A Collection of the Most Celebrated Voyages & Travels, from the Discovery of America to the Present Time: Arranged in Systematic Order, Geographical and Chronological. The Whole Exhibiting a Faithful and Lively Delineation of the World. Carefully Selected from Writers of Different Nations. In Four Volumes, Bind 2Mackenzie and Dent, 1818 |
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... army ) were accommodated on shore . They did not express themselves violently envious of our comforts ; but were much diverted in forming conjectures what might have been the re- marks of some of our friends in luxurious London , could ...
... army ) were accommodated on shore . They did not express themselves violently envious of our comforts ; but were much diverted in forming conjectures what might have been the re- marks of some of our friends in luxurious London , could ...
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... army , and when reinforced by ge- neral Arnold attacked the city by assault on the night of 31st December . They were repulsed : --- the general and two of his aids - de - camp were killed . The blockade continued during the winter ...
... army , and when reinforced by ge- neral Arnold attacked the city by assault on the night of 31st December . They were repulsed : --- the general and two of his aids - de - camp were killed . The blockade continued during the winter ...
Side 108
... army must have been cut to pieces . To this error we owe Quebec . The French gene- ral Montcalm , as well as the brave Wolfe , fell in the engage- ment ; very different however must have been their feelings in their last moments . The ...
... army must have been cut to pieces . To this error we owe Quebec . The French gene- ral Montcalm , as well as the brave Wolfe , fell in the engage- ment ; very different however must have been their feelings in their last moments . The ...
Side 188
... army were delayed so many weeks in opening the roads through the woods to fort Edward , which occasioned many of those difficulties that afterwards led to the capture of that fine army . At this place our travellers hired a waggon to ...
... army were delayed so many weeks in opening the roads through the woods to fort Edward , which occasioned many of those difficulties that afterwards led to the capture of that fine army . At this place our travellers hired a waggon to ...
Side 190
... army ! He was very severe upon his brothers of the whip , whom he declared to be the greatest rogues in the state of New York , and assured us , that we might consider ourselves very lucky in having fallen into his hands , as he was the ...
... army ! He was very severe upon his brothers of the whip , whom he declared to be the greatest rogues in the state of New York , and assured us , that we might consider ourselves very lucky in having fallen into his hands , as he was the ...
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