A History of England in the Lives of Englishmen, Volume 5George Godfrey Cunningham A. Fullarton, 1855 |
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... considerable military talent - were thus displayed to the best advantage , and he was raised at once by a grateful public , saved from the horrors of a civil war , to the very pinnacle of military glory . Par- liament conferred on him a ...
... considerable military talent - were thus displayed to the best advantage , and he was raised at once by a grateful public , saved from the horrors of a civil war , to the very pinnacle of military glory . Par- liament conferred on him a ...
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... considerable military talent - were thus displayed to the best advantage , and he was raised at once by a grateful public , saved from the horrors of a civil war , to the very pinnacle of military glory . Par- liament conferred on him a ...
... considerable military talent - were thus displayed to the best advantage , and he was raised at once by a grateful public , saved from the horrors of a civil war , to the very pinnacle of military glory . Par- liament conferred on him a ...
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... considerable reputation in his profession , was returned to parliament for the borough of Beer - Alston in his native county , which place he continued to represent during five successive parliaments . Pursuing his ecclesiastical ...
... considerable reputation in his profession , was returned to parliament for the borough of Beer - Alston in his native county , which place he continued to represent during five successive parliaments . Pursuing his ecclesiastical ...
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... considerable abilities . Sir John Fortescue Aland . BORN A. D. 1670. - died A. D. 1746 . He THIS eminent lawyer was born on the 7th of March , 1670 . was the second son of Edmund Fortescue of London , by Sarah , daugh- ter of Henry ...
... considerable abilities . Sir John Fortescue Aland . BORN A. D. 1670. - died A. D. 1746 . He THIS eminent lawyer was born on the 7th of March , 1670 . was the second son of Edmund Fortescue of London , by Sarah , daugh- ter of Henry ...
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... considerable intrinsic value , but of the highest consequence and importance considered in a national light , for all the provisions , stores , and upwards of one thousand horses for the service of the ensuing campaign in Spain , were ...
... considerable intrinsic value , but of the highest consequence and importance considered in a national light , for all the provisions , stores , and upwards of one thousand horses for the service of the ensuing campaign in Spain , were ...
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