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... able gene- ral with decisive effect . On the 2d ( 14th ) September Prince Madatoff with his division assailed Abbas Mirza , who was at the head of eight thousand soldiers , and so entirely defeated him that nearly his whole army dis ...
... able gene- ral with decisive effect . On the 2d ( 14th ) September Prince Madatoff with his division assailed Abbas Mirza , who was at the head of eight thousand soldiers , and so entirely defeated him that nearly his whole army dis ...
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... able to Russia , in regard to two large islands in the mouth of the Danube , contained in a convention between the two powers on 22d August 1817 , were ratified and renewed . 3. The Sublime Porte solemnly engaged to observe all 16. Such ...
... able to Russia , in regard to two large islands in the mouth of the Danube , contained in a convention between the two powers on 22d August 1817 , were ratified and renewed . 3. The Sublime Porte solemnly engaged to observe all 16. Such ...
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... able posture of defence . The ships which had escaped the disaster of Na- varino were equipped anew , and got ready for sea ; the forts on the Darda- nelles and the Bosphorus armed and garrisoned with trusty troops ; war proclaimed ...
... able posture of defence . The ships which had escaped the disaster of Na- varino were equipped anew , and got ready for sea ; the forts on the Darda- nelles and the Bosphorus armed and garrisoned with trusty troops ; war proclaimed ...
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... , so as to be able to give mutual support in case of dan- ger . This plan was of course based on the command of the sea — a matter of 36. The Emperor of Russia set out from St Petersburg 16 [ CHAP . XV . HISTORY OF EUROPE .
... , so as to be able to give mutual support in case of dan- ger . This plan was of course based on the command of the sea — a matter of 36. The Emperor of Russia set out from St Petersburg 16 [ CHAP . XV . HISTORY OF EUROPE .
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... able of bearing arms ; and these , joined to a garrison of nearly equal strength , constituted a most formidable body of defenders , whose resolution the Rus- sians were too fatally taught in the siege which followed . stood ready to ...
... able of bearing arms ; and these , joined to a garrison of nearly equal strength , constituted a most formidable body of defenders , whose resolution the Rus- sians were too fatally taught in the siege which followed . stood ready to ...
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Page 286 - Will you to the utmost of your power maintain the laws of God, the true profession of the Gospel, and the Protestant reformed religion established by law ; and will you preserve unto the bishops and clergy of this realm, and to the churches committed to their charge, all such rights and privileges as by law do or shall appertain unto them, or any of them ? ' King or queen :
Page 309 - The consequence of letting loose the passions at present chained and confined, would be to produce a scene of desolation which no man can contemplate without horror ; and I should not sleep easy on my couch if I were conscious that I had contributed to precipitate it by a single moment. This...
Page 399 - Statesgeneral should have led to no satisfactory result. I am endeavouring, in concert with my Allies, to devise such means of restoring tranquillity as may be compatible with the welfare and good government of the Netherlands, and with the future security of other states.
Page 308 - ... source of confidence and security; but in the situation in which this country stands, our business is not to seek opportunities of displaying it, but to content ourselves with letting the professors of violent and exaggerated doctrines on both sides feel, that it is not their interest to convert an umpire into an adversary. The situation of England, amidst the struggle of political opinions which agitates more or less sensibly different countries of the world, may be compared to that of the Ruler...
Page 226 - Liberals to power in 1880 he was appointed President of the Board of Trade, with a seat in the cabinet.
Page 237 - That the maxim of buying in the cheapest market, and selling in the dearest, which regulates every merchant in his individual dealings, is strictly applicable, as the best rule for the trade of the whole nation.
Page 307 - His majesty acquaints the house of commons, that his majesty has received an earnest application from the princess regent of Portugal, claiming, in virtue of the ancient obligations of alliance and amity subsisting between his majesty and the crown of Portugal, his majesty's aid against a hostile aggression from Spain.
Page 261 - ... ships of those countries, allowing the latter to import all articles, the growth, produce, or manufacture of the country to which the ship belongs, and to export from such Colonies all articles whatever of their growth, produce, or manufacture, either to the country from which such ship came, or to any other part of the world, the United Kingdom, and all its dependencies, excepted. All intercourse between the Mother Country and the Colonies, whether direct or circuitous, and all intercourse of...
Page 380 - Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen, who survey The rich man's joys increase, the poor's decay, 'Tis yours to judge how wide the limits stand Between a splendid and a happy land.
Page 238 - But it is against every restrictive regulation of trade not essential to the revenue— against all duties merely protective from foreign competition — and against the excess of such duties as are partly for the purpose of revenue, and partly for that of protection — that the prayer of the present petition is respectfully submitted to the wisdom of parliament.