History of England, by Hume and Smollett; with a continuation by T.S. Hughes, Volume 71854 |
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... continued still independent of his commission , while his own person re- mained sacred and inviolable . The prince of Orange had been invited to England by a coalition of parties , united by a common sense of danger : but this tie was ...
... continued still independent of his commission , while his own person re- mained sacred and inviolable . The prince of Orange had been invited to England by a coalition of parties , united by a common sense of danger : but this tie was ...
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... other bills of smaller im- portance being passed , the two houses adjourned to the twentieth day of September , and afterwards to the nineteentn day of October . : CHAP . II . WILLIAM AND MARY ( CONTINUED . 44 CH . I. HISTORY OF ENGLAND .
... other bills of smaller im- portance being passed , the two houses adjourned to the twentieth day of September , and afterwards to the nineteentn day of October . : CHAP . II . WILLIAM AND MARY ( CONTINUED . 44 CH . I. HISTORY OF ENGLAND .
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David Hume. CHAP . II . WILLIAM AND MARY ( CONTINUED . ) - 1689 . 1. Duke of Schomberg lands with an army in Ireland - 2 . The Inniskilliners obtain a victory over the Irish - 3 . Schomberg censured for his inactivity - 4 . The French ...
David Hume. CHAP . II . WILLIAM AND MARY ( CONTINUED . ) - 1689 . 1. Duke of Schomberg lands with an army in Ireland - 2 . The Inniskilliners obtain a victory over the Irish - 3 . Schomberg censured for his inactivity - 4 . The French ...
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... continued his march to Drog- heda , where he understood Rosene lay with about 20,000 men , had he not been obliged to wait for the artillery , which was not yet arrived at Carlingford . King James , having assembled all his forces ...
... continued his march to Drog- heda , where he understood Rosene lay with about 20,000 men , had he not been obliged to wait for the artillery , which was not yet arrived at Carlingford . King James , having assembled all his forces ...
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... continued to rage in Schomberg's camp , and swept off a great number of officers and soldiers ; so that in the be- ginning of next spring , not above half the number of those who went over with the general remained alive : he was ...
... continued to rage in Schomberg's camp , and swept off a great number of officers and soldiers ; so that in the be- ginning of next spring , not above half the number of those who went over with the general remained alive : he was ...
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