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... enemy during war , became quiet citizens during peace , devoted to com . merce , arts , and agriculture . These reprisals were the capture of Pont de l'Arche , in which affair historians have not noted , that the chief part was played ...
... enemy during war , became quiet citizens during peace , devoted to com . merce , arts , and agriculture . These reprisals were the capture of Pont de l'Arche , in which affair historians have not noted , that the chief part was played ...
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... enemies . Caen was sur- rendered 1st July , 1450. Somerset , who commanded there , left it , with his garrison of four ... enemy at home . ] [ Our historians observe , that affairs never went well after the death of Card . Beaufort . The ...
... enemies . Caen was sur- rendered 1st July , 1450. Somerset , who commanded there , left it , with his garrison of four ... enemy at home . ] [ Our historians observe , that affairs never went well after the death of Card . Beaufort . The ...
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... enemy thought them- selves unattackable . They had entrenched themselves in the narrow passage called Puer- to , with 16 pieces of cannon . The 9th light infantry marched upon the right , the 96th upon the cause way , and the 24th ...
... enemy thought them- selves unattackable . They had entrenched themselves in the narrow passage called Puer- to , with 16 pieces of cannon . The 9th light infantry marched upon the right , the 96th upon the cause way , and the 24th ...
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... enemy by a false attack . The enemy had more than 100 pieces of cannon mounted ; a more considerable num- ber had been dug up , taken out of celiars , and fixed upon carts , a grotesque train , and in itself sufficient to prove the ...
... enemy by a false attack . The enemy had more than 100 pieces of cannon mounted ; a more considerable num- ber had been dug up , taken out of celiars , and fixed upon carts , a grotesque train , and in itself sufficient to prove the ...
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... enemies . He nar- At five o'clock General Morla , one of the Members of the Military Junta , and Don Bernardo Yriarte , sent from the town , re- paired to the rent of the Major General . They informed him that the most intelligent per ...
... enemies . He nar- At five o'clock General Morla , one of the Members of the Military Junta , and Don Bernardo Yriarte , sent from the town , re- paired to the rent of the Major General . They informed him that the most intelligent per ...
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Seite 244 - And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven ; and every thing that is in the earth shall die. But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons
Seite 432 - John. It is the curse of kings, to be attended By slaves, that take their humours for a warrant To break within the bloody house of life ; And, on the winking of authority, To understand a law ; to know the meaning Of dangerous majesty, when, perchance, it frowns More upon humour, than advis'd respect.
Seite 272 - VOLTAIC battery of 100 of 6 inches is taken upon a large globule in the atmosphere, the light is green, and combustion takes place at the point of contact only. When a small globule is used, it is completely dissipated with explosion accompanied by a most vivid flame, into alkaline fumes. It is an excellent conductor of heat.
Seite 244 - And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD ; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.
Seite 271 - ... small globules having a high metallic lustre, and being precisely similar in visible characters to quicksilver, appeared, some of which burnt with explosion and bright flame, as soon as they were formed, and others remained, and were merely tarnished, and finally covered by a white film which formed on their surfaces.
Seite 84 - I seize a moment to acquaint you, for the information of the lords commissioners of the admiralty, that the...
Seite 156 - I hope the people of England will be satisfied!" "I hope my country will do me justice!
Seite 19 - ... it is indirectly, and by pleasing and moving, that he accomplishes this end. His mind is supposed to be animated by some interesting object which fires his Imagination, or engages his Passions ; and which, of course, communicates to his Style a peculiar elevation suited to his ideas ; very different from that mode of expression, which is natural to the mind in its calm, ordinary state.
Seite 394 - I did not overrate the original numbers of the enemy. By the next conveyance, I shall have the honour to submit to your Lordship's consideration the various details which are now referred to in general terms, and to report the merits of the several corps ; but the science of the officers of the royal artillery has been too conspicuous not to be particularly noticed, the interior of the enemy's fortress being torn to pieces by shells; his works have also been much injured by shot from the gun-batteries,...
Seite 368 - Assuming the existence of hydrogen in the amalgam of ammonium, its presence in one metallic compound evidently leads to the suspicion of its combination in others. And in the electrical powers of the different species of matter, there are circumstances which extend, the idea to combustible substances in general. Oxygen. is the only body which can be supposed to be...