Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, 1. köide,2. osaColin Macfarquhar, George Gleig A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1797 |
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Page 444
... himself master of ; and , Algiers having given it up to be plundered by his Turks , obli- ged the inhabitants to acknowledge him as their fove- reign . This victory , however , was chiefly owing to the advantage which his troops had ...
... himself master of ; and , Algiers having given it up to be plundered by his Turks , obli- ged the inhabitants to acknowledge him as their fove- reign . This victory , however , was chiefly owing to the advantage which his troops had ...
Page 445
... himself till he could find an opportunity of ftealing out with his men and all his treasure . Here he defended himself vigo- roudly ; but his provifions failing him , he took advan- tage of a fubterraneous back - way , which he had ...
... himself till he could find an opportunity of ftealing out with his men and all his treasure . Here he defended himself vigo- roudly ; but his provifions failing him , he took advan- tage of a fubterraneous back - way , which he had ...
Page 602
... himself fo advantageoufly , and fhowed fuch fuperior fkill , that d'Eftaing did not think proper to attack him . He therefore remained at anchor four miles off Sandy Hook till the 22d of July , without effecting any thing more than the ...
... himself fo advantageoufly , and fhowed fuch fuperior fkill , that d'Eftaing did not think proper to attack him . He therefore remained at anchor four miles off Sandy Hook till the 22d of July , without effecting any thing more than the ...
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