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... character and appear- ance of the emperor Alexander , the charms and virtues of his empress , and the characteristics of the Russian court , some interesting descriptions , by an in- genious Tourist * , cribed . are here trans ...
... character and appear- ance of the emperor Alexander , the charms and virtues of his empress , and the characteristics of the Russian court , some interesting descriptions , by an in- genious Tourist * , cribed . are here trans ...
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... character of Alexander the First , Mr. Gof the trea- sury , was , by the wish of Catherine , brought up with him , and was the playmate and associate of his early years . The incidents of boyish days , so dear to every feeling and ...
... character of Alexander the First , Mr. Gof the trea- sury , was , by the wish of Catherine , brought up with him , and was the playmate and associate of his early years . The incidents of boyish days , so dear to every feeling and ...
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... character on which envy and malignity will not fasten ? How few are the men who , in the littleness of vanity , do not se- cretly repine at the success of an ho- nest competitor ; and who would not too willingly depreciate the merit ...
... character on which envy and malignity will not fasten ? How few are the men who , in the littleness of vanity , do not se- cretly repine at the success of an ho- nest competitor ; and who would not too willingly depreciate the merit ...
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... character of men . : - Tragedy is the imitation of great persons actions - but what is said of comedy agrees only ... characters , and of high and princely rank ; whose misfor- tunes and sufferings , it is said , take faster hold of the ...
... character of men . : - Tragedy is the imitation of great persons actions - but what is said of comedy agrees only ... characters , and of high and princely rank ; whose misfor- tunes and sufferings , it is said , take faster hold of the ...
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... character and his office , and such an example light have been . expected to deter later ministers from similar fraudulent practices . Other important occurrences we shall defer to the next month . Answers to the Historical and ...
... character and his office , and such an example light have been . expected to deter later ministers from similar fraudulent practices . Other important occurrences we shall defer to the next month . Answers to the Historical and ...
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Página 514 - THERE is a calm for those who weep, A rest for weary pilgrims found : They softly lie, and sweetly sleep, Low in the ground. The...
Página 503 - May the Great God, whom I worship, grant to my Country, and for the benefit of Europe in general, a great and glorious Victory; and may no misconduct in any one tarnish it; and may humanity after Victory be the predominant feature in the British Fleet. For myself, individually, I commit my life to Him, who made me, and may his blessing light upon my endeavours for serving my Country faithfully. To him I resign myself and the just cause which is entrusted to me to defend. Amen. Amen. Amen.
Página 196 - Collingwood, disdaining the parade of taking possession of a vanquished enemy, most gallantly pushed up, with every sail set, to save his old friend and messmate, who was to appearance in a critical state ; the Blenheim being ahead, the Culloden crippled and astern.
Página 303 - That during the war he has assisted at the capture of seven sail of the line, six frigates, four corvettes, and eleven privateers, of different sizes ; and taken and destroyed near fifty sail of merchantmen; and your Memorialist has actually been engaged against the enemy upwards of one hundred and twenty times.
Página 123 - Unindebted to the suggestions of surrounding objects, his whole soul is employed. He enters into nice calculations; he digests sagacious reasonings. In imagination he declaims or describes, impressed with the deepest sympathy, or elevated to the loftiest rapture. He makes a thousand new and admirable combinations. He passes through a thousand imaginary scenes, tries his courage, tasks his ingenuity, and thus becomes gradually prepared to meet almost any of the many-coloured events of human life.
Página 503 - CODICIL TO LORD NELSON'S WILL " October the twenty-first, one thousand eight hundred and five, then in sight of the combined fleets of France and Spain, distant about ten miles.
Página 64 - ... interest. These payments, with those which had been made in three years and a half preceding, have extinguished of the funded debt nearly eighteen millions of principal. Congress, by their act of...
Página 64 - ... meeting the claims of our citizens assumed by the convention with France. We have not, however, made use of this authority, because the sum of four millions and...
Página 303 - ... served on shore with the army four months, and commanded the batteries at the sieges of Bastia and Calvi...
Página 343 - ... a few minutes after to engage as close as possible, when, at a short period after ten, the Superb closed upon the bow of the Alexander, the leading ship, and commenced the action ; but after three broadsides she sheered off : the signal was now made for closer action, and we were enabled to attack the Admiral...