Memoirs of James earl of Derby, with an account of the life of Oliver Cromwell, including a complete History of the rebellion in the years 1745-6, to which is added, The life of Napoleone Buonaparte |
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... sent to her to come into the house , directed that The would tie them in like manner about the dog's neck , and keep him awhile hungered , then open the door and beat him out . And thus the poor dog being beaten backward and forward ...
... sent to her to come into the house , directed that The would tie them in like manner about the dog's neck , and keep him awhile hungered , then open the door and beat him out . And thus the poor dog being beaten backward and forward ...
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... sent an exprefs to Edinburgh , with an account that the Pretender was landed , yet he did not march fo foon as he might have done . In fhort the adventurer was eighteen . days openly in the country before Cope began to ftir ; and even ...
... sent an exprefs to Edinburgh , with an account that the Pretender was landed , yet he did not march fo foon as he might have done . In fhort the adventurer was eighteen . days openly in the country before Cope began to ftir ; and even ...
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... sent to the magiftrates of Edinburgh a paper , requiring , on pain of military execution , 1000 tents , 2000 targets , 6000 pair of fhoes , and a proportionable number of white iron cantines , against the 23d ; all which was furnished ...
... sent to the magiftrates of Edinburgh a paper , requiring , on pain of military execution , 1000 tents , 2000 targets , 6000 pair of fhoes , and a proportionable number of white iron cantines , against the 23d ; all which was furnished ...
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... sent over to England , under pretence that they were included in the.capitulation of Tournay , and were not to fight directly or indirectly against the crown of France for a year . rials paffed upon this subject , and the troops in the ...
... sent over to England , under pretence that they were included in the.capitulation of Tournay , and were not to fight directly or indirectly against the crown of France for a year . rials paffed upon this subject , and the troops in the ...
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... sent to Congleton , where they received intelligence that the main body of the King's army , confifting of twelve thousand feven hundred men , moftly vete- ran regiments , and among them three battalions of the guards , commanded by his ...
... sent to Congleton , where they received intelligence that the main body of the King's army , confifting of twelve thousand feven hundred men , moftly vete- ran regiments , and among them three battalions of the guards , commanded by his ...
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Էջ 6 - are most of them old decayed serving men, and tapsters and such kind of fellows and,' said I, 'their troops are gentlemen's sons, younger sons and persons of quality. Do you think that the spirits of such base and mean fellows will ever be able to encounter gentlemen that have honour and courage and resolution in them?
Էջ 20 - ... by them. He was the first that infused that proportion of courage into the seamen, by making them see by experience, what mighty things they could do, if they were resolved ; and taught them to fight in fire as well as upon water : and though he hath been very well imitated and followed, he was the first that gave the example of that kind of naval courage %, and bold and resolute achievements.
Էջ 6 - I did tell him, you must get men of a spirit. And take it not ill what I say (I know you will not) of a spirit that is likely to go on as far as gentlemen will go, or else I am sure you will be beaten still ; I told him so, I did truly.
Էջ 6 - You must get men of a spirit, and take it not ill what I say — I know you will not — of a spirit that is likely to go on as far as gentlemen will go, or else you will be beaten still.
Էջ 47 - Hanover's allies, being called over to protect his government against the King's subjects, is it not high time for the King my father to accept also of the assistance of those who are able, and who have engaged to support him ? But will the world, or any one man of sense in it, infer from thence, that he inclines to be a tributary Prince, rather than an independent Monarch ? Who has the better chance to be independent on foreign powers ? He who, with the aid of his own subjects, can wrest the...
Էջ 46 - Has a family, upon whom a faction unlawfully bestowed the diadem of a rightful Prince, retained a due sense of so great a trust and favour? Have you found more humanity and...
Էջ 43 - ... attempt is not undertaken in order to enslave a free people, but to redress and remove the encroachments made upon them ; not to impose upon any a religion which they dislike, but to secure them all...
Էջ 42 - George's church now stands] surrounded by a ditch twelve yards wide, and ten yards deep, from which to the river was a covered way, through which the ditch was filled with water, and by which, when the tide was out, men, provisions, and military stores were brought as occasion required.
Էջ 61 - Answer those deceivers, that they are only come to rescue the rights of the poor from the hands of their tyrants ; and that the French adore the Supreme Being, and honour the Prophet and his holy Koran.
Էջ 22 - Upon hearing the petition, the Protector told his council he would take that affair upon himself, and ordered the man to attend him next morning. He examined him...