The History of the War: From the Commencement of the French Revolution to the Present Time, Volume 1 |
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Page 25
... sent deputies to the mother country , and the pride of the planters and the per- tinacity of men of colour , at length reduced the most flourishing colony belonging to Europe , to desolation and depair . The members of the legislature ...
... sent deputies to the mother country , and the pride of the planters and the per- tinacity of men of colour , at length reduced the most flourishing colony belonging to Europe , to desolation and depair . The members of the legislature ...
Page 42
... sent to Poland , and assisted the confedera- tion at Bar , sometimes with his advice and sometimes by his personal services . In consequence of a change in the ministry , he was seized and confined in the Bastile , but on the death of ...
... sent to Poland , and assisted the confedera- tion at Bar , sometimes with his advice and sometimes by his personal services . In consequence of a change in the ministry , he was seized and confined in the Bastile , but on the death of ...
Page 63
... sent upon this enterprise . Captain Robertson with a party entered the camp undiscovered , and with the bayonet killed upward of 100 troopers , and double that number of horses , and retired without molestation , and with- out the loss ...
... sent upon this enterprise . Captain Robertson with a party entered the camp undiscovered , and with the bayonet killed upward of 100 troopers , and double that number of horses , and retired without molestation , and with- out the loss ...
Page 72
... sent to treat respecting a cartel . But these approaches to amity were suddenly retracted on in- telligence arriving of the abolition of royalty of France , and another manifesto couched in terms equally vindictive and in- sulting with ...
... sent to treat respecting a cartel . But these approaches to amity were suddenly retracted on in- telligence arriving of the abolition of royalty of France , and another manifesto couched in terms equally vindictive and in- sulting with ...
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... sent to all the other municipalities , requiring the appro- bation of the people to the recent massacres , and recommending them to imitation . Under such control the election proceeded The clergy were banished ; the highest and most ...
... sent to all the other municipalities , requiring the appro- bation of the people to the recent massacres , and recommending them to imitation . Under such control the election proceeded The clergy were banished ; the highest and most ...
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