Macaulay: Prose and PoetryRupert Hart-Davis, 1952 - 864 pages |
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Page 187
... French party among the inhabitants . He quitted his position near Louvain , advanced to Nether Hespen , and encamped there with the river Gette in his rear . On his march he learned that Huy had opened its gates to the French . The news ...
... French party among the inhabitants . He quitted his position near Louvain , advanced to Nether Hespen , and encamped there with the river Gette in his rear . On his march he learned that Huy had opened its gates to the French . The news ...
Page 302
... French admiral . " Two French ships of the line struck . Four were destroyed . The rest hid themselves in the rivers of Britanny . 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 Britanny . The year 1760 came ; and still triumph followed triumph . Montreal was taken ; the whole province of ...
Page 317
... French soldiers , and two thousand sepoys , disciplined after the European fashion , to the assistance of his confederates . A battle was fought . The French distinguished themselves greatly . Anaverdy Khan was defeated and slain . His ...
... French soldiers , and two thousand sepoys , disciplined after the European fashion , to the assistance of his confederates . A battle was fought . The French distinguished themselves greatly . Anaverdy Khan was defeated and slain . His ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 7 |
THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND SELECTED PASSAGES II | 13 |
ESSAYS | 233 |
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