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... present . It was then customary either to serve a campaign or two in Flanders , or to pass their time at home , in the pleasures of a rude hospitality , and in the enjoyment of the sports of the field , which they carried to a degree of ...
... present . It was then customary either to serve a campaign or two in Flanders , or to pass their time at home , in the pleasures of a rude hospitality , and in the enjoyment of the sports of the field , which they carried to a degree of ...
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... Nottinghamshire , by whom he had issue Borlase Warren , whose grandson is the subject of the present article . * Whitlocke's Mem . Young Young Warren , on attaining that age when boys are 4 ADMIRAL WARREN ! SIR HENRY GREY, BART.
... Nottinghamshire , by whom he had issue Borlase Warren , whose grandson is the subject of the present article . * Whitlocke's Mem . Young Young Warren , on attaining that age when boys are 4 ADMIRAL WARREN ! SIR HENRY GREY, BART.
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... present United States , ( then considered , in parliamentary language , as rebellious colonies ) and partly in order to intercept any succour that might be sent from France to their assistance . It was under that gallant veteran , to ...
... present United States , ( then considered , in parliamentary language , as rebellious colonies ) and partly in order to intercept any succour that might be sent from France to their assistance . It was under that gallant veteran , to ...
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... present made to this part of the arrangement , would , in a great degree , if not wholly , be removed . " As , however , the number of persons who would be capable of admission into the order , in consequence of such a regulation ...
... present made to this part of the arrangement , would , in a great degree , if not wholly , be removed . " As , however , the number of persons who would be capable of admission into the order , in consequence of such a regulation ...
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member in the present parliament for the town of Nottingham . It has already been hinted that the negociations of our diplomatic admiral have been attended with some " A body of this description could not be considered as in any respect ...
member in the present parliament for the town of Nottingham . It has already been hinted that the negociations of our diplomatic admiral have been attended with some " A body of this description could not be considered as in any respect ...
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Page 119 - By heaven, methinks it were an easy leap, To pluck bright honour from the pale-faced moon, Or dive into the bottom of the deep, Where fathom-line could never touch the ground, And pluck up drowned honour by the locks...
Page 264 - Prepare for happiness ; bespeak him one Content indeed to sojourn while he must Below the skies, but having there his home. The world o'erlooks him in her busy search Of objects more illustrious in her view ; And occupied as earnestly as she, Though more sublimely, he o'erlooks the world. She scorns his pleasures, for she knows them not ; He seeks not hers, for he has proved them vain.
Page 173 - ... appeared there, of an intention to excite disturbances in other countries, to disregard the rights of neutral nations, and to pursue views of conquest and aggrandisement, as well as to adopt towards my allies the Statesgeneral (who have observed the same neutrality with myself) meaiures -which are neither conformable to the law of nations, nor to the positive stipulations of existing treaties.
Page 351 - That the authority of the sovereign of the neutral country being interposed in any manner of mere force cannot legally vary the rights of a lawfully commissioned belligerent cruiser.
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Page 365 - If war, it was necessary only to say so, and to refuse to fulfil the treaty. He now made the tour of Europe, to prove to me that, in its present state, there was no power with which we could coalesce, for the purpose of making war against France; consequently it was our interest to gain time, and, if we had any point to gain, renew the war when circumstances were more favourable. He said it was not doing him justice, to suppose that he conceived himself above the opinion of his country or of Europe....
Page 555 - Greeks in this city, killed his wife, to prevent her from falling into the hands of the enemy, and then took poison, of which he died. Corinth was destroyed the same year which witnessed the destruction of Carthage...