A History of England in the Lives of Englishmen, Volume 5George Godfrey Cunningham A. Fullarton, 1855 |
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... army ; but might more aptly be compared to an alliance of different clans fighting in the same cause , professing the same principles , but influenced and guided by their different chieftains . " Soon after the accession of George I ...
... army ; but might more aptly be compared to an alliance of different clans fighting in the same cause , professing the same principles , but influenced and guided by their different chieftains . " Soon after the accession of George I ...
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... army ; but might more aptly be compared to an alliance of different clans fighting in the same cause , professing the same principles , but influenced and guided by their different chieftains . " Soon after the accession of George I ...
... army ; but might more aptly be compared to an alliance of different clans fighting in the same cause , professing the same principles , but influenced and guided by their different chieftains . " Soon after the accession of George I ...
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... army . One of the first schemes which occupied the attention of the new sovereign , was a project of his own for the marriage of the prince of Wales to the eldest daughter of the king of Prussia , and a second ma- trimonial alliance ...
... army . One of the first schemes which occupied the attention of the new sovereign , was a project of his own for the marriage of the prince of Wales to the eldest daughter of the king of Prussia , and a second ma- trimonial alliance ...
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... 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 army under Prince Charles ...
... 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 army under Prince Charles ...
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... army under the duke of Cumberland , and the consequent loss of the electorate , were events crowded upon each other , and all very in- glorious to this country ; but under the vigorous administration of Wil- liam Pitt , these reverses ...
... army under the duke of Cumberland , and the consequent loss of the electorate , were events crowded upon each other , and all very in- glorious to this country ; but under the vigorous administration of Wil- liam Pitt , these reverses ...
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