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... Command of the Army , · CHAP . XL Spanish Affairs continued . Batties of the Pyrenees . Fall of St Sebastian - of Pam- pluna . Invasion of France by the British Army , CHAP . XII . State of Affairs in the North . Progress of the Russian ...
... Command of the Army , · CHAP . XL Spanish Affairs continued . Batties of the Pyrenees . Fall of St Sebastian - of Pam- pluna . Invasion of France by the British Army , CHAP . XII . State of Affairs in the North . Progress of the Russian ...
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... command ; and such being the end of the campaign , what real progress had been made towards the great ob- ject of the contest ? With regard to the object of the war in Spain , three schemes had been successively devised ; two were ...
... command ; and such being the end of the campaign , what real progress had been made towards the great ob- ject of the contest ? With regard to the object of the war in Spain , three schemes had been successively devised ; two were ...
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... command- er , his requisitions were immediately attended to . This could and would , no doubt , be confirmed promptly by that distinguished commander him- self - for it was a striking feature in his character , that he was as just to ...
... command- er , his requisitions were immediately attended to . This could and would , no doubt , be confirmed promptly by that distinguished commander him- self - for it was a striking feature in his character , that he was as just to ...
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... command ; and it was accompanied with some inward satisfaction , that the integrity and zeal with which I had endeavoured to dis charge my public functions had made a favourable impression on the mind of my sovereign ; notwithstanding ...
... command ; and it was accompanied with some inward satisfaction , that the integrity and zeal with which I had endeavoured to dis charge my public functions had made a favourable impression on the mind of my sovereign ; notwithstanding ...
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... command- ing officer of his majesty's naval forces on the American coast , was received in the same hostile spirit by the go . vernment of the United States . The right of search on the part of Great Britain , a right which she acknow ...
... command- ing officer of his majesty's naval forces on the American coast , was received in the same hostile spirit by the go . vernment of the United States . The right of search on the part of Great Britain , a right which she acknow ...
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Strona ccliv - Our inclinations are not in our power, nor should either of us be held answerable to the other because nature has not made us suitable to each other. Tranquil and comfortable society is, however, in our power ; let our intercourse, therefore, be restricted to that...
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Strona cclxxiii - Our public ships of war in general, as well as the private armed vessels, have continued also their activity and success against the commerce of the enemy, and, by their vigilance and address, have greatly frustrated the efforts of the hostile squadrons distributed along our coasts, to intercept them In returning into port, and resuming their cruises.
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Strona cciv - ... and traverses, in the horn-work, on the ramparts of the curtain, and inside of the town opposite to the breach, and ready to pour a most destructive fire of musketry on both flanks of the approach to the top of the narrow ridge of the curtain.
Strona xxxiv - The hair was thick at the back part of the head, and, in appearance, nearly black. A portion of it which has since been cleaned and dried, is of a beautiful dark brown colour.
Strona ccliv - The avowal of your conversation with Lord Cholmondeley neither surprises nor offends me ; it merely confirmed what you have tacitly insinuated for this twelvemonth. But after this, it would be a want of delicacy, or rather an unworthy meanness in me, were I to complain of those conditions which you impose upon yourself.
Strona 114 - This disposition of the government of the United States, — this complete subserviency to the ruler of France — this hostile temper towards Great Britain, are evident in almost every page of the official correspondence of the American with the French government.