Annual Register, Volume 49Edmund Burke Longmans, Green, 1809 - History |
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Page 11
... passed the night between the 6th and 7th in the presence of each other . It appears pretty evi- dently , that this engagement of Hoff was a drawn battle , the Russians never quitted the field the day on which they fought . If the main ...
... passed the night between the 6th and 7th in the presence of each other . It appears pretty evi- dently , that this engagement of Hoff was a drawn battle , the Russians never quitted the field the day on which they fought . If the main ...
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... passed that river on the 10th with a Bavarian brigade , and a Polish regiment . In the course of three days , he had constructed seve- ral têtes - du - pont , and had advan - ` ced to Wiskywo , for the purpose of burning the rafts on ...
... passed that river on the 10th with a Bavarian brigade , and a Polish regiment . In the course of three days , he had constructed seve- ral têtes - du - pont , and had advan - ` ced to Wiskywo , for the purpose of burning the rafts on ...
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... passed over , though some debts of gratitude remain- ed to be paid . To the records of parliament the historian looked for his materials . It was cruel to deprive the hero of the honourable reward of his military achievements , and it ...
... passed over , though some debts of gratitude remain- ed to be paid . To the records of parliament the historian looked for his materials . It was cruel to deprive the hero of the honourable reward of his military achievements , and it ...
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... passed into other hands : but the glory of those illustrious atchievements , still adhered to the British name , and was immortal . tract , that pure essence which en- dured to all ages ; whilst the re- siduum , the grosser parts , passed ...
... passed into other hands : but the glory of those illustrious atchievements , still adhered to the British name , and was immortal . tract , that pure essence which en- dured to all ages ; whilst the re- siduum , the grosser parts , passed ...
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... passed and is passing of dus , may be called the age of finance . If a traveller from some distant country , altogether unacquainted with our banks and paper - credit , had put the question , what the house of commons were about , when ...
... passed and is passing of dus , may be called the age of finance . If a traveller from some distant country , altogether unacquainted with our banks and paper - credit , had put the question , what the house of commons were about , when ...
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