Annual Register, Volumen38Edmund Burke 1800 |
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... Sea Service . - Strictures on the Conduct of Ministry in the War Department.— Replied to by Mr. Wyndham . - Debates on the Erection of Barracks .—— A Statement of the Expences of 1796 , amounting from twenty - feven to twenty - eight ...
... Sea Service . - Strictures on the Conduct of Ministry in the War Department.— Replied to by Mr. Wyndham . - Debates on the Erection of Barracks .—— A Statement of the Expences of 1796 , amounting from twenty - feven to twenty - eight ...
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... sea , called the river of Genoa , within three leagues of that city ; and the Auftrians and Piedmontele were posted on the mountains oppofite to ' them . The French were commanded by general Buonaparte , already noticed in the action ...
... sea , called the river of Genoa , within three leagues of that city ; and the Auftrians and Piedmontele were posted on the mountains oppofite to ' them . The French were commanded by general Buonaparte , already noticed in the action ...
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... sea , cannot poffibly fail to be as odious to the European nations , as the am- bition of the French at land . The trade of the Eaft and Weft Indies , the most valuable in the world , and the great ftimulant to all commerce , is , at ...
... sea , cannot poffibly fail to be as odious to the European nations , as the am- bition of the French at land . The trade of the Eaft and Weft Indies , the most valuable in the world , and the great ftimulant to all commerce , is , at ...
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... Sea Beach ; the whole of the crew got fafe on fhore except one man , who was unfortu- nately drowned . The tide was many feet higher this day than has been known for upwards of 30 years ; fe- veral houfes on the point having been wathed ...
... Sea Beach ; the whole of the crew got fafe on fhore except one man , who was unfortu- nately drowned . The tide was many feet higher this day than has been known for upwards of 30 years ; fe- veral houfes on the point having been wathed ...
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... sea , on board the Majeftic , of 74 guns , in which he was coming home from the Weft Indies , two days before fhe made the land , fir John Lafo- rey , admiral of the blue . He was made a poft - captain in 1758 ; a rear - admiral in 1789 ...
... sea , on board the Majeftic , of 74 guns , in which he was coming home from the Weft Indies , two days before fhe made the land , fir John Lafo- rey , admiral of the blue . He was made a poft - captain in 1758 ; a rear - admiral in 1789 ...
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Página 351 - I could wish that they will control the usual current of the passions or prevent our nation from running the course which has hitherto marked the destiny of nations. But if I may even flatter myself that they may be productive of some partial benefit, some occasional good that they may now and then recur to moderate the fury of party spirit, to warn against the mischiefs of foreign intrigue, to guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism, this hope will be a full recompense for the solicitude...
Página 343 - Citizens, by birth or choice, of a common country, that country has a right to concentrate your affections. The name of AMERICAN, which belongs to you in your national capacity, must always exalt the just pride of patriotism, more than any appellation derived from local discriminations.
Página 345 - They serve to organize faction, to give it an artificial and extraordinary force — to put in the place of the delegated will of the nation, the will of a party, often a small but artful and enterprising minority of the community, and, according to the alternate triumphs of different parties, to make the public administration the mirror of the ill-concerted and incongruous projects of faction, rather than the organ of consistent and wholesome plans digested by common councils, and modified by mutual...
Página 345 - The basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their constitutions of government. But the constitution which at any time exists till changed by an explicit and authentic act of the whole people is sacredly obligatory upon all.
Página 347 - THERE is an opinion that parties in free countries are useful checks upon the administration of the government, and serve to keep alive the spirit of liberty. This within...
Página 2 - In looking forward to the moment which is intended to terminate the career of my public life, my feelings do not permit me to suspend the deep acknowledgment of that debt of gratitude which I owe to my beloved country for the many honors it has conferred upon me...
Página 341 - ... consistently with motives which I was not at liberty to disregard, to return to that retirement from which I had been reluctantly drawn. The strength of my inclination to do this previous to the last election had even led to the preparation of an address to declare it to you ; but mature reflection on the then perplexed and critical posture of our affairs with foreign nations and the unanimous advice of persons entitled to my confidence impelled me to abandon the idea.
Página 351 - How far in the discharge of my official duties, I have been guided by the principles which have been delineated, the public records and other evidences of my conduct must witness to you and to the world.
Página 351 - In relation to the still subsisting war in Europe my proclamation of the 22d of April 1793 is the index to my plan. Sanctioned by your approving voice, and by that of your Representatives in both Houses of Congress, the spirit of that measure has continually governed me, uninfluenced by any attempts to deter or divert me from it. After deliberate examination, with the...
Página 349 - Can it be that Providence has not connected the permanent felicity of a nation with its virtue?