 | Tobias Smollett - Great Britain - 1759 - 494 pages
...of the emperor and the duke of Savoy, fupplied with a large fum of money by queen Anne, and affifted by the combined fleets of England and Holland, under the command of Sir Cloudefley Shovel. In a word, France feemed to be reduced to the verge of deftruction, from which nothing... | |
 | Tobias George Smollett - 1793 - 424 pages
...miniftcrs , whom the French King had corrupted. During this fummer, the French coafts were overawed by the combined fleets of England and Holland, under the command of Sir George Rook, who failed down the channel in the latter end of Auguft, and detached Vice- Admiral Benbow with... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - Great Britain - 1800 - 546 pages
...minifters, whom the French King had corrupted. During this fummer, the French coafw were over-awed by the combined fleets of England and Holland, under the command of Sir George Rooke, who failed down the Channel in the latter end of Auguft, and detached Vice-Admiral Benbow with a ftrong... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - Great Britain - 1804 - 544 pages
...minifters, whom the French King had corrupted. During this fummer, the French coafts were over-awed by the combined fleets of England and Holland, under the command of Sir George Rooke, who failed down the Channel in the latter end of Auguft, and detached Vice- Admiral Benbow with a flrong... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - Great Britain - 1810 - 516 pages
...ministers, whom the French king had corrupted. During this summer, the French coasts were overawed by the combined fleets of England and Holland, under...vice-admiral Benbow with a strong squadron to the West Indies. In order to deceive the French king, with regard to the destination of this fleet, king... | |
 | David Hume - Great Britain - 1810 - 522 pages
...ministers, whom the French king had corrupted. During this summer, the French coasts were overawed by the combined fleets of England and ^Holland, under...vice-admiral Benbow with a strong squadron to the West Indies. In order to deceive the French king, with regard to the destination of this fleet, king... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - Great Britain - 1810 - 522 pages
...ministers, whom the French king had corrupted. During this summer, the French coasts were overawed by the combined fleets of England and Holland, under...vice-admiral Benbow with a strong squadron to the West Indies. In order to deceive the French king, with regard to the destination of this fleet, king... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - Great Britain - 1810 - 578 pages
...of the emperor and the duke of Savoy, supplied with a large sum of money by queen Anne, and assisted by the combined fleets of England and Holland, under the command of sir Cloudesley Shovel. In a word, France seemed to be reduced to the verge of destruction, from which nothing... | |
 | William Coxe - Great Britain - 1820 - 432 pages
...captivity or death, In this awful moment of mingled hope and despair, the long-expected relief approached. The combined fleets of England and Holland, under the command of Sir John Leake, departed from the rendezvous at Lisbon, in April ; and after taking on board additional... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - Great Britain - 1822 - 516 pages
...ministers, whom the French king had corrupted. During this summer, the French coasts were overawed by the combined fleets of England and Holland, under...detached viceadmiral Benbow with a strong squadron to the West Indies. In order to deceive the French king with regard to the destination of this fleet, king... | |
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Austrian interest: but this weak prince was a slave to his ministers, whom the French king had corrupted. During this summer, the French coasts were overawed by the combined fleets of England and Holland, under the command of sir George Rooke, who sailed... 
