Annual Register, Том 24Edmund Burke Longmans, Green, 1800 |
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... appear in any degree to have operated with respect to the attention which we have paid to a faithful dif- charge of our duty in the conduct of the Hiftory . The happy return of the public tranquillity will , by leffening our labours ...
... appear in any degree to have operated with respect to the attention which we have paid to a faithful dif- charge of our duty in the conduct of the Hiftory . The happy return of the public tranquillity will , by leffening our labours ...
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... appear , and continued long after to prevail , between the command- ers in chief by fea and land . Their dispatches teemed with ambiguity and jealoufy , which became more glaring by time . Diflike was rather more than hesitated ; and ...
... appear , and continued long after to prevail , between the command- ers in chief by fea and land . Their dispatches teemed with ambiguity and jealoufy , which became more glaring by time . Diflike was rather more than hesitated ; and ...
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... appear probable , in the prefent view of things , that the expedition to Rhode Iland , even fuppofing the moft chearful co- operation of the fleet and army , could have been attended with any fuccefs or benefit , fufficient to ...
... appear probable , in the prefent view of things , that the expedition to Rhode Iland , even fuppofing the moft chearful co- operation of the fleet and army , could have been attended with any fuccefs or benefit , fufficient to ...
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... appears at prefent , that the lieutenant - governor had not , from the beginning , the fmalleft idea of any attempt being made for the relief of the place ; and that he accordingly , from the firit appearance of the enemy , confidered ...
... appears at prefent , that the lieutenant - governor had not , from the beginning , the fmalleft idea of any attempt being made for the relief of the place ; and that he accordingly , from the firit appearance of the enemy , confidered ...
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... appear more dreadful or danger- ous . It , however , fo far fucceeded , that they gained fome temporary fhelter , amongst the ruins of the foundation or platform , on which the flag - ftaff had been erected . But thefe , however maffy ...
... appear more dreadful or danger- ous . It , however , fo far fucceeded , that they gained fome temporary fhelter , amongst the ruins of the foundation or platform , on which the flag - ftaff had been erected . But thefe , however maffy ...
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