The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for the Year ..., 13. köideJ. Dodsley, 1794 |
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... land admirals were amufing to himfelf and to others in the Baltic , and deftructive to Sweden in the declining ftate of that kingdom . Such a naval force as could be form- ed in fuch a fea , and locked up within it , was of little ...
... land admirals were amufing to himfelf and to others in the Baltic , and deftructive to Sweden in the declining ftate of that kingdom . Such a naval force as could be form- ed in fuch a fea , and locked up within it , was of little ...
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... land at fuch a distance from her dominions , are far be- yond what her finances can bear . Recruiting , in Ruffia , from the vait distance of the provinces , the length of time taken , and the dif- ficulties that occur in traverfing ...
... land at fuch a distance from her dominions , are far be- yond what her finances can bear . Recruiting , in Ruffia , from the vait distance of the provinces , the length of time taken , and the dif- ficulties that occur in traverfing ...
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... land feemed to threaten an immediate attack upon Gibral- tar , which was but weakly garri- foned , and could have expected no timely affiftance from home for its protection . A fimilar defign feemed to be formed in the Weft - Indies ...
... land feemed to threaten an immediate attack upon Gibral- tar , which was but weakly garri- foned , and could have expected no timely affiftance from home for its protection . A fimilar defign feemed to be formed in the Weft - Indies ...
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... land , with Beffarabia and the Tartars . In the mean time the country prefented a fcene of the most dread- ful defolation ; every thing was de- ftroyed ; fuch of the wretched in- habitants , as had not the fortune to escape to the ...
... land , with Beffarabia and the Tartars . In the mean time the country prefented a fcene of the most dread- ful defolation ; every thing was de- ftroyed ; fuch of the wretched in- habitants , as had not the fortune to escape to the ...
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... land ; actions between the befiegers , and a body of Turks and Albanians ; the fiege finally raised . Ruffians and Greeks to : ally jeparate ; the latter retire to Navarino , and foon after abandon the Peninfula . Admiral Elphinstone's ...
... land ; actions between the befiegers , and a body of Turks and Albanians ; the fiege finally raised . Ruffians and Greeks to : ally jeparate ; the latter retire to Navarino , and foon after abandon the Peninfula . Admiral Elphinstone's ...
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