The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World: From Marathon to WaterlooHarper & Brothers, 1851 - Всего страниц: 364 |
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... British empire . The reflection is Sir Francis Palgrave's ; * and it is emphatically true . If any one should write a history of " Decisive loves that have materially influenced the drama of the world in all its subsequent scenes ...
... British empire . The reflection is Sir Francis Palgrave's ; * and it is emphatically true . If any one should write a history of " Decisive loves that have materially influenced the drama of the world in all its subsequent scenes ...
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... British mary . glish circumnavigate the gore te ven coast in the Old Wond and the Ser kins , the rough veteranair & Gr and American sea aut if naraste s Martin Frobaber one of the in search of that Morave I wan ject of England & boutes ...
... British mary . glish circumnavigate the gore te ven coast in the Old Wond and the Ser kins , the rough veteranair & Gr and American sea aut if naraste s Martin Frobaber one of the in search of that Morave I wan ject of England & boutes ...
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... British navy . There was Sir Francis Drake , the first En- glish circumnavigator of the globe , the terror of every Spanish coast in the Old World and the New ; there was Sir John Haw- kins , the rough veteran of many a daring voyage on ...
... British navy . There was Sir Francis Drake , the first En- glish circumnavigator of the globe , the terror of every Spanish coast in the Old World and the New ; there was Sir John Haw- kins , the rough veteran of many a daring voyage on ...
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... British troops and part of the foreign auxiliaries , and commence vigorous operations against the French armies in that quarter , while General Auver- querque , with the Dutch and the remainder of the auxiliaries , maintained a ...
... British troops and part of the foreign auxiliaries , and commence vigorous operations against the French armies in that quarter , while General Auver- querque , with the Dutch and the remainder of the auxiliaries , maintained a ...
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... British Islands . " * Marlborough's words at the council of war , when a battle was resolved on , are remarkable , and they deserve recording . We know them on the authority of his chaplain , Mr. ( afterward Bishop ) Hare , who ...
... British Islands . " * Marlborough's words at the council of war , when a battle was resolved on , are remarkable , and they deserve recording . We know them on the authority of his chaplain , Mr. ( afterward Bishop ) Hare , who ...
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