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Page 295
... French whom the emigrant prince had to govern were no more like the French of his youth , than the French of his youth were like the French of the Jacquerie . He came back to a people who knew not him nor his house , to a people to whom ...
... French whom the emigrant prince had to govern were no more like the French of his youth , than the French of his youth were like the French of the Jacquerie . He came back to a people who knew not him nor his house , to a people to whom ...
Page 400
... French admiral . " Two French ships of the line struck . Four were destroyed . The rest hid themselves in the rivers of Brittany . The year 1760 came ; and still triumph followed triumph . Montreal was taken ; the whole province of ...
... French admiral . " Two French ships of the line struck . Four were destroyed . The rest hid themselves in the rivers of Brittany . The year 1760 came ; and still triumph followed triumph . Montreal was taken ; the whole province of ...
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... French arms and French policy was complete . At Pondicherry all was exultation and festivity . Salutes were fired from the batteries , and Te Deum sung in the churches . The new Nizam came thither to visit his allies ; and the ceremony ...
... French arms and French policy was complete . At Pondicherry all was exultation and festivity . Salutes were fired from the batteries , and Te Deum sung in the churches . The new Nizam came thither to visit his allies ; and the ceremony ...
Contents
ENGLISH HISTORY | 3 |
Introduction by Douglas Jerrold | 18 |
BURLEIGH AND HIS TIMES | 405 |
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