The Historic Gallery of Portraits and Paintings: Or, Biographical Review, Volume 7Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe, 1811 |
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... French arms . On the 18th of February , 1797 , Buonaparte left Cairo for El Arish , and proceeded to the attack of Jaffa , which was taken by assault . He then marched against St. Jean d'Acre , where the fame of Buonaparte became ...
... French arms . On the 18th of February , 1797 , Buonaparte left Cairo for El Arish , and proceeded to the attack of Jaffa , which was taken by assault . He then marched against St. Jean d'Acre , where the fame of Buonaparte became ...
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... French emissaries had been months in preparing and concluding . Conscious at length of our naval superority , and apprized of the surrender of Alexandria to Lord Hutchinson , the French Ruler was induced to turn his thoughts to peace ...
... French emissaries had been months in preparing and concluding . Conscious at length of our naval superority , and apprized of the surrender of Alexandria to Lord Hutchinson , the French Ruler was induced to turn his thoughts to peace ...
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... French armies ( whose losses have been immense ) have hitherto been able to make but little progress towards the subjuga- tion of that country . The war in Portugal , in which the British ( taking a more decisive part in aid of a nearer ...
... French armies ( whose losses have been immense ) have hitherto been able to make but little progress towards the subjuga- tion of that country . The war in Portugal , in which the British ( taking a more decisive part in aid of a nearer ...
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... French academy . There we find in a few pages all that has been most ably said and thought on the art of writing . The private life of Buffon presents but few interest- ing details . His whole existence was a kind of con- secration to ...
... French academy . There we find in a few pages all that has been most ably said and thought on the art of writing . The private life of Buffon presents but few interest- ing details . His whole existence was a kind of con- secration to ...
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... French revolution . On this latter subject he evinced peculiar sagacity at the outset , and predicted , with remarkable precision , the desolation , bloodshed , anarchy , and misery , which have ensued . His zeal , in this respect , led ...
... French revolution . On this latter subject he evinced peculiar sagacity at the outset , and predicted , with remarkable precision , the desolation , bloodshed , anarchy , and misery , which have ensued . His zeal , in this respect , led ...
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