A History of England: 1795-1801Longmans, Green, 1865 - Great Britain |
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... authority in the service , approved of this plan ; and it was determined that the British contingent should be commanded by the Earl of Moira , the officer who had served with so much distinction as second to Cornwallis in the American ...
... authority in the service , approved of this plan ; and it was determined that the British contingent should be commanded by the Earl of Moira , the officer who had served with so much distinction as second to Cornwallis in the American ...
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... authority , would by no means consent , until he had himself reconnoitred in due form . It was in vain De Puisaye urged that he might rely on the reports of competent officers , and that he could form no opinion for himself without ...
... authority , would by no means consent , until he had himself reconnoitred in due form . It was in vain De Puisaye urged that he might rely on the reports of competent officers , and that he could form no opinion for himself without ...
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... authority ; that of one hundred and twenty - five chiefs , twenty - two only had signed the treaty ; and that Cormatin himself had declared that it was only a temporising measure to obtain a sus- pension of arms until the opportunity ...
... authority ; that of one hundred and twenty - five chiefs , twenty - two only had signed the treaty ; and that Cormatin himself had declared that it was only a temporising measure to obtain a sus- pension of arms until the opportunity ...
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... authority , unless he is prepared for the consequences to which he points . It is certain , that Fox did not mean to incite the people to rebellion ; but it was well that at a time when the current of public opinion ran vio- lently in a ...
... authority , unless he is prepared for the consequences to which he points . It is certain , that Fox did not mean to incite the people to rebellion ; but it was well that at a time when the current of public opinion ran vio- lently in a ...
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... authority , and contained no approval of universal suffrage and annual Parlia- ments , which were avowed as the basis of the affi- liated societies . The appeal to public opinion against the Bills was , on the whole , a failure . Many ...
... authority , and contained no approval of universal suffrage and annual Parlia- ments , which were avowed as the basis of the affi- liated societies . The appeal to public opinion against the Bills was , on the whole , a failure . Many ...
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