Containing modern history, from the outbreak of the French Revolution to the present dayWhittaker, 1843 - World history |
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... sent to join the allies in their attack upon the French Jacobins ; but the latter , in two campaigns , wholly defeated them . The fortified harbour of Toulon , which had been surrendered to the Eng- lish on the outbreak of the ...
... sent to join the allies in their attack upon the French Jacobins ; but the latter , in two campaigns , wholly defeated them . The fortified harbour of Toulon , which had been surrendered to the Eng- lish on the outbreak of the ...
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... sent out thither under general Whitelocke , failed signally and disgracefully , July 5 , 1807. The general allowed himself to be surrounded by the enemy , when common foresight might have prevented such a disaster ; and he was obliged ...
... sent out thither under general Whitelocke , failed signally and disgracefully , July 5 , 1807. The general allowed himself to be surrounded by the enemy , when common foresight might have prevented such a disaster ; and he was obliged ...
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... sent Kellermann with 30,000 troops , and a considera- ble train of artillery , to reduce Lyons to obedience . The siege commenced on September 19 , and lasted till the 9th of October . The powers of de- scription are inadequate to the ...
... sent Kellermann with 30,000 troops , and a considera- ble train of artillery , to reduce Lyons to obedience . The siege commenced on September 19 , and lasted till the 9th of October . The powers of de- scription are inadequate to the ...
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... sent them several dishes from his own table ; and soon after the am- bassador had retired , he transmitted to him presents of silk , porcelain , and tea . The next example of civility was an invitation to see the pleasure - grounds of ...
... sent them several dishes from his own table ; and soon after the am- bassador had retired , he transmitted to him presents of silk , porcelain , and tea . The next example of civility was an invitation to see the pleasure - grounds of ...
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... sent him , at his own expense , to France , where he studied drawing and the military art . After his re- turn he was made captain . But the consequences of an unhappy passion for the daughter of Sosnowski , mar- shal of Lithuania ( who ...
... sent him , at his own expense , to France , where he studied drawing and the military art . After his re- turn he was made captain . But the consequences of an unhappy passion for the daughter of Sosnowski , mar- shal of Lithuania ( who ...
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Page 353 - A.ND when it was determined that we should sail into Italy, they delivered Paul and certain other prisoners unto one named Julius, a centurion of Augustus
Page 354 - And as the shipmen were about to flee out of the ship, when they had let down the boat into the sea, under colour as though they would have cast anchors out of the foreship, 31 Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, Except these abide in the ship, ye cannot be saved.
Page 354 - For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve, Saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must be brought before Caesar: and, lo, God hath given thee all them that sail with thee. Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer: for I believe God, that it shall be even as it was told me.
Page 567 - England, and the maintenance and making of laws, and redress of mischiefs and grievances, which daily happen within this realm, are proper subjects and matter of counsel and debate in Parliament; and that in the handling and proceeding of those businesses every member of the House of Parliament hath, and of right ought to have, freedom of speech to propound, treat, reason and bring to conclusion the same...
Page 354 - And sounded, and found it twenty fathoms : and when they had gone a little further, they sounded again, and found it fifteen fathoms. 29 Then fearing lest we should have fallen upon rocks, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day.
Page 355 - And falling into a place where two seas met, they ran the ship aground ; and the forepart stuck fast, and remained unmoveable, but the hinder part was broken with the violence of the waves. "And the soldiers' counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest any of them should swim out, and escape.
Page 355 - Howbeit they looked when he should have swollen, or fallen down dead suddenly: but after they had looked a great while, and saw no harm come to him, they changed their minds, and said that he was a god.
Page 355 - And when the barbarians saw the venomous beast hang on his hand, they said among themselves, No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he hath escaped the sea, yet vengeance suffereth not to live. 5 And he shook off the beast into the fire, and felt no harm.
Page 457 - At nature's mighty feast there is no vacant cover for him. She tells him to be gone, and will quickly execute her own orders, if he do not work upon the compassion of some of her guests.
Page 354 - Which when they had taken up, they used helps, undergirding the ship ; and, fearing lest they should fall into the quicksands, strake sail, and so were driven.