The Quarterly Review, Volumen 62William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) John Murray, 1838 |
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... Lord Albe- marle , our ambassador at Paris , died suddenly about this time . Horace Walpole says his mistress had sold him to the French court . The secrets of any statesman , however honourably he may act according to his own sense of ...
... Lord Albe- marle , our ambassador at Paris , died suddenly about this time . Horace Walpole says his mistress had sold him to the French court . The secrets of any statesman , however honourably he may act according to his own sense of ...
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... Lord George Sackville ; he being too sagacious not to perceive that the scheme was impracticable , ex- cused himself on the plea of the Duke of Cumberland's dislike to him . General Conway was then proposed ; the king said he was too ...
... Lord George Sackville ; he being too sagacious not to perceive that the scheme was impracticable , ex- cused himself on the plea of the Duke of Cumberland's dislike to him . General Conway was then proposed ; the king said he was too ...
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... Lord Anson , who took the command himself . A fleet of seventeen sail of the line and several frigates sailed under Anson to blockade Brest , where it was understood that a naval armament of considerable force was in a forward state ...
... Lord Anson , who took the command himself . A fleet of seventeen sail of the line and several frigates sailed under Anson to blockade Brest , where it was understood that a naval armament of considerable force was in a forward state ...
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... Lord Howe was attached to the Chan- nel fleet : he sailed in September with Hawke to relieve Bos- cawen in Quiberon Bay , and was detached in the Magnanime , with the Bedford , and Prince Frederick , to disposses the French of cit J He ...
... Lord Howe was attached to the Chan- nel fleet : he sailed in September with Hawke to relieve Bos- cawen in Quiberon Bay , and was detached in the Magnanime , with the Bedford , and Prince Frederick , to disposses the French of cit J He ...
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... Lord Howe did not at that time hoist his flag . Hawke , however , who was then First Lord of the Admiralty , was censured by many for appointing so young an admiral to so im- portant a command , and was threatened with a motion for an ...
... Lord Howe did not at that time hoist his flag . Hawke , however , who was then First Lord of the Admiralty , was censured by many for appointing so young an admiral to so im- portant a command , and was threatened with a motion for an ...
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