The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for the Year ...J. Dodsley, 1795 |
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... whole adjacent country , towards New Mexico on the east , quite to the Apalachian or Allegeney moun- tains on the west : they drove off the new settlers , and built a strong fort , called du Quesne , on the forks of the river ...
... whole adjacent country , towards New Mexico on the east , quite to the Apalachian or Allegeney moun- tains on the west : they drove off the new settlers , and built a strong fort , called du Quesne , on the forks of the river ...
Side 4
... whole , we seemed , after allowing for this victory , and for the dislodgment of the French from Nova Scotia , to have had the worst part in the campaign ; consi dering the sanguine expectations . which had been formed , and the great ...
... whole , we seemed , after allowing for this victory , and for the dislodgment of the French from Nova Scotia , to have had the worst part in the campaign ; consi dering the sanguine expectations . which had been formed , and the great ...
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... whole reign in the most profound peace , gave his whole attention to his army . Fru gal in all other respects , in this alone he was expensive : it was his business , and what was perhaps of greater moment , it was his only di- version ...
... whole reign in the most profound peace , gave his whole attention to his army . Fru gal in all other respects , in this alone he was expensive : it was his business , and what was perhaps of greater moment , it was his only di- version ...
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... whole country with little opposition ; then uniting with the French and Bava . rians , he secured his conquests by two decisive victories , and Dec. June 11 , by a treaty , which yielded 1742 . him the greatest and best part of Silesia ...
... whole country with little opposition ; then uniting with the French and Bava . rians , he secured his conquests by two decisive victories , and Dec. June 11 , by a treaty , which yielded 1742 . him the greatest and best part of Silesia ...
Side 8
... whole Germanic body , concluded a treaty with the • Empress at Versailles , the 1st of May , 1756 ; a remarkable æra in the political history of Europe . The secret articles of the treaty of Petersbourg , the fountain of the pre- sent ...
... whole Germanic body , concluded a treaty with the • Empress at Versailles , the 1st of May , 1756 ; a remarkable æra in the political history of Europe . The secret articles of the treaty of Petersbourg , the fountain of the pre- sent ...
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Side 325 - Insuperable height of loftiest shade, Cedar, and pine, and fir, and branching palm, A sylvan scene; and as the ranks ascend Shade above shade, a woody theatre Of stateliest view.
Side 262 - At the end of all this ceremonial a number of unmarried ladies appeared, who, with particular solemnity, lifted the meat off the, table, and conveyed it into the queen's inner and more private chamber, where, after she had chosen for herself, the rest goes to the ladies of the court.
Side 262 - Taster gave to each of the guard a mouthful to eat, of the particular dish he had brought, for fear of any poison.
Side 261 - That day she was dressed in white silk, bordered with pearls of the size of beans, and over it a mantle, of black silk, shot with silver threads ; her train was very long, the end of it borne by a marchioness. Instead of a chain, she had an oblong collar, of gold and jewels.
Side 262 - A gentleman entered the room bearing a rod, and along with him another who had a table cloth, which, after they had both kneeled three times with the utmost veneration, he spread upon the table, and after kneeling again, they both retired. Then came two others, one with the rod again, the other with a...
Side 261 - English fashion, strewed with hay, through which the Queen commonly passes on her way to chapel. At the door stood a gentleman dressed in velvet, with a gold chain, whose office was to introduce to the Queen any person of distinction that came to wait on her ; it was Sunday, when there is usually the greatest attendance of nobility. In the same hall were the Archbishop of Canterbury...
Side 261 - First went gentlemen, barons, earls, knights of the garter, all richly dressed and bare-headed: next came the chancellor, bearing the seals in a red silk purse between two; one of which carried the royal sceptre, the other the sword of state, in a red scabbard, studded with golden fleurs-de-lis, the point upwards...
Side 261 - Manner of speaking mild and obliging. That Day she was dressed in white Silk, bordered with Pearls of the Size of Beans, and over it a Mantle of black Silk, shot with Silver Threads; her Train was very...
Side 412 - Oh, let me listen to the words of life ! Raptures deep-felt His doctrine did impart, 'And thus He rais'd from earth the drooping heart. Think not, when all your scanty stores afford Is spread at once upon the sparing board ; Think not, when worn the homely robe appears, While on the roof, the howling tempest bears; What farther shall this feeble life sustain, And what shall clothe these shiv'ring limbs again. Say, does not life its nourishment exceed? And the fair body its investing weed? Behold...
Side 280 - He laid himself down to die ; and his death, I believe, was very sudden ; for he was a short, full, sanguine man. His strength was great ; and, I imagine, had he not retired with me, I should never have been able to have forced my way.