The Historic Gallery of Portraits and Paintings: Or, Biographical Review, 7. köideVernor, Hood, and Sharpe, 1811 |
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... length to find a place here . Suffice it to say , that numerous acts of temerity , despair , treachery , and cruelty , exhibited by Buonaparte and his officers , were encountered and de- feated by the intrepidity of the Dgezzar Pacha ...
... length to find a place here . Suffice it to say , that numerous acts of temerity , despair , treachery , and cruelty , exhibited by Buonaparte and his officers , were encountered and de- feated by the intrepidity of the Dgezzar Pacha ...
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... length of our naval superority , and apprized of the surrender of Alexandria to Lord Hutchinson , the French Ruler was induced to turn his thoughts to peace , the preliminaries of which were signed on the first of October , 1801 . This ...
... length of our naval superority , and apprized of the surrender of Alexandria to Lord Hutchinson , the French Ruler was induced to turn his thoughts to peace , the preliminaries of which were signed on the first of October , 1801 . This ...
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... length with his efforts , he declaimed it aloud for his amusement , and as it were to recompence him for the trouble it had caused . So many times re- FRANCE . ] BUFFON . .peated , his polished prose BUFFON . [ FRANCE .
... length with his efforts , he declaimed it aloud for his amusement , and as it were to recompence him for the trouble it had caused . So many times re- FRANCE . ] BUFFON . .peated , his polished prose BUFFON . [ FRANCE .
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... length to return to his native country , by reason of indisposition , the earl signalized himself in the House of Peers by his oratory , and in the council by his talents and sagacity . He enjoyed for a time considerable popularity ...
... length to return to his native country , by reason of indisposition , the earl signalized himself in the House of Peers by his oratory , and in the council by his talents and sagacity . He enjoyed for a time considerable popularity ...
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... her intrigues , her address , and ascendancy over her husband , Clau- dius made choice of Nero for his successor , in pre- ference of Britannicus , who was his son . Claudius , sensible of this injustice , became at length a prey.
... her intrigues , her address , and ascendancy over her husband , Clau- dius made choice of Nero for his successor , in pre- ference of Britannicus , who was his son . Claudius , sensible of this injustice , became at length a prey.
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