History of Europe from the Fall of Napoleon in 1815 to the Accession of Louis Napoleon in 1852Blackwood, 1854 - Europe |
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... command of the state , for the House of Commons was returned by a million of electors , who voted for 658 members , of whom two - thirds were the representatives of boroughs , and two - thirds of their con- stituents shopkeepers , or ...
... command of the state , for the House of Commons was returned by a million of electors , who voted for 658 members , of whom two - thirds were the representatives of boroughs , and two - thirds of their con- stituents shopkeepers , or ...
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... command of a despotic chief . Rebellion , as usual when England is in distress , broke out in Ireland ; but it terminated in ridicule , and revealed at once the ingratitude and impotence of the Celtic race in the Emerald Isle . But a ...
... command of a despotic chief . Rebellion , as usual when England is in distress , broke out in Ireland ; but it terminated in ridicule , and revealed at once the ingratitude and impotence of the Celtic race in the Emerald Isle . But a ...
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... Command- of the future prosperity of the empire . Prosperity ing position unheard of , and universal , had , with a few transient the close of periods of distress , when the contest was at the worst , pervaded every department of the ...
... Command- of the future prosperity of the empire . Prosperity ing position unheard of , and universal , had , with a few transient the close of periods of distress , when the contest was at the worst , pervaded every department of the ...
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... command of the Hazard sloop in July 1780 , and afterwards to the Pelican , in which he performed many impor- tant services . When the war of the French Revolution broke out , he was appointed to the Nymph frigate , in which , after a ...
... command of the Hazard sloop in July 1780 , and afterwards to the Pelican , in which he performed many impor- tant services . When the war of the French Revolution broke out , he was appointed to the Nymph frigate , in which , after a ...
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... command on the North American station , obtained permission to go out with the Leander ; and as Sir Charles Penrose did not join at Gibraltar , he hoisted his flag on board the Impregnable , as second in command . Before Lord Exmouth ...
... command on the North American station , obtained permission to go out with the Leander ; and as Sir Charles Penrose did not join at Gibraltar , he hoisted his flag on board the Impregnable , as second in command . Before Lord Exmouth ...
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