Annual Register, Том 6Edmund Burke 1764 |
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... moft brilliant advantages which we obtained ; and it has , accord- ingly , been much infifted upon in all the hiftories of that period . This galleon is generally worth more than 600,000 pounds fterling . The principal ifland of the Phi ...
... moft brilliant advantages which we obtained ; and it has , accord- ingly , been much infifted upon in all the hiftories of that period . This galleon is generally worth more than 600,000 pounds fterling . The principal ifland of the Phi ...
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... moft judicious arrangements , for the ftorm . All our troops were gradually and privately affembled in proper pofts , fo as to give the enemy no alarm or notice of the defign ; whilft the batteries kept a continual fire , in order to ...
... moft judicious arrangements , for the ftorm . All our troops were gradually and privately affembled in proper pofts , fo as to give the enemy no alarm or notice of the defign ; whilft the batteries kept a continual fire , in order to ...
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... moft filenced . The English were in expectation of feeing the colours immediately ftruck , when , juft as their fuccefs feemed certain , by fome unknown accident , the hip took fire . In an inftant fhe was all in a blaze . The fame ...
... moft filenced . The English were in expectation of feeing the colours immediately ftruck , when , juft as their fuccefs feemed certain , by fome unknown accident , the hip took fire . In an inftant fhe was all in a blaze . The fame ...
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... moft cruel war . But having fuffered fome repulfes in that war , becoming perhaps jealous of the growing power of the English , and finding among the Indian nations nothing that was capable or willing to give them any difturbance , they ...
... moft cruel war . But having fuffered fome repulfes in that war , becoming perhaps jealous of the growing power of the English , and finding among the Indian nations nothing that was capable or willing to give them any difturbance , they ...
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... moft obftinate fire . It was neceflary to make a gene- ral charge with the whole line to diflodge them from these heights . This charge fuccceded ; but ftill the fuccefs produced no decifive advantage ; for as foon as the fa- vages were ...
... moft obftinate fire . It was neceflary to make a gene- ral charge with the whole line to diflodge them from these heights . This charge fuccceded ; but ftill the fuccefs produced no decifive advantage ; for as foon as the fa- vages were ...
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