History of England Comprising the Reign of Queen Anne Until the Peace of Utrecht, 1701-1713, Volume 2J. Murray, 1872 |
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... caused the second to waver ; he enabled two English battalions to pierce through . Already had they reached the very walls of Almanza , when , as Ber- wick relates it , the fortune of the day in that quarter was turned by a Spanish ...
... caused the second to waver ; he enabled two English battalions to pierce through . Already had they reached the very walls of Almanza , when , as Ber- wick relates it , the fortune of the day in that quarter was turned by a Spanish ...
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... cause . They threa- tened to strike a blow more especially at the Duke , through the sides of his brother George . This brother , a sailor in profession and an Admiral in rank , was a lead- ing member of Prince George's Council , and as ...
... cause . They threa- tened to strike a blow more especially at the Duke , through the sides of his brother George . This brother , a sailor in profession and an Admiral in rank , was a lead- ing member of Prince George's Council , and as ...
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... cause of these mischances to attack him on that account in Parliament , was naturally very tempting to the friends of Somers . For Churchill was still , as Marlborough was once , a zealous Tory ; and he had been always what Marlborough ...
... cause of these mischances to attack him on that account in Parliament , was naturally very tempting to the friends of Somers . For Churchill was still , as Marlborough was once , a zealous Tory ; and he had been always what Marlborough ...
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... cause this year . " Certainly it was wise to adhere to such general terms , since the " obvious advantages " of relinquishing an enterprise with heavy loss are by no means clear to view . The House of Commons however , without any great ...
... cause this year . " Certainly it was wise to adhere to such general terms , since the " obvious advantages " of relinquishing an enterprise with heavy loss are by no means clear to view . The House of Commons however , without any great ...
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... cause . " We ought " he cried " to give the Queen nineteen shillings in the pound rather than make peace till King Charles is seated on his throne . " And he added that if it were thought needful he was ready to return to the scene of ...
... cause . " We ought " he cried " to give the Queen nineteen shillings in the pound rather than make peace till King Charles is seated on his throne . " And he added that if it were thought needful he was ready to return to the scene of ...
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Page 73 - To transport these by land would call for vast exertion and expose them to considerable risk. Still Marlborough persevered. " We have ordered " he writes " twenty battering pieces to be brought from Maestricht ; and we have taken measures for sixty more to be brought from Holland. The calculation of the number of draught horses to draw this artillery amounts to sixteen thousand, by which you will see the difficulties we meet with . . .; but we must overcome them or we shall have very little fruit...