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Pagina 1
... seen in every region , with France at the bottom of it all . The French government , we are told , has forfeited its position by the Montpensier marriage ; must prepare to submit to indignities all round ; and is making ready , in its ...
... seen in every region , with France at the bottom of it all . The French government , we are told , has forfeited its position by the Montpensier marriage ; must prepare to submit to indignities all round ; and is making ready , in its ...
Pagina 18
... seen by calling to mind who and what the par- ties are that make it There is a great fallacy hidden under the very term " the colonies , " as applied in this subject . It is continually repeated that the British Parliament " ruined the ...
... seen by calling to mind who and what the par- ties are that make it There is a great fallacy hidden under the very term " the colonies , " as applied in this subject . It is continually repeated that the British Parliament " ruined the ...
Pagina 48
... seen more clearly than the party to which he be- longs , ( and which we often vote with , ) the true pol- icy of the country - and the policy which would have caused its advocates to be successful . illustrating this remark , we may ...
... seen more clearly than the party to which he be- longs , ( and which we often vote with , ) the true pol- icy of the country - and the policy which would have caused its advocates to be successful . illustrating this remark , we may ...
Pagina 51
... seen to have succeeded elsewhere , the overland route to India , on which we set so much value , will be interrupted . How long , moreover , we shall be able to keep Gibraltar itself — the province whence , at present , that fortress ...
... seen to have succeeded elsewhere , the overland route to India , on which we set so much value , will be interrupted . How long , moreover , we shall be able to keep Gibraltar itself — the province whence , at present , that fortress ...
Pagina 74
... seen of the estab - dison , in the gallery at Holland House , pointing out lishment bore painful evidence that the world of its treasures to his dissolute son - in - law , the Earl of civilization was far behind there was some hope ...
... seen of the estab - dison , in the gallery at Holland House , pointing out lishment bore painful evidence that the world of its treasures to his dissolute son - in - law , the Earl of civilization was far behind there was some hope ...
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Populaire passages
Pagina 53 - Hannibal gave my young ideas such a turn that I used to strut in raptures up and down after the recruiting drum and bagpipe, and wish myself tall enough to be a soldier, while the story of Wallace poured a Scottish prejudice into my veins, which will boil along there till the floodgates of life shut in eternal rest.
Pagina 130 - I am going fast ; it will be all over with me soon. Come nearer to me. Let my dear Lady Hamilton have my hair and all other things belonging to me.
Pagina 129 - MY DEAREST BELOVED EMMA, the dear friend of my bosom. The signal has been made that the Enemy's Combined Fleet are coming out of Port. We have very little wind, so that I have no hopes of seeing them before tomorrow. May the God of Battles crown my endeavours with success; at all events, I will take care that my name shall ever be most dear to you and Horatia, both of whom I love as much as my own life. And as my last writing before the Battle will be to you, so I hope in God that I shall live to...
Pagina 131 - Nelson having made the surgeon ascertain this, said to him, " You know I am gone. I know it. I feel something rising in my breast," putting his hand on his left side,
Pagina 128 - Many were in tears, and many knelt down before him, and blessed him as he passed. England has had many heroes ; but never one who so entirely possessed the love of his fellow-countrymen as Nelson. All men knew that his heart was as humane as it was fearless ; that there was not in his nature the slightest alloy of selfishness or cupidity; but that with perfect and entire devotion...
Pagina 348 - For loyalty is still the same, Whether it win or lose the game ; True as the dial to the sun, Although it be not shined upon.
Pagina 129 - It was new — it was singular — it was simple!" and, from Admirals downwards, it was repeated — "It must succeed, if ever they will allow us to get at them! You are, my Lord, surrounded by friends whom you inspire with confidence.
Pagina 255 - He expatiates on the beauty of a single flower, and draws from it the delightful argument of confidence in God. He gives us to see that taste may be combined with piety, and that the same heart may be occupied with all that is serious in the contemplations of religion, and be at the same time alive to the charms and the loveliness of nature.
Pagina 341 - Alexander I will reign, And I will reign alone ; My thoughts did evermore disdain A rival on my throne. He either fears his fate too much, Or his deserts are small, Who dares not put it to the touch, To gain or lose it all.
Pagina 53 - I have no dearer aim than to have it in my power, unplagued with the routine of business, for which, heaven knows ! I am unfit enough, to make leisurely pilgrimages through Caledonia ; to sit on the fields of her battles ; to wander on the romantic banks of her rivers ; and to muse by the stately towers or venerable ruins, once the honoured abodes of her heroes.