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... called Chamble lay deeper in the country , and feemed covered by St. John's . It was garrifoned by a fmall de- tachment of the 7th regiment , and was in no very defenfible condi- tion . To this he turned his first thoughts , and by ...
... called Chamble lay deeper in the country , and feemed covered by St. John's . It was garrifoned by a fmall de- tachment of the 7th regiment , and was in no very defenfible condi- tion . To this he turned his first thoughts , and by ...
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... called , and from whence the waters on either fide , take courfes directly contrary to thofe on the other , they at length ar- rived at the head of the river Chandiere , which running through Canada , falls into the river St. Lawrence ...
... called , and from whence the waters on either fide , take courfes directly contrary to thofe on the other , they at length ar- rived at the head of the river Chandiere , which running through Canada , falls into the river St. Lawrence ...
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... called the Saut at Matelot , and having penetrated through St. Roques , they attacked a fmall but well defended battery , which they carried with confider- able lofs , after an hour's sharp en- gagement . They had likewife the fortune ...
... called the Saut at Matelot , and having penetrated through St. Roques , they attacked a fmall but well defended battery , which they carried with confider- able lofs , after an hour's sharp en- gagement . They had likewife the fortune ...
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... examples from history , to fhew the danger of calling in foreigners in fuch cir- cumftances . The country gentlemen were repeatedly repeatedly called upon to fupport the amendment , and not 58 ] HISTORY HISTORY OF EUROPE .
... examples from history , to fhew the danger of calling in foreigners in fuch cir- cumftances . The country gentlemen were repeatedly repeatedly called upon to fupport the amendment , and not 58 ] HISTORY HISTORY OF EUROPE .
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Edmund Burke. repeatedly called upon to fupport the amendment , and not to give their approbation to the dangerous and fanguinary measures propofed in the speech , until they had , at leaft , confidered the fubject , and had the ...
Edmund Burke. repeatedly called upon to fupport the amendment , and not to give their approbation to the dangerous and fanguinary measures propofed in the speech , until they had , at leaft , confidered the fubject , and had the ...
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