Novels and Miscellaneous Works: With Prefaces and Notes, Including Those Attributed to Sir Walter Scott, Volume 2G. Bell and Sons, 1885 |
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... foot , that has always made the peace of Savoy lame and precarious ; and France has since made Pignerol one of the strongest fortresses in the world . As the cardinal , with all the military part of the court , was in the field ; so the ...
... foot , that has always made the peace of Savoy lame and precarious ; and France has since made Pignerol one of the strongest fortresses in the world . As the cardinal , with all the military part of the court , was in the field ; so the ...
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... foot and two thousand horse to join the Polish army against the king , and had thereby given some check to his arms in that war . In pursuance therefore of his resolution to quarrel with the emperor , but more particularly at the ...
... foot and two thousand horse to join the Polish army against the king , and had thereby given some check to his arms in that war . In pursuance therefore of his resolution to quarrel with the emperor , but more particularly at the ...
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... foot , in order to come to a right understanding with the catholic princes . 3. That a time for such a treaty being obtained , they should appoint an assembly of delegates , to meet preparatory to the treaty . 4. That all their ...
... foot , in order to come to a right understanding with the catholic princes . 3. That a time for such a treaty being obtained , they should appoint an assembly of delegates , to meet preparatory to the treaty . 4. That all their ...
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... foot , who most of them were on the back of the protestants in every corner . If Tilly did but write a threatening letter to any city or prince of the union , they presently submitted , renounced the conclusions of Leipsic , and ...
... foot , who most of them were on the back of the protestants in every corner . If Tilly did but write a threatening letter to any city or prince of the union , they presently submitted , renounced the conclusions of Leipsic , and ...
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... foot , and the foot by the horse , and both by the cannon , was such , that if those orders were but as punctually obeyed , it were im- possible to put an army so modelled into any confusion . The view being over , and the troops ...
... foot , and the foot by the horse , and both by the cannon , was such , that if those orders were but as punctually obeyed , it were im- possible to put an army so modelled into any confusion . The view being over , and the troops ...
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