Annual Register, Volume 24Edmund Burke Longmans, Green, 1800 - History |
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... have been fatal , now produced no effect ; this was no less than their falling in , after the feparation of the Spanish fleet , with Admiral Darby . But his force amounted only only to twenty - two fail of the line ,
... have been fatal , now produced no effect ; this was no less than their falling in , after the feparation of the Spanish fleet , with Admiral Darby . But his force amounted only only to twenty - two fail of the line ,
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... produced the utter deftruction of the town , the ruin of the unfortunate inhabitants , and infinitely increafed the difficulties and dangers of the defence . This was the framing a number of gun- boats , of a conftruction calculated to ...
... produced the utter deftruction of the town , the ruin of the unfortunate inhabitants , and infinitely increafed the difficulties and dangers of the defence . This was the framing a number of gun- boats , of a conftruction calculated to ...
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... produced an order from that court , prohibiting the privateers of all nations from en- tering her ports , excepting in cafes of real and apparent necef- fity ; and forbidding even then their ftay , for any longer time than the ...
... produced an order from that court , prohibiting the privateers of all nations from en- tering her ports , excepting in cafes of real and apparent necef- fity ; and forbidding even then their ftay , for any longer time than the ...
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... produce all the effect in this controverfy , which his arguments of a different na- ture had ufually done in others . The elector , however , feemed to have had enough of the conteft , for he left him in full poffeffion of the field ...
... produce all the effect in this controverfy , which his arguments of a different na- ture had ufually done in others . The elector , however , feemed to have had enough of the conteft , for he left him in full poffeffion of the field ...
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... produced by the reduction of Charles Town , in renewing and exciting the spirit of union and refifiance in America . Great hopes founded on the expected co - operation of a French fleet and ar- my in the reduction of New York , and the ...
... produced by the reduction of Charles Town , in renewing and exciting the spirit of union and refifiance in America . Great hopes founded on the expected co - operation of a French fleet and ar- my in the reduction of New York , and the ...
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