The Annual Register of World Events: A Review of the Year, 10. köideEdmund Burke Longmans, Green, 1800 |
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... fuch a pitch at home , that a great part of the nation were at one time upon the point of dethroning him . People who take a tranfient and diftant view of the affairs of Po- land , and who , from its name and form of a republic , look ...
... fuch a pitch at home , that a great part of the nation were at one time upon the point of dethroning him . People who take a tranfient and diftant view of the affairs of Po- land , and who , from its name and form of a republic , look ...
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... fuch eftates . The priests belong- ing to the fociety are to have fmall life annuities . The foreign bro- thers , which were pretty numer- ous , were entirely excluded from the benefit of thefe alimentary an- nuities , which were ...
... fuch eftates . The priests belong- ing to the fociety are to have fmall life annuities . The foreign bro- thers , which were pretty numer- ous , were entirely excluded from the benefit of thefe alimentary an- nuities , which were ...
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... fuch methods , as fhould effectually prevent their being landed . About this time the King of Spain was faid to have wrote the following laconic letter to the pope , as an explanation of the motives of his procedure against the Jefuits ...
... fuch methods , as fhould effectually prevent their being landed . About this time the King of Spain was faid to have wrote the following laconic letter to the pope , as an explanation of the motives of his procedure against the Jefuits ...
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... fuch a change in their minds and opinions , that they vin- dicated the prefent exertion of prerogative , not only ... fuch cafes , was ably and powerfully attacked . It was urged , that the ministry had re- ceived fuch information in the ...
... fuch a change in their minds and opinions , that they vin- dicated the prefent exertion of prerogative , not only ... fuch cafes , was ably and powerfully attacked . It was urged , that the ministry had re- ceived fuch information in the ...
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... fuch poffeffions in the hands of a trading corporation were im proper and dangerous ; and that if it were even legally and politi . cally right that they should hold thefe territories , yet the raft ex . penditure of government , in the ...
... fuch poffeffions in the hands of a trading corporation were im proper and dangerous ; and that if it were even legally and politi . cally right that they should hold thefe territories , yet the raft ex . penditure of government , in the ...
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Page 223 - 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 268 - 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 138 - 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 241 - In groundless hope and causeless fear, Unhappy man ! behold thy doom ; Still changing with the changeful year, The slave of sunshine and of gloom.
Page 270 - Property, both in lands and movables, being thus originally acquired by the first taker, which taking amounts to a declaration that he intends to appropriate the thing to his own use...
Page 269 - And the art of agriculture, by a regular connection and consequence, introduced and established the idea of a more permanent property in the soil than had hitherto been received and adopted. 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 266 - The earth, therefore, and all things therein, are the general property of all mankind, exclusive of other beings, from the immediate gift of the Creator.
Page 287 - If there was a time in which he had his acquaintance with his own species to make, and his faculties to acquire, it is a time of which we have no record, and in relation to which our opinions can serve no purpose, and are supported by no evidence.
Page 265 - Pleased as we are with the possession, we seem afraid to look back to the means by which it was acquired, as if fearful of some defect in our title ; or at best we rest satisfied with the decision of the laws in our favour, without examining the reason or authority upon which those laws have been built.
Page 269 - ... of religious duties. Thus connected together, it was found that a part only of...