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... England , 290 . 3. Of the Spanish War , or the Jenkins's - Ear Question , 293 . Succinct History of the Spanish War , which began in 1739 ; and ended - When did it end ? 296 . XIII . SMALL - WAR : FIRST EMERGENCE OF ZIETHEN THE HUSSAR ...
... England , 290 . 3. Of the Spanish War , or the Jenkins's - Ear Question , 293 . Succinct History of the Spanish War , which began in 1739 ; and ended - When did it end ? 296 . XIII . SMALL - WAR : FIRST EMERGENCE OF ZIETHEN THE HUSSAR ...
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... England and elsewhere , we observe , are ready to believe that Friedrich has not only dis- banded the Potsdam Giants , but means to " reduce the Prussian Army one half " or so , for ease ( temporary ease , which we hope will be lasting ) ...
... England and elsewhere , we observe , are ready to believe that Friedrich has not only dis- banded the Potsdam Giants , but means to " reduce the Prussian Army one half " or so , for ease ( temporary ease , which we hope will be lasting ) ...
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... England , from Holland , Friedrich had heard of Free Press , of Newspapers the best Instructors : it is a fact that he hastens on the sec- to plant a seed of that kind at Berlin ; sets about it “ ond day of his reign , " so eager is he ...
... England , from Holland , Friedrich had heard of Free Press , of Newspapers the best Instructors : it is a fact that he hastens on the sec- to plant a seed of that kind at Berlin ; sets about it “ ond day of his reign , " so eager is he ...
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... England ; got into the Portuguese service ; and has there been soldiering very silently these ten years past— skin and body safe , though his effigy was cut in four quarters and nailed to the gallows at Wesel - waiting a time that would ...
... England ; got into the Portuguese service ; and has there been soldiering very silently these ten years past— skin and body safe , though his effigy was cut in four quarters and nailed to the gallows at Wesel - waiting a time that would ...
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... England Proper , and perhaps not One fifth so fertile ; subject Population is well under Two Millions and a Half ; Revenue not much above One Million Sterling31 - very small , were not thrift such a vectigal . This young King is ...
... England Proper , and perhaps not One fifth so fertile ; subject Population is well under Two Millions and a Half ; Revenue not much above One Million Sterling31 - very small , were not thrift such a vectigal . This young King is ...
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Page 119 - ... it is cursorily, and in the business way only ; and there is not here or elsewhere the least pleading — a man, you would say, considerably indifferent to our belief on that head : his eye set on the practical merely. "Just Rights? What are rights, never so just, which you cannot make valid ! The world is full of such. If you have rights and can assert them into facts, do it ; that is worth doing...
Page 34 - Then the spirit came upon Amasai, who was chief of the captains, and he said, Thine are we, David, and on thy side, thou son of Jesse: peace, peace be unto thee, and peace be to thine helpers; for thy God helpeth thee.
Page 303 - This picture can not fail to be shocking to the humane reader, especially when he is informed that, while those miserable objects cried in vain for assistance, and actually perished for want of proper attendance, every ship of war in the fleet could have spared a couple of surgeons for their relief, and many young gentlemen of that profession solicited their captains in vain for leave to go and administer help to the sick and wounded.
Page 110 - Opportunity in this manner, and obeyed the new omen. To seize such an opportunity, and perilously mount upon it, was the part of a young magnanimous King, less sensible to the perils, and more to the other considerations, than one older would have been.