The Continuation of Mr. Rapin's History of England: From the Revolution to the Present Times, Band 5T. Osborne, 1763 |
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... ; but the pre- ' peace ; or the fuccefs of the Italian league , which then * could not have mifcarried , · might in another year have fo.ced them to it . ' tended 1708. tended deferters , rifing up at once , prefented OF ENGLAND . II.
... ; but the pre- ' peace ; or the fuccefs of the Italian league , which then * could not have mifcarried , · might in another year have fo.ced them to it . ' tended 1708. tended deferters , rifing up at once , prefented OF ENGLAND . II.
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... fuccefs there ; but as this place was fortified , and garrifoned , the governor opened the fluices , and put the whole country under water , which obliged the count to retire . From thence he march- ed to Plaffendahl , a little fort on ...
... fuccefs there ; but as this place was fortified , and garrifoned , the governor opened the fluices , and put the whole country under water , which obliged the count to retire . From thence he march- ed to Plaffendahl , a little fort on ...
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... fuccefs , which the confederates had already obtained in the feveral engagements near the villages of Heynem , Mullem , and Heurne , made the French generals fenfible , they should foon be attacked on all fides . They therefore found ...
... fuccefs , which the confederates had already obtained in the feveral engagements near the villages of Heynem , Mullem , and Heurne , made the French generals fenfible , they should foon be attacked on all fides . They therefore found ...
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... fuccefs , that the enemy were immediately driven out of the village , our men falling upon them with their . bayonets on the muzzles of their mufkets , and not firing a piece ; fo thatthey prefently threw down their arms , and a whole ...
... fuccefs , that the enemy were immediately driven out of the village , our men falling upon them with their . bayonets on the muzzles of their mufkets , and not firing a piece ; fo thatthey prefently threw down their arms , and a whole ...
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... fuccefs . The refult was , That the duke of Marlborough's army fhould immediately march to Menin , pass the Lys , level the French lines between Ypres and Warne- ton , and hinder any detachment from getting into Ypres , or the French ...
... fuccefs . The refult was , That the duke of Marlborough's army fhould immediately march to Menin , pass the Lys , level the French lines between Ypres and Warne- ton , and hinder any detachment from getting into Ypres , or the French ...
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Seite 534 - ... the payments of a willing and obedient people, as well as all the glorious toils and hazards of the soldiery; when God, for our sins, permitted the Spirit of...
Seite 533 - I own it, an ambition of exempting myself from the number of unthankful people : and as I loved and honoured those great princes living, and lamented over them when dead...
Seite 523 - The assuring of the Protestant succession, as by law established in the House of Hanover, to these kingdoms; being what I have nearest at heart, particular care is taken not only to have that acknowledged in the strongest terms, but to have an additional security, by the removal of that person out of the dominions of France, who has pretended to disturb this settlement.
Seite 393 - Dean of Faculty, whatever these gentlemen may say of their loyalty, I think they affront the Queen whom they pretend to honour, in disgracing her brother, who is not only a prince of the blood, but the first thereof; and if blood can give any right, he is our undoubted sovereign. I think, too, they call her Majesty's title in question, which is not our business to determine.
Seite 523 - The apprehension that Spain and the West Indies might be united to France, was the chief inducement to begin this war...
Seite 534 - ... when God, for our sins, permitted the spirit of discord to go forth, and by troubling sore the camp, the city, and the country, (and oh that it had altogether spared the...
Seite 94 - Germany, and knew much more than he could well express ; for he spoke acquired languages ill and ungracefully. He was free from all vice : he meddled little in business, even after the queen's accession to the crown : he was so gained...
Seite 318 - I will never give the least obstruction to your measures, or to any ministers you shall please to employ. And I must beg further to make two humble requests to your majesty ; the one, that you will allow me to pass the remainder of my life always out of London, where I may find most ease and quiet: the other, that you would keep this letter, and read it again about next Christmas, and then be pleased to make your own judgment, who hath given you the best and most faithful advice.
Seite 235 - Revolution too nicely [ie, closely] were no friends to it, for at that rate the crown would roll like a ball, and never be fixed.
Seite 320 - And we must therefore conjure you by the glory you have already obtained, by the many services you have done your Queen and country, by the expectation you have justly raised in all Europe, and by all that is dear and tender to you at home, whose chief...