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... thing remained to the emperor but the city of Mantua , which was so closely blockaded , and so vigo- rously pressed , that no supplies of provisions , or of men , could enter . The garrison , despairing of all re- lief , began to think ...
... thing remained to the emperor but the city of Mantua , which was so closely blockaded , and so vigo- rously pressed , that no supplies of provisions , or of men , could enter . The garrison , despairing of all re- lief , began to think ...
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... thing not strictly conformable to the will and pleasure of the senate . But these were only preludes to the outrages that followed . On the roads , from Mantua to Legnano , and from Cassano to Verona , up- wards of two hundred French ...
... thing not strictly conformable to the will and pleasure of the senate . But these were only preludes to the outrages that followed . On the roads , from Mantua to Legnano , and from Cassano to Verona , up- wards of two hundred French ...
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... thing , to propose a negociation in which terms are to be fairly and manfully discussed ; and another , to sue to your enemy for peace . He who objects to this distinction is uot animated by that feeling which ought ever to be uppermost ...
... thing , to propose a negociation in which terms are to be fairly and manfully discussed ; and another , to sue to your enemy for peace . He who objects to this distinction is uot animated by that feeling which ought ever to be uppermost ...
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... things . I must think , when I look at the price of the general funds of the country , the state of the transferra- ble ... thing . But against the insinua- tion , that this tranquillity was owing to the two degrading , abominable , and ...
... things . I must think , when I look at the price of the general funds of the country , the state of the transferra- ble ... thing . But against the insinua- tion , that this tranquillity was owing to the two degrading , abominable , and ...
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... thing that might seem to be a purposed omission , or a calling in question of any of the titles and diguities , by which such gentleman was distinguished . If these things were omitted in the speech from mere inadvertency , I shall be ...
... thing that might seem to be a purposed omission , or a calling in question of any of the titles and diguities , by which such gentleman was distinguished . If these things were omitted in the speech from mere inadvertency , I shall be ...
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