The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for the Year ..., Volume 4J. Dodsley, 1762 - History |
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... fame time the most contradictory to the paffions and prejudices of nations . It appears hard to lofe upon every fide every object of the war . A peace on this foundation will be cenfured , but it is the beft , on the fame principle that ...
... fame time the most contradictory to the paffions and prejudices of nations . It appears hard to lofe upon every fide every object of the war . A peace on this foundation will be cenfured , but it is the beft , on the fame principle that ...
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... fame candour and good faith , and the fame fincere defire of peace , their influence muft neceffarily tend to infpire principles of moderation into the reft , and must contribute largely to accelerate the great work of pacification ...
... fame candour and good faith , and the fame fincere defire of peace , their influence muft neceffarily tend to infpire principles of moderation into the reft , and must contribute largely to accelerate the great work of pacification ...
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... fame time to diftract the enemy , whilst the men of war directed their fire with great judgment and effect on the hills . Thefe manœuvres gave brigadier general Lambert with an handful of men an oppor- tunity of climbing up a very fteep ...
... fame time to diftract the enemy , whilst the men of war directed their fire with great judgment and effect on the hills . Thefe manœuvres gave brigadier general Lambert with an handful of men an oppor- tunity of climbing up a very fteep ...
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... fame time on all the four outworks , which the troops , ordered on this important enterprize , approached with fo much precau- tion , that they were not perceived by the garrifon . They fcaled all the four at the fame time ; and the ...
... fame time on all the four outworks , which the troops , ordered on this important enterprize , approached with fo much precau- tion , that they were not perceived by the garrifon . They fcaled all the four at the fame time ; and the ...
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... fame independence , under the protection of France . Nothing was perfectly fettled in relation to this point ; but ... fame privileges on the coaft of Newfoundland , checked with the fame restrictions , which before the war they had ...
... fame independence , under the protection of France . Nothing was perfectly fettled in relation to this point ; but ... fame privileges on the coaft of Newfoundland , checked with the fame restrictions , which before the war they had ...
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