A History of England in the Lives of Englishmen, Volume 5George Godfrey Cunningham A. Fullarton, 1855 |
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... British and Hanoverian army , commanded by the earl of Stair , marched to operate a diversion , on the side of France , in favour of the queen of Hungary . The French , in order to prevent the junction of this force with the Austrian ...
... British and Hanoverian army , commanded by the earl of Stair , marched to operate a diversion , on the side of France , in favour of the queen of Hungary . The French , in order to prevent the junction of this force with the Austrian ...
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... British arms on the continent ; Quebec surrendered to the gallant Wolfe ; and the whole of Canada became subject to Britain . We shall have other opportunities of relating these events in detail . George II . died suddenly on the 25th ...
... British arms on the continent ; Quebec surrendered to the gallant Wolfe ; and the whole of Canada became subject to Britain . We shall have other opportunities of relating these events in detail . George II . died suddenly on the 25th ...
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... British and Hanoverian army . In the beginning of the campaign of 1744 , Marshal Saxe , the French general , having invested Tournay , the allies determined on attempting its relief . The French were post- ed behind the village of ...
... British and Hanoverian army . In the beginning of the campaign of 1744 , Marshal Saxe , the French general , having invested Tournay , the allies determined on attempting its relief . The French were post- ed behind the village of ...
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... British and Hanoverian army . In the beginning of the campaign of 1744 , Marshal Saxe , the French general , having invested Tournay , the allies determined on attempting its relief . The French were post- ed behind the village of ...
... British and Hanoverian army . In the beginning of the campaign of 1744 , Marshal Saxe , the French general , having invested Tournay , the allies determined on attempting its relief . The French were post- ed behind the village of ...
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... British councils , got him persuaded , by the offer of a large pension , to marry the young princess Louisa Maximi- liana of Stolberg - Godern . The marriage was issueless . The prince died at Rome on the 31st of January , 1788. He had ...
... British councils , got him persuaded , by the offer of a large pension , to marry the young princess Louisa Maximi- liana of Stolberg - Godern . The marriage was issueless . The prince died at Rome on the 31st of January , 1788. He had ...
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