Annual Register, 49. köideEdmund Burke Longmans, Green, 1809 |
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... arms , at least of field - operations , which succeeded to the horrible battle of Eylau : the second , that which was opened in the beginning of June , and terminated in the armistice that followed the decisive battle of Fried- land ...
... arms , at least of field - operations , which succeeded to the horrible battle of Eylau : the second , that which was opened in the beginning of June , and terminated in the armistice that followed the decisive battle of Fried- land ...
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... arms between Alexander empe- VOL . XLIX . sia on the one part , and , on the other , Buonaparte emperor of France , and king of Italy . The latter derived support from the nations whom he had subdued or intimidated , --- Italy , Spain ...
... arms between Alexander empe- VOL . XLIX . sia on the one part , and , on the other , Buonaparte emperor of France , and king of Italy . The latter derived support from the nations whom he had subdued or intimidated , --- Italy , Spain ...
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... arm of the sea between Koningsberg and. world , and the world against France . In a word , he set him self to work on ... arms , as to forget all that was due to moral obligation , to themselves , their offspring , and their country ; nor ...
... arm of the sea between Koningsberg and. world , and the world against France . In a word , he set him self to work on ... arms , as to forget all that was due to moral obligation , to themselves , their offspring , and their country ; nor ...
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... arms by land as by sea . The nations of this continent too , seemed to have been brought over to the opinion , which they were very willing to adopt as some consolation to themselves , that our military pow . er , was not proportionably ...
... arms by land as by sea . The nations of this continent too , seemed to have been brought over to the opinion , which they were very willing to adopt as some consolation to themselves , that our military pow . er , was not proportionably ...
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... arms . The whole of the campaign of Egypt was equally con- spicuous for the lustre it cast upon the military character of the British nation . The battle of Maida con- densed into a single action , all the same merits that had been ...
... arms . The whole of the campaign of Egypt was equally con- spicuous for the lustre it cast upon the military character of the British nation . The battle of Maida con- densed into a single action , all the same merits that had been ...
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