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... present times , so fruitful in novelty , would have rendered the present greatly disproportioned to the other divisions of this Work . In our next volume we shall resume the his- tory of Poland , and deduce it from the period of the new ...
... present times , so fruitful in novelty , would have rendered the present greatly disproportioned to the other divisions of this Work . In our next volume we shall resume the his- tory of Poland , and deduce it from the period of the new ...
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... present . To this purpose it would be requisite to call on the princes and states for a tri- ple proportion of their usual con- tingent , in virtue of the regulation enacted during the last century , in a case similar to the present ...
... present . To this purpose it would be requisite to call on the princes and states for a tri- ple proportion of their usual con- tingent , in virtue of the regulation enacted during the last century , in a case similar to the present ...
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... present occasion would prove very decisive . Actuated by the urgency of the moment , they lost no time in making the most skil- ful arrangements , and at break of day attacked part of the Duke of York's division which lay nearest to ...
... present occasion would prove very decisive . Actuated by the urgency of the moment , they lost no time in making the most skil- ful arrangements , and at break of day attacked part of the Duke of York's division which lay nearest to ...
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... present campaign . The present struggle between them had been fully ade- quate to so great an object . It continued thirteen hours , during which the French line had thrice been broken , and on the point of giving up the contest . But ...
... present campaign . The present struggle between them had been fully ade- quate to so great an object . It continued thirteen hours , during which the French line had thrice been broken , and on the point of giving up the contest . But ...
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Page 417 - Wealth, my lad, was made to wander, Let it wander as it will ; Call the jockey, call the pander, Bid them come and take their fill. When the bonny blade carouses, Pockets full, and spirits high — What are acres ? what are houses ? Only dirt, or wet or dry. Should the guardian friend or mother, Tell the woes of wilful waste : Scorn their counsel, scorn their pother, — You can hang or drown at last.
Page 251 - In testimony whereof I have caused the seal of the United States of America to be affixed to these presents, and signed the same with my hand.
Page 244 - My confidence in our minister plenipotentiary in London continues undiminished. But a mission like this, while it corresponds with the solemnity of the occasion, will announce to the world a solicitude for a friendly adjustment of our complaints, and a reluctance to hostility. Going immediately from the United States, such an envoy will carry with him a full knowledge of the existing temper and sensibility of our country, and will thus be taught to vindicate our rights with firmness, and to cultivate...
Page 445 - Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak. He went away again the second time, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it, thy will be done.
Page 445 - Then Simon Peter Having a sword drew it, and smote the high priest's servant, and cut off his right ear. The servant's name was Malchus. 11 Then said Jesus unto Peter, Put up thy sword into the sheath : the cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it...
Page 36 - That all murder which shall be perpetrated by means of poison, or by lying in wait, or by any other kind of wilful, deliberate and premeditated killing, or which shall be committed in the perpetration or attempt to perpetrate any arson, rape, robbery or burglary, shall be deemed murder of the first degree; and all other kinds of murder shall be deemed murder in the second degree...
Page 311 - If any person come near the calves, they clap their heads close to the ground, and lie like a hare in form to hide themselves.
Page 251 - And I do moreover exhort all individuals, officers, and bodies of men to contemplate with abhorrence the measures leading directly or indirectly to those crimes which produce this resort to military coercion...
Page 296 - ... she amasses treasure, and makes herself feared and respected by as many as she can. But she did not foresee that she should find a young actress in her way, whom the king dotes on ; and she has it not in her power to withdraw him from her.
Page 296 - He divides his care, his time, and his health, between these two. The actress is as haughty as Mademoiselle : she insults her, she makes grimaces at her, she attacks her, she frequently steals the king from her, and boasts whenever he gives her the preference. She is young, indiscreet, confident, wild, and of an agreeable humour : she sings, she dances, she acts her part with a good grace.