The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for the Year ...J. Dodsley, 1812 - History |
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... taken ad- vantage of there was much also to blame in the conduct of Lord Wellington , with respect to the Spanish troops ; though certainly the dispatch of the Spanish gene- ral , gave a very different account of the conduct of those ...
... taken ad- vantage of there was much also to blame in the conduct of Lord Wellington , with respect to the Spanish troops ; though certainly the dispatch of the Spanish gene- ral , gave a very different account of the conduct of those ...
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... taken day by day , by the deputy judge advocate . " 1 Sir Francis Burdett seconded the motion . A long discussion en- sued . - Sir John Örde said , that Lord Gambier's conduct in the affair of Basque Roads , had al- ready been ...
... taken day by day , by the deputy judge advocate . " 1 Sir Francis Burdett seconded the motion . A long discussion en- sued . - Sir John Örde said , that Lord Gambier's conduct in the affair of Basque Roads , had al- ready been ...
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... taken by a coup de main , after a month's pre- vious notice ! It had been said , that Walcheren had been retained in consequence of a requisition from Austria , in the hope that Buonaparte might thereby be in- fluenced in his ...
... taken by a coup de main , after a month's pre- vious notice ! It had been said , that Walcheren had been retained in consequence of a requisition from Austria , in the hope that Buonaparte might thereby be in- fluenced in his ...
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... taken by the Chancellor of the Exchequer , contended stre- nuously , that no paper should be moved for that did not exist in any public office of the state . In- deed no paper , he observed , had been specifically called for , or stated ...
... taken by the Chancellor of the Exchequer , contended stre- nuously , that no paper should be moved for that did not exist in any public office of the state . In- deed no paper , he observed , had been specifically called for , or stated ...
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... taken at their bar . The commander in chief , Sir David Dundas , had given it as his opi- nion , June 3 , 1809 , that in what- ever way Antwerp was to be approached or taken , ever 夔 75 HISTORY OF EUROPE.
... taken at their bar . The commander in chief , Sir David Dundas , had given it as his opi- nion , June 3 , 1809 , that in what- ever way Antwerp was to be approached or taken , ever 夔 75 HISTORY OF EUROPE.
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