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Page 11 - Jungle swallowed up the walls,' said Hathi. 'And what more?' said Mowgli. 'As much good ground as I can walk over in two nights from the east to the west, and from the north to the south as much as I can walk over in three nights, the Jungle took.
Page xi - WHEREAS certain Orders, establishing an unprecedented system of warfare against this Kingdom, and aimed especially at the destruction of its commerce and resources, were, some time since, issued by the Government of France, by which " The British Islands were declared to be in a state of Blockade...
Page xxxii - IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF we have caused these our Letters to be made Patent, and the great Seal of our said State to be hereunto affixed; WITNESS our trusty and well beloved GEORGE CLINTON, Esquire, Governor of our said State, General and Commander in Chief, of all the militia...
Page 66 - It is ordered by His Royal Highness the Prince Re-gent, in the name and on the behalf of His Majesty...
Page 12 - To all to whom these presents shall come, Greeting: Know ye, that we of our special grace, certain knowledge and mere motion...
Page 67 - That War be, and the same is hereby declared to exist between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the dependencies thereof, and the United States of America and their territories...
Page 17 - SIR : I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of the letter which you addressed to me on the...
Page xii - ... in Europe, from which, although not at war with His Majesty, the British flag is excluded, and all ports or places in the colonies belonging to His Majesty's enemies, shall, from henceforth, be subject to the same restrictions in point of trade and navigation, with the exceptions hereinafter mentioned, as if the same were actually blockaded by His Majesty's naval forces, in the most strict and rigorous manner...
Page xii - His majesty is therefore pleased further to order, and it is hereby ordered, that nothing herein contained shall extend to subject to capture or condemnation any vessel, or the cargo of any vessel, belonging to any country not declared by this order to be subjected to the restrictions incident to a state of blockade, which shall have cleared out with such cargo from some port or place of the country to which she belongs, either in Europe or America, or from some free port in his majesty's colonies,...
Page 66 - His Royal Highness the Prince Regent is hereby pleased further to declare, in the name and on the behalf of his Majesty, that nothing in this present Order contained, shall be understood to preclude his Royal Highness the Prince Regent, if circumstances shall so require, from restoring, after reasonable notice, the orders of the 7th of January, 1807, and...

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