Annual Register of World Events, Volume 251800 - History |
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... perfon in the hands of the Marattas . He was accordingly ftill retained and protected at Bombay ; whilft his ... perfons they communicated with at the court of Poonah ; par- ticularly ficularly with respect to the fup- pofed French ...
... perfon in the hands of the Marattas . He was accordingly ftill retained and protected at Bombay ; whilft his ... perfons they communicated with at the court of Poonah ; par- ticularly ficularly with respect to the fup- pofed French ...
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... perfon , without his con- By The fituation of the Guntoor circar rendered it of great im- portance to the Company . It lay on the fame fide of the Kristna with their own poffeffions , and thofe of the Nabob of Arcot ; being bounded by ...
... perfon , without his con- By The fituation of the Guntoor circar rendered it of great im- portance to the Company . It lay on the fame fide of the Kristna with their own poffeffions , and thofe of the Nabob of Arcot ; being bounded by ...
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... perfon to ftrengthen the friend fhip fubfifting between them , they fhould in the fame inftant engage in measures which were fo little likely to produce that effect : - That he had read over the treaty of 1768 , and that entering into ...
... perfon to ftrengthen the friend fhip fubfifting between them , they fhould in the fame inftant engage in measures which were fo little likely to produce that effect : - That he had read over the treaty of 1768 , and that entering into ...
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... perfon than to the real fovereign , the Nizam . offence to the prefidency of Ma- dras . Strong remonftrances were accordingly made to Bazalet ; and the justification or defence which he fet up , not affording entire fatisfaction , hints ...
... perfon than to the real fovereign , the Nizam . offence to the prefidency of Ma- dras . Strong remonftrances were accordingly made to Bazalet ; and the justification or defence which he fet up , not affording entire fatisfaction , hints ...
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... perfon to convey a letter to and to open a fecret negociation with Hyder , hoping by a direct per- fonat communication , to be able to fettle or remove the exifting differences , and at any rate to ac quire a real knowledge of his fen ...
... perfon to convey a letter to and to open a fecret negociation with Hyder , hoping by a direct per- fonat communication , to be able to fettle or remove the exifting differences , and at any rate to ac quire a real knowledge of his fen ...
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Page 322 - St. Croix River to the highlands; along the said highlands which divide those rivers that empty themselves into the river St. Lawrence, from those...
Page 322 - Highlands which divide those rivers that empty themselves into the river St. Lawrence, from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean, to the northwesternmost head of Connecticut River; thence down along the middle of that river, to the forty-fifth degree of north latitude...
Page 208 - Pope had only a little, because Dryden had more ; for every other writer since Milton must give place to Pope ; and even of Dryden it must be said, that, if he has brighter paragraphs, he has not better poems.
Page 323 - States shall continue to enjoy unmolested the right to take fish of every kind on the Grand Bank, and on all the other banks of Newfoundland; also, in the Gulph of St. Lawrence, and at all other places in the sea, where the inhabitants of both countries used at any time heretofore to fish...
Page 323 - Ocean: east by a line to be drawn along the middle of the River St. Croix from its mouth in the Bay of Fundy to its source, and from its source directly north to the aforesaid highlands, which divide the rivers that fall into the Atlantic Ocean, from those which fall into the River St. Lawrence...
Page 208 - If the flights of Dryden therefore are higher, Pope continues longer on the wing. If of Dryden's fire the blaze is brighter, of Pope's the heat is more regular and constant. Dryden often surpasses expectation, and Pope never falls below it. Dryden is read with frequent astonishment, and Pope with perpetual delight.
Page 323 - ... to the middle of the river Apalachicola or Catahouche; thence along the middle thereof to its junction with the Flint river; -thence straight to the head of St. Mary's river; and thence down along the middle of St. Mary's river to the Atlantic ocean.
Page 205 - What he attempted, he performed; he is never feeble, and he did not wish to be energetic ; he is never rapid, and he never stagnates. His sentences have neither studied amplitude, nor affected brevity; his periods, though not diligently rounded, are voluble and easy.
Page 205 - ... always equable, and always easy, without glowing words or pointed sentences. Addison never deviates from his track to snatch a grace ; he seeks no ambitious ornaments, and tries no hazardous innovations. His page is always luminous, but never blazes in unexpected splendour.
Page 205 - As a teacher of wisdom, he may be confidently followed. His religion has nothing in it enthusiastic or superstitious: he appears neither weakly credulous, nor wantonly sceptical; his morality is neither dangerously lax, nor impracticably rigid. All the enchantment of fancy, and all the cogency of argument, are employed to recommend to the reader his real interest, the care of pleasing the Author of his being.