A History of England in the Lives of Englishmen, Volume 5George Godfrey Cunningham A. Fullarton, 1855 |
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... considered as political and literary eras , we have already in- troduced the reader to several illustrious names , which belong not merely to the Augustan age of Queen Anne , as it is called , but also to the era of the first two ...
... considered as political and literary eras , we have already in- troduced the reader to several illustrious names , which belong not merely to the Augustan age of Queen Anne , as it is called , but also to the era of the first two ...
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... considered his cause as desperate : he seemed , in many respects , an altered man ; and , from being the leader of his little host , became in appearance , as he was in reality , their reluctant follower . While the Highland army ...
... considered his cause as desperate : he seemed , in many respects , an altered man ; and , from being the leader of his little host , became in appearance , as he was in reality , their reluctant follower . While the Highland army ...
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... 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 embarked on board it , it was thought proper to strengthen the convoy by the ...
... 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 embarked on board it , it was thought proper to strengthen the convoy by the ...
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... considered to have materially lessened the weight of the disaster , by preventing many of the merchant - ships from falling into the hands of the enemy , as , in all probability , they otherwise inevi- tably would have done . In reward ...
... considered to have materially lessened the weight of the disaster , by preventing many of the merchant - ships from falling into the hands of the enemy , as , in all probability , they otherwise inevi- tably would have done . In reward ...
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... considered it extremely imprudent that the ships should ven- ture to sea , but insisted that they should wait the approach of their antagonists , under the protection of the batteries raised on shore . A few of the naval officers were ...
... considered it extremely imprudent that the ships should ven- ture to sea , but insisted that they should wait the approach of their antagonists , under the protection of the batteries raised on shore . A few of the naval officers were ...
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