The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for the Year ..., Volume 4J. Dodsley, 1762 - History |
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... thing towards this important meeting which it could furnish of fplendor for the display of its dignity , and of ability for the fupport of its intereft . The public converfation was for a while diverted from fcenes of horror , bloodshed ...
... thing towards this important meeting which it could furnish of fplendor for the display of its dignity , and of ability for the fupport of its intereft . The public converfation was for a while diverted from fcenes of horror , bloodshed ...
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... thing confiderable . em- On the other hand , the hopes of the allies depended on the ef- fect of their first impreffion ; they ' were obliged to attempt too many objects at the fame time , and there too arduous for the number of which ...
... thing confiderable . em- On the other hand , the hopes of the allies depended on the ef- fect of their first impreffion ; they ' were obliged to attempt too many objects at the fame time , and there too arduous for the number of which ...
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... thing is ve- " ry extraordinary . " Schweidnitz was loft fuddenly ; but Colberg made a moft obftinate and noble defence . At length , however , the garrifon began to be forely diftreffed for provifions . Ge- neral Platen quitted the ...
... thing is ve- " ry extraordinary . " Schweidnitz was loft fuddenly ; but Colberg made a moft obftinate and noble defence . At length , however , the garrifon began to be forely diftreffed for provifions . Ge- neral Platen quitted the ...
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... thing . They were mafters of the Baltick ; and they now acquired a port , by which their armies could be well provided , without the neceffity of tedious , un- certain , and expenfive convoys from Poland . The road lay almoft open into ...
... thing . They were mafters of the Baltick ; and they now acquired a port , by which their armies could be well provided , without the neceffity of tedious , un- certain , and expenfive convoys from Poland . The road lay almoft open into ...
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... thing pre- cife as to the dominion of the foil . France controverted this pro- pofition : fhe on her part proposed to divide these nations ; that those to the northward of the line drawn to ascertain the limits of Canada should be ...
... thing pre- cife as to the dominion of the foil . France controverted this pro- pofition : fhe on her part proposed to divide these nations ; that those to the northward of the line drawn to ascertain the limits of Canada should be ...
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