The Annual Register of World Events: A Review of the Year, Volume 19Edmund Burke Longmans, Green, 1788 - History |
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... equal to thofe of the moft arbitrary Euro- pean monarchs , and had been al- ready felt both by the English and French fubjects . Thus , though the Canadians had hitherto refused to be embodied , or to march upon any terms out of the ...
... equal to thofe of the moft arbitrary Euro- pean monarchs , and had been al- ready felt both by the English and French fubjects . Thus , though the Canadians had hitherto refused to be embodied , or to march upon any terms out of the ...
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... equal weaknefs had not pre- vailed on the fide of the befiegers . Of thefe , it could scarcely be faid that any were regulars , M'Lean's corps being newly railed , and the only company of the 7th regiment which had efcaped being taken ...
... equal weaknefs had not pre- vailed on the fide of the befiegers . Of thefe , it could scarcely be faid that any were regulars , M'Lean's corps being newly railed , and the only company of the 7th regiment which had efcaped being taken ...
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... equal refolution ; and arrived with incredible expedition at Quebec . Upon their arrival Dec. 5th . before the town , Mont- gomery wrote a letter to the Governor , magnifying his own ftrength , flating the weakness of the garrifon ...
... equal refolution ; and arrived with incredible expedition at Quebec . Upon their arrival Dec. 5th . before the town , Mont- gomery wrote a letter to the Governor , magnifying his own ftrength , flating the weakness of the garrifon ...
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... equal in number to the affailants , and the great natural ftrength of the upper town to en- counter , which is one of those places that are ufually called im- pregnable , feemed an effort truly defperate . But great minds are feldom ...
... equal in number to the affailants , and the great natural ftrength of the upper town to en- counter , which is one of those places that are ufually called im- pregnable , feemed an effort truly defperate . But great minds are feldom ...
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... equal to his intrepidity and firmnefs , content- ed himself with the unexpected ad- vantage and fecurity he had gain- ed , without hazarding the fate of the province , and perhaps of America , in any rath enterprize . The city was now ...
... equal to his intrepidity and firmnefs , content- ed himself with the unexpected ad- vantage and fecurity he had gain- ed , without hazarding the fate of the province , and perhaps of America , in any rath enterprize . The city was now ...
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