A View of Universal History, from the Creation to the Present Time: Including an Account of the Celebrated Revolutions in France, Poland, Sweden, Geneva &c. &c. Together with an Accurate and Impartial Narrative of the Late Military Operations; and Other Important Events, Volume 2G. Kearsley, 1795 - World history |
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... four years old when he af- çended the throne ; and his abilities , though not fhining , were folid ; he was of a very different difpofition from the Stuart family , whom he fucceeded . Thefe were known to a proverb , for leaving their ...
... four years old when he af- çended the throne ; and his abilities , though not fhining , were folid ; he was of a very different difpofition from the Stuart family , whom he fucceeded . Thefe were known to a proverb , for leaving their ...
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... Four different voyages have been performed round the world , for the fimilar purpose of making discoveries in the South - fea : the first , by commodore Byron , the fecond , by captain Wallis ; the third , by captain Carteret ; and the ...
... Four different voyages have been performed round the world , for the fimilar purpose of making discoveries in the South - fea : the first , by commodore Byron , the fecond , by captain Wallis ; the third , by captain Carteret ; and the ...
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... four thoufand was fettled upon his fon and fucceffor , and upon all the heirs of his body that fhall inherit the earldom of Chatham ; his remains were interred with great funeral pomp in Weftminster Abbey ; and a monu- ment was ordered ...
... four thoufand was fettled upon his fon and fucceffor , and upon all the heirs of his body that fhall inherit the earldom of Chatham ; his remains were interred with great funeral pomp in Weftminster Abbey ; and a monu- ment was ordered ...
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... four ; the noes being 248 , and the ayes 174 . Amongst the variety of new taxes impofed in this feffion , that called the fhop - tax received the ftrongeft oppofition ; and by the perfevering applications of thofe who were parti ...
... four ; the noes being 248 , and the ayes 174 . Amongst the variety of new taxes impofed in this feffion , that called the fhop - tax received the ftrongeft oppofition ; and by the perfevering applications of thofe who were parti ...
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... Four of thefe veffels , after doubling Cape Horn , arrived fafely on the north - weft coaft of America . The fanguine expectation which had been entertained of effecting a lucrative exchange of com- modities with the natives , were ...
... Four of thefe veffels , after doubling Cape Horn , arrived fafely on the north - weft coaft of America . The fanguine expectation which had been entertained of effecting a lucrative exchange of com- modities with the natives , were ...
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Page 160 - Bothwell's artful address and important services can justify her attachment to that nobleman. Even the manners of the age, licentious as they were, are no apology for this unhappy passion ; nor can they induce us to look on that tragical and infamous scene which followed upon it with less abhorrence.
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Page 214 - ... from without, and the air within, being agitated by the flux and reflux of the tides, is perfectly dry and wholefome, free entirely from the damp vapours with which natural caverns in general abound.