The History of England: From the Revolution to the Death of George the Second. (Designed as a Continuation of Mr. Hume's History.)Levis & Weaver, 1810 - Great Britain |
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... court of France having received intelligence that the Dan- ish and Prussian troops had not yet joined the confederates , ordered the elector of Bavaria and the mareschal de Ville- roy to attack them before the junction could be effected ...
... court of France having received intelligence that the Dan- ish and Prussian troops had not yet joined the confederates , ordered the elector of Bavaria and the mareschal de Ville- roy to attack them before the junction could be effected ...
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... court from the earl of Galway , after his retreat from Madrid to Valencia , soliciting succours with the most earnest entreaties . The expedition to France was immediately postponed , and sir Cloudesley Shovel was ordered to make the ...
... court from the earl of Galway , after his retreat from Madrid to Valencia , soliciting succours with the most earnest entreaties . The expedition to France was immediately postponed , and sir Cloudesley Shovel was ordered to make the ...
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... court did not fail to court his alliance ; but he continued on the reserve against all their solicitations . Then they implored his mediation for a peace ; and he answered , that he would interpose his good offices , as soon as he ...
... court did not fail to court his alliance ; but he continued on the reserve against all their solicitations . Then they implored his mediation for a peace ; and he answered , that he would interpose his good offices , as soon as he ...
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... court , he set out for London , in the neighbourhood of which he was met by above forty noblemen in their coaches , and about four hundred gentlemen on horseback . Next day he waited upon the queen at Kensington , from whom he met with ...
... court , he set out for London , in the neighbourhood of which he was met by above forty noblemen in their coaches , and about four hundred gentlemen on horseback . Next day he waited upon the queen at Kensington , from whom he met with ...
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... Court , of seventy guns , captain George Clements , sailed as convoy to the West India and Portugal fleet of merchant ships , amounting to five - and - fifty sail . They fell in with the Dun- kirk squadron , consisting of ten ships of ...
... Court , of seventy guns , captain George Clements , sailed as convoy to the West India and Portugal fleet of merchant ships , amounting to five - and - fifty sail . They fell in with the Dun- kirk squadron , consisting of ten ships of ...
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