New description of Blenheim [&c., by W.F. Mavor.].1789 - 80 pages |
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Page 132 - Acquired an Influence, Which no Rank, no Authority can give, Nor any Force, but that of superior Virtue ; Became the fixed important Centre, Which united in one common Cause The principal States of...
Page 164 - O stranger, thou art come Glowing with Churchill's trophies ; yet in vain Dost thou applaud them if thy breast be cold To him, this other hero ; who, in times Dark and untaught, began with charming verse To tame the rudeness of his native land. III. WHOE'ER thou art whose path in summer lies Thro' yonder village, turn thee where the grove Of branching oaks a rural palace old Imbosoms.
Page 137 - Intrenchments with inconsiderable loss, on the seventh day of July, 1705. He defeated a great Part of the Army which defended them. The rest escaped by a precipitate Retreat.
Page 132 - The Castle of BLENHEIM was founded by Queen ANNE, In the Fourth Year of her Reign, In the Year of the Christian /Era 1705. A Monument designed to perpetuate the Memory of the Signal Victory Obtained over the French and Bavarians, Near the Village of Blenheim, , On the Banks of the Danube...
Page 141 - MARLBOROUGH passed the River in their Sight. He defeated their whole Army. The Approach of Night concealed, the Proximity of GHENT favoured their Flight. They neglected nothing to repair their Loss, to defend their Frontier.
Page 137 - He returned with speed to the MAES. He returned, and Fortune and Victory returned with Him. LIEGE was relieved: HUY retaken.
Page 136 - Traerbach, were taken. In the course of one Campaign, the very Nature of the War was changed.' The Invaders of other States were reduced to defend their own.
Page 133 - III beheld this formidable Union of two Great, and once Rival Monarchies. At the end of a Life spent in defending the Liberties of EUROPE, He saw them in their greatest danger.
Page 141 - Surprise, or had been yielded to them by Treachery, the FRENCH marched to the Banks of the SCHELDE. At their Head were the Princes of the Blood, and their most fortunate General, the Duke of VENDOME.
Page 145 - Performed in the compass of a few Years, Sufficient to adorn the Annals of Ages. The Admiration of other Nations Will be conveyed to latest Posterity, In the Histories even of the Enemies of BRITAIN.