The Annual Register of World Events: A Review of the Year, Volume 36Edmund Burke Longmans, Green, 1799 |
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... immediately embark in the fleet that brought them from England . This evacu- ation was effected with great dex- terity by Colonel Vyfe ; who ufed o much expedition , that in the fpace of a day , the 1ft of July , be- fore night , all ...
... immediately embark in the fleet that brought them from England . This evacu- ation was effected with great dex- terity by Colonel Vyfe ; who ufed o much expedition , that in the fpace of a day , the 1ft of July , be- fore night , all ...
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... immediately on the junction of their metropolis to the arms of France , to borrow from the con- quering people , to whom they now profeffed an unbounded attachment , all the forms and regulations which thefe new mafters thought proper ...
... immediately on the junction of their metropolis to the arms of France , to borrow from the con- quering people , to whom they now profeffed an unbounded attachment , all the forms and regulations which thefe new mafters thought proper ...
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... immediately abandoned by the al- lies , in confequence of this defeat ; and no appearance remained of their being able during the refidue of this campaign , to recover any part part of that ground . Another effect produced by this 38 ...
... immediately abandoned by the al- lies , in confequence of this defeat ; and no appearance remained of their being able during the refidue of this campaign , to recover any part part of that ground . Another effect produced by this 38 ...
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... immediately ; and the French made their entrance in the afternoon of that very day , to the feeming fatif . faction of the inhabitants . The magiftrates met them at the gates in their formalities , and affured them of a fincere welcome ...
... immediately ; and the French made their entrance in the afternoon of that very day , to the feeming fatif . faction of the inhabitants . The magiftrates met them at the gates in their formalities , and affured them of a fincere welcome ...
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... immediately after the Auftrians had left its walls . Venlo on the Meufe , and belonging to the Dutch , fub mitted next , and was followed by Nuys and Bonn , both fituated on the Rhine , and part of the electorate of Cologne . There was ...
... immediately after the Auftrians had left its walls . Venlo on the Meufe , and belonging to the Dutch , fub mitted next , and was followed by Nuys and Bonn , both fituated on the Rhine , and part of the electorate of Cologne . There was ...
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