The Annual Biography and Obituary for the Year ..., Том 6Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1822 |
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... hands of greater criminals , in putting to death , in cold blood , a number of unfortunate royalists who were found , after the departure of the Allies , in the town . But this was only one of the many gross excesses indulged in by the ...
... hands of greater criminals , in putting to death , in cold blood , a number of unfortunate royalists who were found , after the departure of the Allies , in the town . But this was only one of the many gross excesses indulged in by the ...
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... hand , signally defeated the enemy , and compelled the King of Spain to sue for peace . The in- surrection in the western departments , prolonged chiefly by the infamous cruelties and flagitious conduct of the agents of the Convention ...
... hand , signally defeated the enemy , and compelled the King of Spain to sue for peace . The in- surrection in the western departments , prolonged chiefly by the infamous cruelties and flagitious conduct of the agents of the Convention ...
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... hands of five members , and renewing them at brief intervals , seemed calculated to protect the liberties of the nation against the encroachments of the government . How far the issue corresponded with these expectations , will shortly ...
... hands of five members , and renewing them at brief intervals , seemed calculated to protect the liberties of the nation against the encroachments of the government . How far the issue corresponded with these expectations , will shortly ...
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... hand of his mistress Josephine , the widow of Vicomte Beauharnois , in marriage , with a dowry of 500,000 francs ; and from Carnot the command of the army of Italy . Hitherto the war in that country had been con- sidered only as a sort ...
... hand of his mistress Josephine , the widow of Vicomte Beauharnois , in marriage , with a dowry of 500,000 francs ; and from Carnot the command of the army of Italy . Hitherto the war in that country had been con- sidered only as a sort ...
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... hand an unsheathed weapon , and in the other the manna of French liberty , and where the unfortunate victim was slow of conversion , the sword was always at hand to convince him of his error . From the tone and spirit of these acts , we ...
... hand an unsheathed weapon , and in the other the manna of French liberty , and where the unfortunate victim was slow of conversion , the sword was always at hand to convince him of his error . From the tone and spirit of these acts , we ...
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