The Life of NelsonJohn Murray, 1831 - 352 страници |
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... hands . A war of this kind may be carried on with success against a country so small and so thinly peopled as Corsica . Having reduced the island to perfect servitude , which they called peace , the French withdrew their forces . As ...
... hands . A war of this kind may be carried on with success against a country so small and so thinly peopled as Corsica . Having reduced the island to perfect servitude , which they called peace , the French withdrew their forces . As ...
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... inha- bitants , and butchering all who oppose the usurpa- tion ! Among the enormities which France has committed , this action seems but as a speck ; yet the foulest murderer that ever suffered by the hand of 1794. ] 67 LIFE OF NELSON .
... inha- bitants , and butchering all who oppose the usurpa- tion ! Among the enormities which France has committed , this action seems but as a speck ; yet the foulest murderer that ever suffered by the hand of 1794. ] 67 LIFE OF NELSON .
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Robert Southey. the foulest murderer that ever suffered by the hand of the executioner , has infinitely less guilt upon ... hand . The whole country , as if animated by one spirit , rose and demanded liberty ; and the national assembly ...
Robert Southey. the foulest murderer that ever suffered by the hand of the executioner , has infinitely less guilt upon ... hand . The whole country , as if animated by one spirit , rose and demanded liberty ; and the national assembly ...
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... I have given to you , except a small annuity ; I wish it was more ; but I have never got a farthing dishonestly : - : -it des- cends from clean hands . Whatever fate awaits me , I pray God to bless you , and 1794. ] 75 LIFE OF NELSON .
... I have given to you , except a small annuity ; I wish it was more ; but I have never got a farthing dishonestly : - : -it des- cends from clean hands . Whatever fate awaits me , I pray God to bless you , and 1794. ] 75 LIFE OF NELSON .
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... hand of Him who knows best whether to preserve mine or not ; my character and good name are in my own keeping . " : 66 are But however confident the French government might be of their naval superiority , the officers had no such ...
... hand of Him who knows best whether to preserve mine or not ; my character and good name are in my own keeping . " : 66 are But however confident the French government might be of their naval superiority , the officers had no such ...
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