Annual Register, Volume 25Edmund Burke Longmans, Green, 1800 - History |
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Page 76
... admiral than with the prefi- dency , as an anfwer to the letter which he had fo lately written upon the fubject ; they alfo requested that he would , if poffible , direct the operations of his fquadron against Hyder's ports and fhipping ...
... admiral than with the prefi- dency , as an anfwer to the letter which he had fo lately written upon the fubject ; they alfo requested that he would , if poffible , direct the operations of his fquadron against Hyder's ports and fhipping ...
Page 91
... admiral , to co - operate with the general to the utmost in every meafure for the attack of the place . The great difficulty lay in landing the artillery ( which were fupplied by the fquadron ) through a great and dangerous on with ...
... admiral , to co - operate with the general to the utmost in every meafure for the attack of the place . The great difficulty lay in landing the artillery ( which were fupplied by the fquadron ) through a great and dangerous on with ...
Page 92
... admiral and general fent a joint letter of fummons to the Dutch governor ; which he answered with great refpect , but no leis firmness . The garrifon made two defpe- rate fallies with almost their whole force , but were beat back into ...
... admiral and general fent a joint letter of fummons to the Dutch governor ; which he answered with great refpect , but no leis firmness . The garrifon made two defpe- rate fallies with almost their whole force , but were beat back into ...
Page 94
... admiral , that he the long friendship and alliance was ftrongly of opinion that the which had fubfifted between both countries , he was befides perfon- ally and intimately acquainted with Mr. Homad , and the prin- cipals of thofe along ...
... admiral , that he the long friendship and alliance was ftrongly of opinion that the which had fubfifted between both countries , he was befides perfon- ally and intimately acquainted with Mr. Homad , and the prin- cipals of thofe along ...
Page 95
... admiral great- ly regretted the lofs of Mr. Long , a young gentleman of the greatest worth , and his own fecond lieute- nant in the Superbe , who fell at the head of his company which he was gallantly leading to the affault . He fays ...
... admiral great- ly regretted the lofs of Mr. Long , a young gentleman of the greatest worth , and his own fecond lieute- nant in the Superbe , who fell at the head of his company which he was gallantly leading to the affault . He fays ...
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Page 323 - 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 210 - Dryden it must be said, that if he has brighter paragraphs, he has not better poems.
Page 322 - And that all disputes which might arise in future on the subject of the boundaries of the said United States may be prevented, it is hereby agreed and declared, that the following are and shall be their boundaries...
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 207 - 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 322 - Cataraquy; thence along the middle of said river into Lake Ontario; through the middle of said lake until it strikes the communication by water between that lake and Lake Erie; thence along the middle of said communication into Lake Erie...
Page 210 - ... nothing will supply the want of prudence; and that negligence and irregularity, long continued, will make knowledge useless, wit ridiculous, and genius contemptible.
Page 210 - 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 322 - 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...