Cobbett's Political Register, المجلد 1William Cobbett William Cobbett, 1802 |
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الصفحة iii
... British army marched forward to with in twenty leagues of Alexandria , and withi one league of the enemy , advantageously post ed on the commanding ground . 13. The British army advanced to attack th enemy , who , not waiting for the ...
... British army marched forward to with in twenty leagues of Alexandria , and withi one league of the enemy , advantageously post ed on the commanding ground . 13. The British army advanced to attack th enemy , who , not waiting for the ...
الصفحة v
... British line . A most desperate battle ensued , in which the French were twice repulsed with determined bravery on the part of the British , and which ended in the complete defeat of the French . In this battle , the British commander ...
... British line . A most desperate battle ensued , in which the French were twice repulsed with determined bravery on the part of the British , and which ended in the complete defeat of the French . In this battle , the British commander ...
الصفحة vii
... British detachment under the command of colonel Spencer . 21. The island of St. Eustatius taken possession of by a British detachment . 25. Accounts were received of the capture of the French frigate L'Africane , of 44 guns , and 300 ...
... British detachment under the command of colonel Spencer . 21. The island of St. Eustatius taken possession of by a British detachment . 25. Accounts were received of the capture of the French frigate L'Africane , of 44 guns , and 300 ...
الصفحة ix
... British agent there . 3. Their Majesties and the royal family em- barked at Christchurch in the royal yachts , and proceeded for Weymouth . A squadron under the command of Rear- Admiral Sir James Saumarez , consisting of wn ships of the ...
... British agent there . 3. Their Majesties and the royal family em- barked at Christchurch in the royal yachts , and proceeded for Weymouth . A squadron under the command of Rear- Admiral Sir James Saumarez , consisting of wn ships of the ...
الصفحة 71
... British feet and army in the ports and on the land of Jamaica , every six pence of which cost must be drained from the United Kingdom . out colonies , without great and flourishing colonies , this kingdom cannot retain its weight in the ...
... British feet and army in the ports and on the land of Jamaica , every six pence of which cost must be drained from the United Kingdom . out colonies , without great and flourishing colonies , this kingdom cannot retain its weight in the ...
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الصفحة 47 - Tripoli, the least considerable of the Barbary states, had come forward with demands unfounded either in right or in compact, and had permitted itself to denounce war, on our failure to comply before a given day. The style of the demand admitted but one answer. I sent a small squadron of frigates into the Mediterranean, with assurances to that power of our sincere desire to remain in peace, but with orders to protect our commerce against the threatened attack.
الصفحة 675 - Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world, Like a Colossus ; and we petty men Walk under his huge legs, and peep about To find ourselves dishonourable graves.
الصفحة 45 - House of Representatives: It is a circumstance of sincere gratification to me that on meeting the great council of our nation I am able to announce to them on grounds of reasonable certainty that the wars and troubles which have for so many years afflicted our sister nations have at length come to an end, and that the communications of peace and commerce are once more opening among them.
الصفحة 51 - Agriculture, manufactures, commerce, and navigation, the four pillars of our prosperity, are then most thriving when left most free to individual enterprise. Protection from casual embarrassments, however, may sometimes be seasonably interposed. If, in the course of your observations or inquiries, they should appear to need any aid within the limits of our constitutional powers, your sense of their importance is a sufficient assurance they will occupy your attention.
الصفحة 907 - Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant nor his maidservant, nor his ox nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's.
الصفحة 51 - And shall we refuse the unhappy fugitives from distress that hospitality which the savages of the wilderness extended to our fathers arriving in this land ? Shall oppressed humanity find no asylum on this globe...
الصفحة 909 - But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.
الصفحة 491 - His Britannic Majesty shall cause to be demolished all the fortifications which his subjects shall have erected in the Bay of Honduras, and other places of the territory of Spain in that part of the world, four months after the ratification of the...
الصفحة 49 - These considerations render it important that we should, at every session, continue to amend the defects: which from time to time show themselves in the laws for regulating the militia, until they are sufficiently perfect; nor should we now, or at any time, separate until we can say we have done every thing for the militia which we could do were an enemy at our door.
الصفحة 51 - Considering the ordinary chances of human life, a denial of citizenship under a residence of fourteen years, is a denial to a great proportion of those who ask it ; and controls a policy pursued, frorn their first settlement, by many of these States, and still believed of consequence to their prosperity.