The History of the War: From the Commencement of the French Revolution to the Present Time, Volume 3 |
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... arms and intrigues . - Wise and patriotic conduct of the king of Hol- land . Elevation of Hanover to the rank of a kingdom . - Infamy and fatuity of the king of Spain . - Exemplary conduct of the prince of Portugal . Page 35 CHAP . IV ...
... arms and intrigues . - Wise and patriotic conduct of the king of Hol- land . Elevation of Hanover to the rank of a kingdom . - Infamy and fatuity of the king of Spain . - Exemplary conduct of the prince of Portugal . Page 35 CHAP . IV ...
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... arms , or by perfidy- his accustomed means . We have not forgot that , after the peace of Amiens , his first ob- ject was to enter on that famous expedition for our extermination . " But the God of armies , who raises and overturns ...
... arms , or by perfidy- his accustomed means . We have not forgot that , after the peace of Amiens , his first ob- ject was to enter on that famous expedition for our extermination . " But the God of armies , who raises and overturns ...
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... arms if Lord Cochrane was in attendance , and being answered in the affirmative , his Lordship was called in . The noble lord having entered , he was desired by the speaker to take his place . The messen- gers , Skelton and Jones , were ...
... arms if Lord Cochrane was in attendance , and being answered in the affirmative , his Lordship was called in . The noble lord having entered , he was desired by the speaker to take his place . The messen- gers , Skelton and Jones , were ...
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... arms or ammunition to Norway , but to cut off her supplies of food , to inflict upon her that which had been des- cribed by Mr. Burke as the greatest of all possible calamities , as a calamity so dreadful that every humane mind ...
... arms or ammunition to Norway , but to cut off her supplies of food , to inflict upon her that which had been des- cribed by Mr. Burke as the greatest of all possible calamities , as a calamity so dreadful that every humane mind ...
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... arms , and while on the German soil , I marched , toge- ther with the allies of Sweden , to combat the most horrible tyranny that ever oppressed Europe , I looked for no other reward to my labours than the present moment , and the ...
... arms , and while on the German soil , I marched , toge- ther with the allies of Sweden , to combat the most horrible tyranny that ever oppressed Europe , I looked for no other reward to my labours than the present moment , and the ...
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The History of the War: From the Commencement of the French Revolution to ... Hewson Clarke No preview available - 2015 |
The History of the War, from the Commencement of the French Revolution to ... Hewson Clarke No preview available - 2016 |
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