Annual Register, Volumen13Edmund Burke 1771 |
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... confiderable de- gree , the rebellion that has broken out in Egypt . None of these confequences , ex- cept the destruction of the Turkish fleet , feem equivalent to the vaft ex- pences that have attended it , and which at present are ...
... confiderable de- gree , the rebellion that has broken out in Egypt . None of these confequences , ex- cept the destruction of the Turkish fleet , feem equivalent to the vaft ex- pences that have attended it , and which at present are ...
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... confiderable degree , within the fyftem of the great European republic ; a happy circumftance at prefent to the Ot tomans . The noble provinces of Greece , the Afiatic Turky , and Egypt , to . gether with the numerous Mediter- ranean ...
... confiderable degree , within the fyftem of the great European republic ; a happy circumftance at prefent to the Ot tomans . The noble provinces of Greece , the Afiatic Turky , and Egypt , to . gether with the numerous Mediter- ranean ...
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... confiderable bodies , and continue for the rest of their lives in the most favage ftate , fubfifting by robbery , and committing innumerable mur- ders . It is alfo obfervable , that the Ruffians , though bred in a nor- thern climate ...
... confiderable bodies , and continue for the rest of their lives in the most favage ftate , fubfifting by robbery , and committing innumerable mur- ders . It is alfo obfervable , that the Ruffians , though bred in a nor- thern climate ...
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... confiderable fqua- drons ftationed both at Carthagena and at Cadiz . Every thing both at sea and land seemed to threaten an immediate attack upon Gibral- tar , which was but weakly garri- foned , and could have expected no timely ...
... confiderable fqua- drons ftationed both at Carthagena and at Cadiz . Every thing both at sea and land seemed to threaten an immediate attack upon Gibral- tar , which was but weakly garri- foned , and could have expected no timely ...
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... confiderable ; having it in his power to throw fresh troops whenever he pleafed over the Danube , he not only removed the enemy totally from the borders of that river ; but he by degrees fo ftreightened them in their quarters , and they ...
... confiderable ; having it in his power to throw fresh troops whenever he pleafed over the Danube , he not only removed the enemy totally from the borders of that river ; but he by degrees fo ftreightened them in their quarters , and they ...
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Página 199 - Beside yon straggling fence that skirts the way With blossomed furze unprofitably gay, There in his noisy mansion, skilled to rule, The village master taught his little school. A man severe he was, and stern to view, I knew him well, and every truant knew : Well had the boding tremblers learned to trace The day's disasters in his morning face...
Página 199 - At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks adorned the venerable place ; Truth from his lips prevailed with double sway, And fools, who came to scoff, remained to pray.
Página 199 - Yet he was kind, or, if severe in aught, The love he bore to learning was in fault; The village all declared how much he knew— 'Twas certain he could write, and cipher too, Lands he could measure, terms and tides presage, And e'en the story ran that he could gauge.
Página 198 - His house was known to all the vagrant train ; He chid their wanderings, but relieved their pain...
Página 199 - Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And e'en his failings leaned to virtue's side ; But in his duty prompt at every call, He watched and wept, he prayed and felt for all. And as a bird each fond endearment tries To tempt its new-fledged offspring to the skies, He tried each art, reproved each dull delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way.
Página 200 - Where many a time he triumphed is forgot. Near yonder thorn, that lifts its head on high, Where once the sign-post caught the passing eye...
Página 197 - Who quits a world where strong temptations try And, since 'tis hard to combat, learns to fly. For him no wretches, born to work and weep, Explore the mine or tempt the dangerous deep...
Página 198 - A man he was to all the country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a year; Remote from towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had changed, nor wished to change, his place.
Página 199 - Careless their merits or their faults to scan, His pity gave ere charity began. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And e'en his failings lean'd to virtue's side...
Página 198 - Whose beard descending swept his aged breast ; The ruined spendthrift, now no longer proud, Claimed kindred there, and had his claims allowed ; The broken soldier, kindly bade to stay, Sat by his fire, and talked the night away, Wept o'er his wounds, or, tales of sorrow done, Shouldered his crutch and showed how fields were won.