Memoirs of Great Britain and Ireland: From the Dissolution of the Lst Parliament of Charles II Till the Capture of the French and Spanish Fleet at Vigo, Том 1A. Strahan, and T. Cadell, 1790 |
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... offered to three , though accepted only by one of them . The forts were disman- tled , the army was disbanded ; and for this laft measure the most popular of all reafons affigned , " That the best guards which could furround a King of ...
... offered to three , though accepted only by one of them . The forts were disman- tled , the army was disbanded ; and for this laft measure the most popular of all reafons affigned , " That the best guards which could furround a King of ...
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... offered to abandon all Flan- ders to France , if the would not interpofe to fave Hol- land from the power of his arms . The ill - humours of parliament , the difgrace at Chatham , and the junction of France and Denmark with Holland ...
... offered to abandon all Flan- ders to France , if the would not interpofe to fave Hol- land from the power of his arms . The ill - humours of parliament , the difgrace at Chatham , and the junction of France and Denmark with Holland ...
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... offered to abandon all Flan- ders to France , if the would not interpofe to fave Hol- land from the power of his arms . The ill - humours of parliament , the disgrace at Chatham , and the junction of France and Denmark with Holland ...
... offered to abandon all Flan- ders to France , if the would not interpofe to fave Hol- land from the power of his arms . The ill - humours of parliament , the disgrace at Chatham , and the junction of France and Denmark with Holland ...
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... offered him the fovereignty of a part of his country , if he would quit its defence ; but with a just elevation of fpirit , he refused the offer . When told he should live to fee his country undone , he anfwered , with Spartan brevity ...
... offered him the fovereignty of a part of his country , if he would quit its defence ; but with a just elevation of fpirit , he refused the offer . When told he should live to fee his country undone , he anfwered , with Spartan brevity ...
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... offered his mediation for a peace between them and the 1674 Dutch * Louis XIV . afked a more fubftantial favour . The English parliament was to meet in November , 1674 . He was affraid that if it met then , Charles might be for- ced ...
... offered his mediation for a peace between them and the 1674 Dutch * Louis XIV . afked a more fubftantial favour . The English parliament was to meet in November , 1674 . He was affraid that if it met then , Charles might be for- ced ...
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