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... course , was in order to accommodate the mer- chants , and the Eaft India compa- ny , who wanted to take in wines at Madeira ; it was , in the firft place , replied , that it was by no means neceffary to fteer fo close to the continent ...
... course , was in order to accommodate the mer- chants , and the Eaft India compa- ny , who wanted to take in wines at Madeira ; it was , in the firft place , replied , that it was by no means neceffary to fteer fo close to the continent ...
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... course of this year , an extraordinary number of well- fought and defperate actions took place , both in the old and the new world , between the British and French frigates ; in which , though the former had constantly the advantage ...
... course of this year , an extraordinary number of well- fought and defperate actions took place , both in the old and the new world , between the British and French frigates ; in which , though the former had constantly the advantage ...
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... course freed him from any cenfure in the tranfaction ; and that , under thefe circumstances , his farther deten- tion , would be a grofs violation of the fanction due to flags , and con- trary to the established military cuftoms and ...
... course freed him from any cenfure in the tranfaction ; and that , under thefe circumstances , his farther deten- tion , would be a grofs violation of the fanction due to flags , and con- trary to the established military cuftoms and ...
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... course of the firing , in different quarters . Thus the battle degenerated into a num- ber of irregular , but hard - fought and bloody fkirmishes . On the right , the first battalion of guards , with the regiment of Bofe , after they ...
... course of the firing , in different quarters . Thus the battle degenerated into a num- ber of irregular , but hard - fought and bloody fkirmishes . On the right , the first battalion of guards , with the regiment of Bofe , after they ...
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... course of which he had been obliged to pafs the Santee twice ; the firft time going down almoft to its mouth for that purpose , and then marching up again nearly to the confluence of the Congarees with that river , in order to repafs it ...
... course of which he had been obliged to pafs the Santee twice ; the firft time going down almoft to its mouth for that purpose , and then marching up again nearly to the confluence of the Congarees with that river , in order to repafs it ...
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