A History of England in the Lives of Englishmen, Volume 5George Godfrey Cunningham A. Fullarton, 1855 |
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... give no quarter ; supposing the fact to have been as stated , it will go but a little way to apologize for the duke , for one piece of barbarity cannot be received as a legitimate excuse for another , especially in the circumstances of ...
... give no quarter ; supposing the fact to have been as stated , it will go but a little way to apologize for the duke , for one piece of barbarity cannot be received as a legitimate excuse for another , especially in the circumstances of ...
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... give himself no concern in the question : whereupon he with- drew , and was followed by thirty - four of his friends . His conduct on this occasion excited great surprise ; but the real cause of it has since become known . Walpole ...
... give himself no concern in the question : whereupon he with- drew , and was followed by thirty - four of his friends . His conduct on this occasion excited great surprise ; but the real cause of it has since become known . Walpole ...
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... give law on the Mediterranean . The conse- quences of this state of things were , the prevention of the Spanish army in Italy from taking the field ; the chastisement of the Genoese , who were secretly and most dangerously attached to ...
... give law on the Mediterranean . The conse- quences of this state of things were , the prevention of the Spanish army in Italy from taking the field ; the chastisement of the Genoese , who were secretly and most dangerously attached to ...
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... give the enemy time to recover from their panic . He advanced with such rapidity that General Cope had hardly time to form his troops in order of battle when the Highlanders rushed upon them sword in hand . They had frequently been ...
... give the enemy time to recover from their panic . He advanced with such rapidity that General Cope had hardly time to form his troops in order of battle when the Highlanders rushed upon them sword in hand . They had frequently been ...
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... give him true notions of common things , -to instruct him by conversation rather than by books , -and sometimes , under the disguise of amusement , to entice him to the pursuit of more serious studies . The next point I laboured was ...
... give him true notions of common things , -to instruct him by conversation rather than by books , -and sometimes , under the disguise of amusement , to entice him to the pursuit of more serious studies . The next point I laboured was ...
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