The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for the Year ...J. Dodsley, 1789 - History |
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... king of Pruffi . Treaty faid to be between Ruffia and Auftria . State of the Engliß garrison at Quebec . Defigns of. F ... king's German dominions , that in a few months they should find b them- themselves compelled to fly before their ...
... king of Pruffi . Treaty faid to be between Ruffia and Auftria . State of the Engliß garrison at Quebec . Defigns of. F ... king's German dominions , that in a few months they should find b them- themselves compelled to fly before their ...
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... king of Pruffia , and that ceffion gave occa- fion for the war in 1756 . The kings of Great Britain and Pruffia chofe the moment of fuc- cefs , to propofe an accommodation ; and they defired that the oppofite powers thould concur with ...
... king of Pruffia , and that ceffion gave occa- fion for the war in 1756 . The kings of Great Britain and Pruffia chofe the moment of fuc- cefs , to propofe an accommodation ; and they defired that the oppofite powers thould concur with ...
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... king of Pruf- fia . Even the ceffion of all Silefia in her favour cannot procure a peace for that monarch . The Ruf- fians will never let loose their hold of the ducal Pruflia ; a country con- quered by their own arms , a pof- feffion ...
... king of Pruf- fia . Even the ceffion of all Silefia in her favour cannot procure a peace for that monarch . The Ruf- fians will never let loose their hold of the ducal Pruflia ; a country con- quered by their own arms , a pof- feffion ...
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... King's forces to his affiftance . Thus depending on fortune , on the tried goodness of his troops , and his own courage to animate them , he marched out of the city , and defcended from the heights of Abra- " ham with the army mentioned ...
... King's forces to his affiftance . Thus depending on fortune , on the tried goodness of his troops , and his own courage to animate them , he marched out of the city , and defcended from the heights of Abra- " ham with the army mentioned ...
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... king had renewed his alliance on the former terms with Great Britain . By his inde- fatigable induftry , no gaps were feen in his armies . But they were no longer the fame troops ; and if the king of Pruffia had formerly the merit of ...
... king had renewed his alliance on the former terms with Great Britain . By his inde- fatigable induftry , no gaps were feen in his armies . But they were no longer the fame troops ; and if the king of Pruffia had formerly the merit of ...
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