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Side 829
... joined the two towns was Siege of gallantly defended . There was a ford lower down , but it Athlone . was almost impassable . During the rest of the month the efforts of the besiegers were in vain . At last want of supplies compelled ...
... joined the two towns was Siege of gallantly defended . There was a ford lower down , but it Athlone . was almost impassable . During the rest of the month the efforts of the besiegers were in vain . At last want of supplies compelled ...
Side 841
... joined , and were lying in wait for their rich prey off the coast of Spain . The convoy was completely broken up , many vessels destroyed , while the others fled for safety in all directions . The loss of the English was estimated at ...
... joined , and were lying in wait for their rich prey off the coast of Spain . The convoy was completely broken up , many vessels destroyed , while the others fled for safety in all directions . The loss of the English was estimated at ...
Side 857
... joined his army to the French under Marshal Catinat , and successfully insisted that Austria and Spain should declare the neutralization of Italy , had induced him to recede from one of the fundamental conditions of peace - the recog ...
... joined his army to the French under Marshal Catinat , and successfully insisted that Austria and Spain should declare the neutralization of Italy , had induced him to recede from one of the fundamental conditions of peace - the recog ...
Side 858
... joined by the buccaneers of the West Indies , had taken and sacked Carthagena . William therefore , though much vexed at the obstinacy of the Emperor , which involved the loss of Strasburg , found himself able to accept the new terms ...
... joined by the buccaneers of the West Indies , had taken and sacked Carthagena . William therefore , though much vexed at the obstinacy of the Emperor , which involved the loss of Strasburg , found himself able to accept the new terms ...
Side 861
... joined in the general feeling of the nation , that , although the present monopoly was a bad one , some sort of restriction was still necessary . It was understood that to advance money to Government was the surest way to obtain its ...
... joined in the general feeling of the nation , that , although the present monopoly was a bad one , some sort of restriction was still necessary . It was understood that to advance money to Government was the surest way to obtain its ...
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Almindelige termer og sætninger
advance alliance allies already army attack Austria battle became Bill Bolingbroke brought capture carried Catholic Charles chief chiefly coalition colonies command Company complete Crown danger Darien Scheme death declared defeated determined difficulty Duke Dutch Elector Elector of Bavaria Emperor enemy England English Eugene Europe excited favour feeling fleet France French friends Government Grenville hands Hanover Hanoverian Holland hope House of Commons House of Lords induced influence Ireland Jacobites joined King King's Lord Lord North Louis March Marlborough measures ment minister ministry Napoleon nation necessary negotiations North once opposition Parliament passed peace Pitt Pitt's political Portugal position Prince Prussia quarrel Queen refused regarded reign rendered Revolution river Scheldt scheme Scotch Scotland secured seemed ships siege South Sea Company Spain Spanish Stanhope strong succeeded success tion Tories Townshend trade treaty Treaty of Hanover troops victory Walpole Whig party whole William withdraw
Populære passager
Side 1343 - An Act to subject certain Publications to the Duties of Stamps upon Newspapers, and to make other Regulations for restraining the Abuses arising from the Publication of Blasphemous and Seditious Libels...
Side 1215 - Vice-Admiral Lord Nelson has been commanded to spare Denmark, when she no longer resists. The line of defence which covered her shores has struck to the British flag: but if the firing is continued on the part of Denmark, he must set on fire all the prizes that he has taken, without having the power of saving the men who have so nobly defended them. The brave Danes are the brothers, and should never be the enemies, of the English.
Side 1293 - the mighty mass, breaking off like a loosened cliff, went headlong down the steep; the rain flowed in streams discoloured with blood, and 1800 unwounded men, the remnant of 6000 unconquerable British soldiers, stood triumphant on the fatal hill.
Side 1222 - Really,' said Pitt with a sly severity, and it was almost the only sharp thing I ever heard him say of any friend, ' I had not the curiosity to ask what I was to be.
Side 1402 - He was not only not prepared to bring forward any measure of this nature ; but he would at once declare that, as far as he was concerned, as long as he held any station in the government of the country, he should always feel it his duty to resist such measures, when proposed by others.
Side 975 - Suppose him next possessed of great wealth, the plunder of the nation, with a Parliament of his own choosing, most of their seats purchased, and their votes bought at the expense of the public treasure.
Side 1355 - if a declaration of any such determination should be made at Verona, come what might, he should refuse the king's consent to become a party to it, even though the dissolution of the alliance should be the consequence of the refusal.
Side 1039 - I rejoice that America has resisted. Three millions of people, so dead to all the feelings of liberty as voluntarily to submit to be slaves, would have been fit instruments to make slaves of the rest.
Side 1136 - How much is it the greatest event that ever happened in the world and how much the best," said Fox after the taking of the Bastille.
Side 1074 - That the influence of the Crown has increased, is increasing, and ought to be diminished"?