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Marlborough is one of the evidences , and not the last of those , which show how much easier it is to gain battles , than to save a cabinet ; to restore Europe , than to coerce party ; and to stand on the pinnacle of national fame ...
Marlborough is one of the evidences , and not the last of those , which show how much easier it is to gain battles , than to save a cabinet ; to restore Europe , than to coerce party ; and to stand on the pinnacle of national fame ...
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Warren's party , however , having used no violence against the two Spaniards on board , the evidence was insufficient to substantiate their piratical intention ; and they had been detained but a few days on shore , when Falconer ...
Warren's party , however , having used no violence against the two Spaniards on board , the evidence was insufficient to substantiate their piratical intention ; and they had been detained but a few days on shore , when Falconer ...
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coner's party that the enemy would be upon them immediately ; so they withdrew from the road , and lay down , with their faces to the ground , among the long grass , that they might be undiscovered . Presently a party of Spaniards on ...
coner's party that the enemy would be upon them immediately ; so they withdrew from the road , and lay down , with their faces to the ground , among the long grass , that they might be undiscovered . Presently a party of Spaniards on ...
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The Gurney Papers Nos XIII XIV XV XVI By the Author | 264 |
Little Pedlington in a Pucker By the Author of Paul Pry | 321 |
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