The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for the Year ..., Volume 36J. Dodsley, 1799 |
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... opinion , that in the frate of diftinion and re- ciprocal miftreft wherein the French nation was fo deeply involved , it would prove unable to refif the ef- forts that were prepared to over- whelm it . Some of the powers in the # A ...
... opinion , that in the frate of diftinion and re- ciprocal miftreft wherein the French nation was fo deeply involved , it would prove unable to refif the ef- forts that were prepared to over- whelm it . Some of the powers in the # A ...
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... opinion was corroborated by their fucceffes on the Rhine , and on the other fron- tiers of France , and above all by the total fuppreffion of the various infurrections against the republi- can government in fo many pro vinces of that ...
... opinion was corroborated by their fucceffes on the Rhine , and on the other fron- tiers of France , and above all by the total fuppreffion of the various infurrections against the republi- can government in fo many pro vinces of that ...
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... great defigns it had held forth 16 ceed . " of his command , by a Prince of the The opinion and the refignation exalted character of the Duke of Brunfwick , was an epocha in the B4 history * See Vol , xxxiii . p . 74 . HISTORY OF EUROPE .
... great defigns it had held forth 16 ceed . " of his command , by a Prince of the The opinion and the refignation exalted character of the Duke of Brunfwick , was an epocha in the B4 history * See Vol , xxxiii . p . 74 . HISTORY OF EUROPE .
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... opinion of many of the ablest judges , that fuch a victory obtained by the allies must have decided the whole fate of the campaign in their favour . It was at this period that the Emperor , accompanied by Colonel Mack , forfook the ...
... opinion of many of the ablest judges , that fuch a victory obtained by the allies must have decided the whole fate of the campaign in their favour . It was at this period that the Emperor , accompanied by Colonel Mack , forfook the ...
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... opinion en- tertained by both that this action would be very decifive , induced them to make the most animated exertions . The conteft continued until it was very late in the day ; and victory long fluctuated be tween the oppofite ...
... opinion en- tertained by both that this action would be very decifive , induced them to make the most animated exertions . The conteft continued until it was very late in the day ; and victory long fluctuated be tween the oppofite ...
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