Annual Register, Volume 23Edmund Burke 1788 |
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... caufe of the most ferious concern and alarm . For that peninfula , furrounded as it is by the Black Sea , and the Pa- lus Mootis , and commanding the communication between both , would afford fuch a claim of right to Ruffia , with fuch ...
... caufe of the most ferious concern and alarm . For that peninfula , furrounded as it is by the Black Sea , and the Pa- lus Mootis , and commanding the communication between both , would afford fuch a claim of right to Ruffia , with fuch ...
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... caufe , the fea was left open ; and the French fleet at Breft was permitted to join the Spanish at Cadiz . This neglect , or neceffity , was the more felt , as it ferved in its confequences to go- vern all the enfuing naval events of ...
... caufe , the fea was left open ; and the French fleet at Breft was permitted to join the Spanish at Cadiz . This neglect , or neceffity , was the more felt , as it ferved in its confequences to go- vern all the enfuing naval events of ...
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... America , would rally make them cautious of giving particular caufe of quarrel to the houfe of Bourbon . nats- The charges relative to imputed [ B ] 2 or or real tranfactions , on the coafts , or in HISTORY OF EUROPE . [ 19.
... America , would rally make them cautious of giving particular caufe of quarrel to the houfe of Bourbon . nats- The charges relative to imputed [ B ] 2 or or real tranfactions , on the coafts , or in HISTORY OF EUROPE . [ 19.
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... caufe of God and religion . This felf - created body , artfully concealing their infignifi- cance , by ftudioufly keeping their names , occupations , and number in total darkness , equally availed themselves of the opportunity which ...
... caufe of God and religion . This felf - created body , artfully concealing their infignifi- cance , by ftudioufly keeping their names , occupations , and number in total darkness , equally availed themselves of the opportunity which ...
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... caufe ; they were accordingly guilty of great and violent outrages , as well in their endeavours to enforce the measure , as in their punishment of the refractory . Although the Irish parliament ufed proper mea- fures to express their ...
... caufe ; they were accordingly guilty of great and violent outrages , as well in their endeavours to enforce the measure , as in their punishment of the refractory . Although the Irish parliament ufed proper mea- fures to express their ...
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Page 131 - ... the player when he cometh in, must ever begin with telling where he is, or else the tale will not be conceived. Now ye shall have three ladies walk to gather flowers, and then we must believe the stage to be a garden. By and by we hear news of shipwreck in the same place, and then we are to blame if we accept it not for a rock.
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Page 256 - ... the Pope or any other authority or person whatsoever, or without any hope of any such dispensation from any person or authority whatsoever or without thinking that I am or can be acquitted before God or man or absolved of this declaration or any part thereof although the Pope or any other person or persons or power whatsoever should dispense with or annul the same, or declare that it was null and void from the beginning.
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Page 131 - By and by we hear news of shipwreck in the same place, and then we are to blame if we accept it not for a rock. Upon the back of that comes out a hideous monster, with fire and smoke, and then the miserable beholders are bound to take it for a cave. While in the meantime two armies fly in, represented with four swords and bucklers, and then what hard heart will not receive it for a pitched field?