The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 51A. Constable, 1830 |
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... England till the 15th of that month , nor meet the enemy till three months after . If these facts can be proved , we suppose few people will re- quire more ; or be sceptical enough to doubt , who was the real author of the manœuvre ...
... England till the 15th of that month , nor meet the enemy till three months after . If these facts can be proved , we suppose few people will re- quire more ; or be sceptical enough to doubt , who was the real author of the manœuvre ...
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... England with the news of the victory , not only that Sir Charles Douglas had first learned the manœuvre in conver- sation with Mr Clerk , a considerable time before , but that , pre- vious to the action , it had been repeatedly the ...
... England with the news of the victory , not only that Sir Charles Douglas had first learned the manœuvre in conver- sation with Mr Clerk , a considerable time before , but that , pre- vious to the action , it had been repeatedly the ...
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... England is established , and the tenor of his uniform ac- knowledgments . All this , however , it is a part of Sir Howard's case to discredit or deny . He says distinctly , at pages 29 and 30 of his original statement , that it is ...
... England is established , and the tenor of his uniform ac- knowledgments . All this , however , it is a part of Sir Howard's case to discredit or deny . He says distinctly , at pages 29 and 30 of his original statement , that it is ...
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... England , told me , that the merit of cutting the French line rested entirely with his admiral , and that his own opinion even went against it . In my assertion of this fact , I am strictly correct . ' Now this is certainly a very ...
... England , told me , that the merit of cutting the French line rested entirely with his admiral , and that his own opinion even went against it . In my assertion of this fact , I am strictly correct . ' Now this is certainly a very ...
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... England sent the Scottish army home ; but he is careful to preserve the following piece of information . All this while I did not take the Nationall Covenant , not because I refused to doe it , for I wold have made no bones to take ...
... England sent the Scottish army home ; but he is careful to preserve the following piece of information . All this while I did not take the Nationall Covenant , not because I refused to doe it , for I wold have made no bones to take ...
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