An abridgment of the history of England ... to the death of George the second, continued, by an eminent writer, to the peace of Amiens1803 |
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... earl of Devonshire had retired with a fmall body of troops . This gallant foldier finding himself unable to fuftain a fiege , and know- ing the danger of furrendering to a perfidious enemy , was refolved , by one defperate effort , to ...
... earl of Devonshire had retired with a fmall body of troops . This gallant foldier finding himself unable to fuftain a fiege , and know- ing the danger of furrendering to a perfidious enemy , was refolved , by one defperate effort , to ...
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... earl of Devonfhire ; but unwilling to credit common fame in this particular , he fent Ethelwald , his favourite friend , to fee , and inform him , if Elfrida was indeed that incom- parable woman report had defcribed her . Ethelwald ar ...
... earl of Devonfhire ; but unwilling to credit common fame in this particular , he fent Ethelwald , his favourite friend , to fee , and inform him , if Elfrida was indeed that incom- parable woman report had defcribed her . Ethelwald ar ...
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... earl of Devonshire's daughter would be a trifle to a king , yet it would be an immenfe acquifition to a needy subject . He , therefore , humbly intreated permiffion to pay his addreffes to her , as she was the richest heiress in the ...
... earl of Devonshire's daughter would be a trifle to a king , yet it would be an immenfe acquifition to a needy subject . He , therefore , humbly intreated permiffion to pay his addreffes to her , as she was the richest heiress in the ...
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... Earl of Ordmer . Edward , furnamed the Martyr , was made king by the intereft of the monks , and lived but four years after his acceffion . In his reign there is nothing remarkable , if we except his tragical and memorable end . Hunting ...
... Earl of Ordmer . Edward , furnamed the Martyr , was made king by the intereft of the monks , and lived but four years after his acceffion . In his reign there is nothing remarkable , if we except his tragical and memorable end . Hunting ...
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... earl of Poitiers and Guienne , inflamed with a defire of going upon the Crufade , had gathered an immenfe multitude for that expedition , but wanted money to forward his preparations . He had recourfe , therefore , to Rufus , and ...
... earl of Poitiers and Guienne , inflamed with a defire of going upon the Crufade , had gathered an immenfe multitude for that expedition , but wanted money to forward his preparations . He had recourfe , therefore , to Rufus , and ...
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