Annual Register, Volume 25Edmund Burke Longmans, Green, 1800 - History |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 100
Page 90
... fleet and army , and of its becoming a great naval and military maga zine for Hyder's conftant fupply as well as theirs , were indeed easily understood ; but the im- mediately dangerous ftate of af fairs , and urgent demands for every ...
... fleet and army , and of its becoming a great naval and military maga zine for Hyder's conftant fupply as well as theirs , were indeed easily understood ; but the im- mediately dangerous ftate of af fairs , and urgent demands for every ...
Page 92
... fleet en- dured , from the furrender of the place near to the end of the fol- lowing month . This violence was fò contant , that it was with the greatest difficulty , and no fmall danger , that the admiral , in the courfe of about three ...
... fleet en- dured , from the furrender of the place near to the end of the fol- lowing month . This violence was fò contant , that it was with the greatest difficulty , and no fmall danger , that the admiral , in the courfe of about three ...
Page 93
... fleets might anchor in the greatest fecurity ; but its being fo clofely fhut up from the winds , may , in that climate ... fleet being arrived in Trincomale bay , the marines , with two fix - pounders , a detachment of artillery Jan. 5th ...
... fleets might anchor in the greatest fecurity ; but its being fo clofely fhut up from the winds , may , in that climate ... fleet being arrived in Trincomale bay , the marines , with two fix - pounders , a detachment of artillery Jan. 5th ...
Page 94
... fleet who had not , in the happier season of peace , experienced , in a greater or lefs degree , fome portion of their friendship , hofpitality , or kindness . He accordingly wrote a fecond letter to the Dutch go- vernor , expoftulating ...
... fleet who had not , in the happier season of peace , experienced , in a greater or lefs degree , fome portion of their friendship , hofpitality , or kindness . He accordingly wrote a fecond letter to the Dutch go- vernor , expoftulating ...
Page 96
... fleet and a large convoy to its relief . Spanish fleet retires into Cadiz at the approach . Gun - boats . Dreadful cannonade and bombardment of the town and garrifon from the Spanish camp . Town defiroyed , and many of the inhabitants ...
... fleet and a large convoy to its relief . Spanish fleet retires into Cadiz at the approach . Gun - boats . Dreadful cannonade and bombardment of the town and garrifon from the Spanish camp . Town defiroyed , and many of the inhabitants ...
Contents
1 | |
25 | |
32 | |
52 | |
53 | |
59 | |
66 | |
79 | |
298 | |
304 | |
315 | |
5 | |
16 | |
22 | |
31 | |
39 | |
86 | |
92 | |
126 | |
151 | |
177 | |
189 | |
258 | |
264 | |
291 | |
104 | |
110 | |
116 | |
123 | |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
addrefs Admiral againſt alfo army befides cafe Capt Captain caufe circumftances clofe coaft command confequence confiderable confifted convoy courfe court defign defire ditto Duke Eaft Earl enemy enemy's exprefs fafe faid fail fame feamen fecond fecurity feemed feen fent ferved fervice feven feveral fhall fhips fhould fide fiege fignal fince fire firft firſt fituation fleet fmall fome foon force fquadron French frigates ftate ftill ftores fubject fuch fuffered fufficient fuperiority fupply fuppofed fupport garrifon guns himſelf honour Houfe Houſe Hyder ifland India inftant intereft laft land lefs likewife lofs Lord Lord North Majefty Majefty's Marattas Marquis de Bouille meaſures ment Mifs minifters Minorca moft moſt neceffary neral Nizam obferved occafion officers paffed parliament perfon poffeffion Poonah prefent prefidency prifoners propofed provifions purpoſe reafon refolution refpect Sir Samuel Hood ſtate thefe theſe thofe thoſe tion troops veffels Weft whofe wounded
Popular passages
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...