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... connected with that important period in the annals of Eu . rope , when the Netherlands threw off the yoke , and maintained a long and sanguinary conflict with Spain . Finally , to these respectable names , ought to be added that of Sir ...
... connected with that important period in the annals of Eu . rope , when the Netherlands threw off the yoke , and maintained a long and sanguinary conflict with Spain . Finally , to these respectable names , ought to be added that of Sir ...
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... connection ; but as the midshipman was required to abandon both his religion and his profession , the conditions were deemed too hard , and they accordingly separated by mutual consent . Soon after this , while lying at anchor in the ...
... connection ; but as the midshipman was required to abandon both his religion and his profession , the conditions were deemed too hard , and they accordingly separated by mutual consent . Soon after this , while lying at anchor in the ...
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... connected with his family , who had taken the liberty of affixing his name to certain bills . On this , Mr. Harriott quitted all mercantile concerns , and became once more a farmer . He now discovered that improvements were easily made ...
... connected with his family , who had taken the liberty of affixing his name to certain bills . On this , Mr. Harriott quitted all mercantile concerns , and became once more a farmer . He now discovered that improvements were easily made ...
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... connection with Upper Canada would have been easily accomplished , and the United States insulated . Such was my airy castle at that time . How far it would be prudent to attempt it at all , or to make a purchase of not less than ten ...
... connection with Upper Canada would have been easily accomplished , and the United States insulated . Such was my airy castle at that time . How far it would be prudent to attempt it at all , or to make a purchase of not less than ten ...
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... connected with the plan of an Agricultural Academy ; but he ' could not readily obtain suitable land for the first scheme , and not a single pupil presented himself for the second . After these failures , he ventured on the ocean of ...
... connected with the plan of an Agricultural Academy ; but he ' could not readily obtain suitable land for the first scheme , and not a single pupil presented himself for the second . After these failures , he ventured on the ocean of ...
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Página 39 - Full many a gem of purest ray serene The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear : Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air. Some village- Hampden, that, with dauntless breast, The little tyrant of his fields withstood, Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest, Some Cromwell guiltless of his country's blood. Th...
Página 448 - He would deliver the jury his solemn opinion, as he was required by act of parliament to do ; and under the authority of that act, and still more in obedience to his conscience and his God, he pronounced this to be a most impious and profane libel. Believing and hoping that they, the jury, were Christians, he had not any doubt but that they would be of the same opinion.
Página 321 - If, however, the baneful alliance is not already formed, if this ill-omened marriage is not already solemnized, I know a just and lawful impediment, and in the name of the public safety I here forbid the Banns...
Página 261 - I hope an everlasting one, with one great state; and I at least afforded the efficient means by which a peace, if not so durable, more seasonable at least, was accomplished with another. I gave you all; and you have rewarded me with confiscation, disgrace, and a life of impeachment...
Página 123 - How much thy years excel In arts of counsel, and in speaking well! O would the gods, in love to Greece, decree But ten such sages as they grant in thee; Such wisdom soon should Priam's force destroy, And soon should fall the haughty towers of Troy!
Página 122 - No surly porter stands in guilty state, To spurn imploring famine from the gate: But on he moves to meet his latter end, Angels around befriending virtue's friend; Sinks to the grave with unperceived decay, While resignation gently slopes the way; And, all his prospects brightening to the last, His heaven commences ere the world be past.
Página 257 - Talk not to us," said the Governor-General, " of their guilt or innocence, but as it suits the Company's credit ! We will not try them by the Code of Justinian, nor the Institutes of Timur. We will not judge them either by...
Página 408 - Princess distinguished by every eminent virtue and amiable endowment ; whose illustrious line has constantly shown the firmest zeal for the Protestant Religion, and a particular attachment to my Family.
Página 250 - For me, O Shore ! I only claim To merit, not to seek for fame, The good and just to please, A state above the fear of want, Domestic love, Heaven's choicest grant, Health, leisure, peace, and ease.
Página 200 - With a narrative of the events which occurred in the enterprize of the Earl of Argyle, in 1685, by Sir Patrick Hume.