A History of England in the Lives of Englishmen, Volume 5George Godfrey Cunningham A. Fullarton, 1855 |
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... sent to Flanders , to take part in the quarrels that were then beginning to break out on the continent . France , in despite of the Pragmatic sanction , to which that power had been a party , and by which the emperor Charles the Se ...
... sent to Flanders , to take part in the quarrels that were then beginning to break out on the continent . France , in despite of the Pragmatic sanction , to which that power had been a party , and by which the emperor Charles the Se ...
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... sent for on account of a severe pain which the king had in his thumb , and , while examining the lame member , he suddenly wrenched it with great violence . In the agony of the moment , the king called the doctor a cursed rascal , and ...
... sent for on account of a severe pain which the king had in his thumb , and , while examining the lame member , he suddenly wrenched it with great violence . In the agony of the moment , the king called the doctor a cursed rascal , and ...
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... sent the author of ' Leonidas ' a £ 500 note ; and he is even said to have actually written a book himself , called ' The History of Prince Titi , ' which appeared in 1736. The manuscript of this work , in the prince's hand - writing ...
... sent the author of ' Leonidas ' a £ 500 note ; and he is even said to have actually written a book himself , called ' The History of Prince Titi , ' which appeared in 1736. The manuscript of this work , in the prince's hand - writing ...
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... sent against him ; an officer so confident of success , that he declared he would trample the Highland insurgents into dust with only two regiments of dragoons ; and whose first order , on entering Edinburgh , was to set up a gibbet in ...
... sent against him ; an officer so confident of success , that he declared he would trample the Highland insurgents into dust with only two regiments of dragoons ; and whose first order , on entering Edinburgh , was to set up a gibbet in ...
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... sent as couriers through half Europe , and executed their commissions with great punctuality and exactness , were suddenly discharged , without any faults imputed to them , or any re- compense for their past service . To this spirit of ...
... sent as couriers through half Europe , and executed their commissions with great punctuality and exactness , were suddenly discharged , without any faults imputed to them , or any re- compense for their past service . To this spirit of ...
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