The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift: Historical and political tracts-EnglishG. Bell, 1901 |
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Page 14
... troop of Royal Horse Guards in 1689 , and had accompanied William III . to Holland where , at Landen , he was wounded and taken prisoner . He commanded the English soldiers at the wretched expedition to Cadiz , that expedition which ...
... troop of Royal Horse Guards in 1689 , and had accompanied William III . to Holland where , at Landen , he was wounded and taken prisoner . He commanded the English soldiers at the wretched expedition to Cadiz , that expedition which ...
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... troop , and you will oblige me mightily . " The lieutenant - general answered , " He had served very well , and had very good pretensions to a troop , and that he would give him the first that fell ; " with which the gentleman was ...
... troop , and you will oblige me mightily . " The lieutenant - general answered , " He had served very well , and had very good pretensions to a troop , and that he would give him the first that fell ; " with which the gentleman was ...
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... troops , and between the soldiers and sailors , followed by a total lack of discipline , produced most disgraceful scenes . Instead of proceeding to attack the Spaniards , the army was allowed to waste time in disgusting plunder and ...
... troops , and between the soldiers and sailors , followed by a total lack of discipline , produced most disgraceful scenes . Instead of proceeding to attack the Spaniards , the army was allowed to waste time in disgusting plunder and ...
Page 53
... troops if they be not complied with ; because they have been forced of late to change their language , and may perhaps be shortly obliged to observe their articles more strictly . I should be sorry , for the ap- pealers ' sakes , to ...
... troops if they be not complied with ; because they have been forced of late to change their language , and may perhaps be shortly obliged to observe their articles more strictly . I should be sorry , for the ap- pealers ' sakes , to ...
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... troops , in summing up the victories they have gained , and the towns they have taken . Then they tell us what high articles were insisted on by our ministers and those of the con- 1 The Godolphin Administration , termed by Mahon ...
... troops , in summing up the victories they have gained , and the towns they have taken . Then they tell us what high articles were insisted on by our ministers and those of the con- 1 The Godolphin Administration , termed by Mahon ...
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Page 182 - Or what king, going to make war against another king, sitteth not down first, and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand?