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... such im- menfe armies as have fo often defolated the old world , nor by thofe actions which have in a day decided the fate of nations and empires , we fee as vaft , though less concentrated , operations of war , conducted upon its most ...
... such im- menfe armies as have fo often defolated the old world , nor by thofe actions which have in a day decided the fate of nations and empires , we fee as vaft , though less concentrated , operations of war , conducted upon its most ...
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... Such a prize had never before entered the harbour of Cadiz . An English fleet of near fixty fhips , led captive by a Spanish fquadron , was extremely flattering to a peo- ple , to whom naval captures , from fuch an enemy , were an ...
... Such a prize had never before entered the harbour of Cadiz . An English fleet of near fixty fhips , led captive by a Spanish fquadron , was extremely flattering to a peo- ple , to whom naval captures , from fuch an enemy , were an ...
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... Such were a few of the topics ufed at that time upon the fubject . Aug. 18. feet to Portsmouth , Ad- Upon the return of the 1780. miral Geary chofe to re- fign the command . The former difficulty again recurred . It was offered to ...
... Such were a few of the topics ufed at that time upon the fubject . Aug. 18. feet to Portsmouth , Ad- Upon the return of the 1780. miral Geary chofe to re- fign the command . The former difficulty again recurred . It was offered to ...
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... Such were the unwelcome truths , which if not now first discovered , were at least now fully established . Washington fhewed no fmall de- gree of exultation in his public orders , upon the great improve- ment in difcipline of the troops ...
... Such were the unwelcome truths , which if not now first discovered , were at least now fully established . Washington fhewed no fmall de- gree of exultation in his public orders , upon the great improve- ment in difcipline of the troops ...
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... Such are the happy effects of order and difcipline , that al- though the barracks and hofpital were blown down , the lofs fuftain- ed by the troops was very inconfi- fiderable ; and though the rapine of the negroes during the general ...
... Such are the happy effects of order and difcipline , that al- though the barracks and hofpital were blown down , the lofs fuftain- ed by the troops was very inconfi- fiderable ; and though the rapine of the negroes during the general ...
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