Annual Register, Volumen26Edmund Burke Longmans, Green, 1800 |
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... Captain Mayaffie had the good fortune not to furvive the difgrace . The retreat was conducted by Captain Blair in a manner which gained him much applaufe ; and prevented the eager purfuit of the enemy which was continued to within four ...
... Captain Mayaffie had the good fortune not to furvive the difgrace . The retreat was conducted by Captain Blair in a manner which gained him much applaufe ; and prevented the eager purfuit of the enemy which was continued to within four ...
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... Captain Blair , with his Chunar battalion , and two companies of his own gre- nadiers , to furprize their camp at that place . The detachment march- Sept. 3d . ed at three in the morn- ing , and arrived at the ground by day - light ...
... Captain Blair , with his Chunar battalion , and two companies of his own gre- nadiers , to furprize their camp at that place . The detachment march- Sept. 3d . ed at three in the morn- ing , and arrived at the ground by day - light ...
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... Captain Blair , in the two expeditions which he had undertaken with the Chunar battalion , first to the attack of Ramnagur , and after- wards to furprize the enemy's camp at Pateetah ; and on both occa- fions , his accurate knowledge of ...
... Captain Blair , in the two expeditions which he had undertaken with the Chunar battalion , first to the attack of Ramnagur , and after- wards to furprize the enemy's camp at Pateetah ; and on both occa- fions , his accurate knowledge of ...
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... captains above 3,000l . a piece , and the fubalterns , fome- thing more than 1400 each . The dividends of the native officers were but low ; and a common fe- poy's fhare , fomething more than fix pounds . It was fuppofed that fomething ...
... captains above 3,000l . a piece , and the fubalterns , fome- thing more than 1400 each . The dividends of the native officers were but low ; and a common fe- poy's fhare , fomething more than fix pounds . It was fuppofed that fomething ...
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... Captain Reynolds . Upon thefe the attack fell . The fquadron being then on the larboard tack , the Exeter was the fternmoft fhip , and being , through the failure of wind , as well as from her being a bad failer , confiderably feparated ...
... Captain Reynolds . Upon thefe the attack fell . The fquadron being then on the larboard tack , the Exeter was the fternmoft fhip , and being , through the failure of wind , as well as from her being a bad failer , confiderably feparated ...
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Página 168 - Where they did all get in, Six precious souls, and all agog To dash through thick and thin. Smack went the whip, round went the wheels, Were never folk so glad ; The stones did rattle underneath As if Cheapside were mad. John Gilpin, at his horse's side, Seized fast the flowing mane, And up he got, in haste to ride, But soon came down again...
Página 318 - St. Croix River to the highlands; along the said highlands which divide those rivers that empty themselves into the river St. Lawrence, from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean, to the northwesternmost head of Connecticut River...
Página 166 - The busy day, the peaceful night, Unfelt, uncounted, glided by ; His frame was firm, his powers were bright, Though now his eightieth year was nigh. Then with no fiery throbbing pain, No cold gradations of decay, Death broke at once the vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest way.
Página 167 - JOHN GILPIN was a citizen Of credit and renown, A trainband captain eke was he Of famous London town. John Gilpin's spouse said to her dear, Though wedded we have been These twice ten tedious years, yet we No holiday have seen. To-morrow is our wedding-day, And we will then repair Unto the Bell at Edmonton All in a chaise and pair.
Página 318 - 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...
Página 170 - So am I!" But yet his horse was not a whit Inclined to tarry there; For why? — his owner had a house Full ten miles off, at Ware. So like an arrow swift he flew, Shot by an archer strong; So did he fly — which brings me to The middle of my song.
Página 318 - 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...
Página 171 - What news? what news? your tidings tell; Tell me you must and shall Say why bare-headed you are come, Or why you come at all?
Página 161 - Such is that room which one rude beam divides, And naked rafters form the sloping sides; Where the vile bands that bind the thatch are seen, And lath and mud are all that lie between; Save one dull pane, that, coarsely...
Página 160 - And the dull wheel hums doleful through the day; There children dwell who know no parents' care; Parents, who know no children's love, dwell there ! Heart-broken matrons on their joyless bed, Forsaken wives, and mothers never wed; Dejected widows with unheeded tears, And crippled age with more than childhood fears; The lame, the blind, and, far the happiest they!