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... some- thing more than was generally apprehended even when the transactions in parliament were passing , has obliged us to a much greater length than usual . We have given every thing as fully as we were enabled to do from any materials ...
... some- thing more than was generally apprehended even when the transactions in parliament were passing , has obliged us to a much greater length than usual . We have given every thing as fully as we were enabled to do from any materials ...
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... some of the Turkish accounts are to be re- lied on , no less than 140,000 men , either abandoned their colours to- tally , or refused to act under their officers . Even in the grand camp at Schumla , and under the vizir's own eye ...
... some of the Turkish accounts are to be re- lied on , no less than 140,000 men , either abandoned their colours to- tally , or refused to act under their officers . Even in the grand camp at Schumla , and under the vizir's own eye ...
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... Some fmall engagements be- tween the Rulians and Turks in the Mediterranean , were of little confequence when they happened , and are of none at prefent . The crowd of Greek banditti , particu- larly Albanians and Dulcignotes , who had ...
... Some fmall engagements be- tween the Rulians and Turks in the Mediterranean , were of little confequence when they happened , and are of none at prefent . The crowd of Greek banditti , particu- larly Albanians and Dulcignotes , who had ...
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... Some Ruffian trading veffels , with com- modities from the ports on the Black Sea , have fince arrived at that capital . The Porte in its prefent temper , has condefcended to apppoint a mi- nifter to treat with Kerim Kan , one of the ...
... Some Ruffian trading veffels , with com- modities from the ports on the Black Sea , have fince arrived at that capital . The Porte in its prefent temper , has condefcended to apppoint a mi- nifter to treat with Kerim Kan , one of the ...
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... Some Coffack prifoners , to fave their lives , discover bis retreat , and deliver him up to Count Panin . He is brought in an iron cage to Mofcow . Poland . Great debates upon the fubject of tbe permanent council . Continual ...
... Some Coffack prifoners , to fave their lives , discover bis retreat , and deliver him up to Count Panin . He is brought in an iron cage to Mofcow . Poland . Great debates upon the fubject of tbe permanent council . Continual ...
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