doublet is not very new, Well-a-day!" Then line thy worn doublet with ale, Gaffer Gray! And warm thy old heart with a glass. " Nay, but credit I've none, And my money's all gone ; Then say how may that come to pass ? Well-a-day!" Hie away to the house on the brow, Gaffer Gray, And knock at the jolly priest's door.
Page 408 - And warm thy old heart with a glass. 'Nay, but credit I've none, And my money's all gone; Then say how may that come to pass? Well-a-day!' Hie away to the house on the brow, Gaffer Gray; And knock at the jolly priest's door. 'The priest often preaches Against worldly riches, But ne'er gives a mite to the poor, Well-a-day!
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