A History of England in the Lives of Englishmen, Volume 5George Godfrey Cunningham A. Fullarton, 1855 |
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... early indications of consi- derable activity of intellect , and a predilection for a military life . In 1743 he made his first campaign in Germany . He was present , with his father , at the battle of Dettingen , and behaved with great ...
... early indications of consi- derable activity of intellect , and a predilection for a military life . In 1743 he made his first campaign in Germany . He was present , with his father , at the battle of Dettingen , and behaved with great ...
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... early indications of consi- derable activity of intellect , and a predilection for a military life . In 1743 he made his first campaign in Germany . He was present , with his father , at the battle of Dettingen , and behaved with great ...
... early indications of consi- derable activity of intellect , and a predilection for a military life . In 1743 he made his first campaign in Germany . He was present , with his father , at the battle of Dettingen , and behaved with great ...
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... early as 1747. This fact is doubtful ; but there is clear evidence that he was in London in 1750. It seems that in the month of September of that year , Dr King , principal of St Mary's hall , Oxford , a staunch Jacobite , received a ...
... early as 1747. This fact is doubtful ; but there is clear evidence that he was in London in 1750. It seems that in the month of September of that year , Dr King , principal of St Mary's hall , Oxford , a staunch Jacobite , received a ...
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... early destined for the church , but the pope granted him a dispensation by which he was enabled to hold benefices without having received the ecclesiastical tonsure . In 1745 , while his elder brother was in Scotland , striking a last ...
... early destined for the church , but the pope granted him a dispensation by which he was enabled to hold benefices without having received the ecclesiastical tonsure . In 1745 , while his elder brother was in Scotland , striking a last ...
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... early age , and passed regularly through every gradation of rank , till he reached the very highest in the service . In 1697 , we find him commanding a small frigate , called the Virgin ; and no mention is made of any subsequent command ...
... early age , and passed regularly through every gradation of rank , till he reached the very highest in the service . In 1697 , we find him commanding a small frigate , called the Virgin ; and no mention is made of any subsequent command ...
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