The Edinburgh Annual Register, Band 1;Band 3Walter Scott John Ballantyne and Company, 1812 |
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... possible to wish for it ? -In the midst of all their dangers , the Spa- niards were rummaging their archives with all the curiousness of antiqua- rian research , to find precedents rela- tive to the meeting of a representa- tive ...
... possible to wish for it ? -In the midst of all their dangers , the Spa- niards were rummaging their archives with all the curiousness of antiqua- rian research , to find precedents rela- tive to the meeting of a representa- tive ...
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... possible point of debility ; persons whose de- fects are notorious , and whose very apology is shameful ; who offer us their intolerance and court favour , as substitutes for all the qualities that ought to belong to an English admi ...
... possible point of debility ; persons whose de- fects are notorious , and whose very apology is shameful ; who offer us their intolerance and court favour , as substitutes for all the qualities that ought to belong to an English admi ...
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... that woeful cam- paign , -all his attention was absorb- ed in calculating upon that arrange- ment which should convey the expe- dition with the least possible quantity of dollars , totally CHAP . 2. ] 55 HISTORY OF EUROPE . 35.
... that woeful cam- paign , -all his attention was absorb- ed in calculating upon that arrange- ment which should convey the expe- dition with the least possible quantity of dollars , totally CHAP . 2. ] 55 HISTORY OF EUROPE . 35.
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Walter Scott. dition with the least possible quantity of dollars , totally overlooking that axiom in war , that bullion was as ne- cessary as powder and shot , and when well applied not less operative . What plan the secretary of state ...
Walter Scott. dition with the least possible quantity of dollars , totally overlooking that axiom in war , that bullion was as ne- cessary as powder and shot , and when well applied not less operative . What plan the secretary of state ...
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... possible to retain it : nothing , indeed , but an absolute conviction in his mind , that it was impossible to do this without a greater expence of men and money than seemed to be within the means of this country , would have induced him ...
... possible to retain it : nothing , indeed , but an absolute conviction in his mind , that it was impossible to do this without a greater expence of men and money than seemed to be within the means of this country , would have induced him ...
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