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... inhabitants of the regencies of Barbary . From some unknown cause , the va- cancies at Tripoli and Tunis were not filled at that period , and I received the appointment of Consul for Riga , in Russia , an impor- tant port in the Baltic ...
... inhabitants of the regencies of Barbary . From some unknown cause , the va- cancies at Tripoli and Tunis were not filled at that period , and I received the appointment of Consul for Riga , in Russia , an impor- tant port in the Baltic ...
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... inhabitants of La Rochelle walking on the beach and ramparts , and could plainly discern with our glasses groups of ladies and gentlemen , whose liberty and pleasure we could not but envy . The captain of the Goldfinch was called Edmund ...
... inhabitants of La Rochelle walking on the beach and ramparts , and could plainly discern with our glasses groups of ladies and gentlemen , whose liberty and pleasure we could not but envy . The captain of the Goldfinch was called Edmund ...
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... inhabitants of Plymouth , had just illuminated with much splendour , for the joint victories of Vittoria and the Chesapeake , and the names of Wellington and Brock were entwin- ed together in one wreath ; thus bestowing upon us the ...
... inhabitants of Plymouth , had just illuminated with much splendour , for the joint victories of Vittoria and the Chesapeake , and the names of Wellington and Brock were entwin- ed together in one wreath ; thus bestowing upon us the ...
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... inhabitants in Bristol , it has five or six well endowed hospitals , several colleges and free schools , and a very exten- sive pin manufactory . We remained no longer in this city than was sufficient to see the place ; denying ...
... inhabitants in Bristol , it has five or six well endowed hospitals , several colleges and free schools , and a very exten- sive pin manufactory . We remained no longer in this city than was sufficient to see the place ; denying ...
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... inhabitants ; and is at once a proof of that sound intellect , which for ages was denied by some writers to ex ist among them . The play was the Siege of Belgrade , the music of which , may be considered as the most scientific among ...
... inhabitants ; and is at once a proof of that sound intellect , which for ages was denied by some writers to ex ist among them . The play was the Siege of Belgrade , the music of which , may be considered as the most scientific among ...
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Page 61 - Not a drum was heard, not a funeral note, As his corse to the rampart we hurried ; Not a soldier discharged his farewell shot O'er the grave where our hero we buried. We buried him darkly at dead of night, The sods with our bayonets turning ; By the struggling moonbeam's misty light And the lantern dimly burning.
Page 369 - Mahometan nation, it is declared by the parties, that no pretext arising from religious opinions, shall ever produce an interruption of the harmony existing between the two countries.
Page 61 - Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him, — But little he'll reck, if they let him sleep on In the grave where a Briton has laid him. But half of our heavy task was done When the clock struck the hour for retiring : And we heard the distant and random gun That the foe was sullenly firing.
Page 61 - Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him, But little he'll reck, if they let him sleep on In the grave where a Briton has laid him!
Page 369 - As the government of the United States of America is not in any sense founded on the Christian religion — as it has in itself no character of enmity against the laws, religion or tranquillity of...
Page 47 - William the King friendly salutes William the Bishop and Godfrey the portreve, and all the burgesses within London, both French and English. And I declare that I grant you to be all law-worthy as you were in the days of King Edward ; and I grant that every child shall be his father's heir, after his father's days ; and I will not suffer any person to do you wrong. God keep you.
Page 338 - Caramalli, elder brother of the reigning Bashaw, and driven by him from his throne, meditated the recovery of his inheritance, and that a concert in action with us was desirable to him. We considered that concerted operations by those who have a common enemy were entirely justifiable, and might produce effects favorable to both without binding either to guarantee the objects of the other.
Page xiii - Nothing, I think, would be so likely to effect this, as to your sect particularly, as the more careful attention to education, which you recommend, and which, placing its members on the equal and commanding benches of science, will exhibit them as equal objects of respect and favor. I salute you with great respect and esteem. (Signed) THOMAS JEFFERSON. MM NOAH, Esq.