The Edinburgh Annual Register, Volume 3John Ballantyne and Company, 1812 |
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Page 39
... enemy , on discovering , from the insupport able stench , the nature of the cargo , retreated with much precipitation , and in evident disgust , leaving the vessel to continue her voyage with- out molestation . BOW - STREET . On Friday ...
... enemy , on discovering , from the insupport able stench , the nature of the cargo , retreated with much precipitation , and in evident disgust , leaving the vessel to continue her voyage with- out molestation . BOW - STREET . On Friday ...
Page 66
... enemy's force , threw overboard the dispatches ; in which operation , by the way , the usual precautions were adopted of using means to sink the box which contained them . By what means the box became liberated from the weights which ...
... enemy's force , threw overboard the dispatches ; in which operation , by the way , the usual precautions were adopted of using means to sink the box which contained them . By what means the box became liberated from the weights which ...
Page 72
... enemies on this occasion , completely relieve M. D'Eon from any impeachment of his honour or integrity , however his prudence may justly be questionable in oppo- sing so powerful adversaries . From this period till the death of Louis XV ...
... enemies on this occasion , completely relieve M. D'Eon from any impeachment of his honour or integrity , however his prudence may justly be questionable in oppo- sing so powerful adversaries . From this period till the death of Louis XV ...
Page 74
... enemies , revealed some things to the prejudice of his best friends . Among other persons very freely treated in this publication , was the Count de Guerchy ; and it was this treatment that drew on him a prose- cution for a libel on his ...
... enemies , revealed some things to the prejudice of his best friends . Among other persons very freely treated in this publication , was the Count de Guerchy ; and it was this treatment that drew on him a prose- cution for a libel on his ...
Page 98
... enemies through life were only political ones , their animosities are buried with him in his tomb , and remembered not in his epitaph . It is a most distressing recollection to his country and his friends , that his life has apparently ...
... enemies through life were only political ones , their animosities are buried with him in his tomb , and remembered not in his epitaph . It is a most distressing recollection to his country and his friends , that his life has apparently ...
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