The Edinburgh Annual Register, 14. köideWalter Scott John Ballantyne and Company, 1823 |
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... increasing and inconvenient popularity . Why was she popular ? And why were the hearts of all classes interested in her behalf ? Because she was oppressed and per- secuted ; and if ministers wished to sink her into comparative oblivion ...
... increasing and inconvenient popularity . Why was she popular ? And why were the hearts of all classes interested in her behalf ? Because she was oppressed and per- secuted ; and if ministers wished to sink her into comparative oblivion ...
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... increased her weight and inte- rest with the nation . Never did he expect to see and hear what with his own eyes he saw , and with his own ears he heard . At one o'clock , in the House of Lords , it was declared ne- cessary to pass a ...
... increased her weight and inte- rest with the nation . Never did he expect to see and hear what with his own eyes he saw , and with his own ears he heard . At one o'clock , in the House of Lords , it was declared ne- cessary to pass a ...
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... increase of the export trade . In the course of a desultory de- bate , Sir J. Newport complained of the great rise which had taken place in the expense of collecting the Irish revenue . Since 1808 , it had risen from 111. to 25 % . per ...
... increase of the export trade . In the course of a desultory de- bate , Sir J. Newport complained of the great rise which had taken place in the expense of collecting the Irish revenue . Since 1808 , it had risen from 111. to 25 % . per ...
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... increase . On the 4th May , when the navy estimates were brought up , and pre- vious to Sir G. Warrender moving the grant , Mr Hume proposed a se- ries of resolutions , which , on account of the information contained in them , we shall ...
... increase . On the 4th May , when the navy estimates were brought up , and pre- vious to Sir G. Warrender moving the grant , Mr Hume proposed a se- ries of resolutions , which , on account of the information contained in them , we shall ...
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... increase of 11,000l . in the salaries and contin- gencies of the admiralty - office was oc- casioned partly by the reward given by the board of longitude to the crews of the Hecla and Griper , and partly by circumstances which he would ...
... increase of 11,000l . in the salaries and contin- gencies of the admiralty - office was oc- casioned partly by the reward given by the board of longitude to the crews of the Hecla and Griper , and partly by circumstances which he would ...
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Page 144 - Father, who wouldest not the death of a sinner but rather that he should turn from his wickedness and live...
Page 356 - Near this spot Are deposited the Remains Of one Who Possessed Beauty Without Vanity, Strength without Insolence, Courage without Ferocity, And all the Virtues of Man Without his Vices. This Praise, which would be unmeaning flattery If inscribed over Human Ashes, Is but a just tribute to the Memory of "Boatswain," a Dog Who was born at Newfoundland, May, 1803, And died at Newstead Abbey Nov. 18, 1808.
Page 114 - I WAS glad when they said unto me, We will go into the house of the Lord.
Page 357 - TRIUMPHAL arch, that fill'st the sky When storms prepare to part, I ask not proud Philosophy To teach me what thou art — Still seem, as to my childhood's sight, A midway station given For happy spirits to alight Betwixt the earth and heaven.
Page 334 - ... composure, which characterizes the landscape of a cultivated country ; it was the deathlike stillness of the most dreary desolation, and the total absence of animated existence. Such, indeed, was the want of objects to afford relief to the eye, or amusement to the mind, that a stone of more than usual size appearing above the snow, in the direction...
Page 345 - ... sight, impressed me with horror. The blackness of the wall ; the faint light given by the candles or torches for want of air; the different objects that surrounded me seeming to converse with each other ; and the Arabs with the candles or torches in their hands, naked and covered with dust, themselves resembling living mummies, — absolutely formed a scene that cannot be described.
Page 357 - And yet, fair bow, no fabling dreams, But words of the Most High, Have told why first thy robe of beams Was woven in the sky. When o'er the green undeluged earth, Heaven's covenant thou didst shine, How came the world's gray fathers forth To watch thy sacred sign ! And when its yellow lustre smiled O'er mountains yet untrod, Each mother held aloft her child To bless the bow of God.
Page 6 - I have recently received so many testimonials from all parts of my kingdom ; and which, whilst it is most grateful to the strongest feelings of my heart, I shall ever consider as the best and surest safeguard of my Throne.
Page 192 - Orders of The House, examined the matters to them referred; and have agreed to the following REPORT...
Page 2 - ... domination — this the use of a standing army in time of peace. It seems our fathers were not such fools as some would make us believe, in opposing the establishment of a standing army...