The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Svazek 8,Vydání 15Leonard Scott Publication Company, 1808 |
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Strana 13
... feel ourselves in some measure un- der the influence of certain impressions as to the justice and poli- cy of capturing merchant ships in general , which we have no doubt that the author of this pamphlet and his admirers will con- sider ...
... feel ourselves in some measure un- der the influence of certain impressions as to the justice and poli- cy of capturing merchant ships in general , which we have no doubt that the author of this pamphlet and his admirers will con- sider ...
Strana 15
... feel that it is proportionally weak in the means , either of defence or an- noyance . The wars which have afflicted Europe for the last fifteen years , have not been of a character favourable to the development of such liberal ...
... feel that it is proportionally weak in the means , either of defence or an- noyance . The wars which have afflicted Europe for the last fifteen years , have not been of a character favourable to the development of such liberal ...
Strana 22
... feel and understand the rights and claims of their inferiors ; and in our own country , to take a narrower inftance , it is aftonishing how hard it is to convince the common people that there is any fin in plundering a wreck that is ...
... feel and understand the rights and claims of their inferiors ; and in our own country , to take a narrower inftance , it is aftonishing how hard it is to convince the common people that there is any fin in plundering a wreck that is ...
Strana 24
... feeling of the obvious and es- sential equity of such an allowance , that , except in the single case of 1756 , we have never pretended to interdict the direct trade of a neutral between the colony of an enemy and his own mother country ...
... feeling of the obvious and es- sential equity of such an allowance , that , except in the single case of 1756 , we have never pretended to interdict the direct trade of a neutral between the colony of an enemy and his own mother country ...
Strana 48
... feel themfelves deeply indebted to M. Chevalier's perfevering fpirit of inquiry , for those interest- ing elucidations which fcepticifm only can wifh to depreciate . We were glad to find that our traveller had time for other reflec ...
... feel themfelves deeply indebted to M. Chevalier's perfevering fpirit of inquiry , for those interest- ing elucidations which fcepticifm only can wifh to depreciate . We were glad to find that our traveller had time for other reflec ...
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Strana 178 - O thou that, with surpassing glory crowned, Look'st from thy sole dominion like the god Of this new World — at whose sight all the stars Hide their diminished heads — to thee I call, But with no friendly voice, and add thy name, 0 Sun, to tell thee how I hate thy beams...
Strana 187 - Thus saying, from her husband's hand her hand Soft she withdrew ; and like a wood-nymph light, Oread or Dryad, or of Delia's train, Betook her to the groves, but Delia's self In gait...
Strana 178 - O thou, that, with surpassing glory crown'd, Look'st from thy sole dominion, like the god Of this new world; at whose sight all the stars Hide their diminish'd heads ; to thee I call, But with no friendly voice, and add thy name, 0 sun ! to tell thee how I hate thy beams, That bring to my remembrance from what state 1 fell, how glorious once above thy sphere...
Strana 189 - Looks through the horizontal misty air Shorn of his beams, or from behind the moon, In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds On half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs.
Strana 182 - Astonied stood and blank, while horror chill Ran through his veins, and all his joints relax'd...
Strana 183 - Castalian spring might with this Paradise Of Eden strive; nor that Nyseian isle Girt with the river Triton, where old Cham, Whom Gentiles Ammon call and...
Strana 8 - But without reference to accidents of the one kind or other, the general rule is, that the neutral has a right to carry on, in time of war, his accustomed trade to the utmost extent of which that accustomed trade is capable. Very different is the case of a trade which the neutral has never possessed, which he holds by no title of use and habit in times of peace, and which, in fact...
Strana 183 - While thus he spake, the angelic squadron bright Turn'd fiery red, sharpening in mooned horns Their phalanx, and began to hem him round With ported spears...
Strana 13 - The private property of pacific and industrious individuals seems to be protected, and except in the single case of maritime capture it is spared accordingly by the general usage of all modern nations. No army now plunders unarmed individuals ashore, except for the purpose" of providing for its own subsistence. And the laws of war are thought to be violated by the seizure of private property for the sake of gain, even within the limits of the hostile territory. It is not easy at first sight to discover...