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... success at Trenton - Weakness of the British Navy - Retreat of Burgoyne from the United States - Chatham denounces the employment of Indians - Death of Chatham - War with France - Exploits of Paul Jones - Economical Reform ...
... success at Trenton - Weakness of the British Navy - Retreat of Burgoyne from the United States - Chatham denounces the employment of Indians - Death of Chatham - War with France - Exploits of Paul Jones - Economical Reform ...
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... success was not accomplished without a perpetual struggle . Although the southern and south - eastern parts of the island were comparatively tranquil , and the Romans could pour in reinforcements along the whole line of the coast , and ...
... success was not accomplished without a perpetual struggle . Although the southern and south - eastern parts of the island were comparatively tranquil , and the Romans could pour in reinforcements along the whole line of the coast , and ...
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... success . Longchamp , the deposed chancellor , was the first to make any active exertions for the deliverance of Richard . So History says ; but Romance will not surrender to chancellor or bishop the fame of Blondel , the minstrel , who ...
... success . Longchamp , the deposed chancellor , was the first to make any active exertions for the deliverance of Richard . So History says ; but Romance will not surrender to chancellor or bishop the fame of Blondel , the minstrel , who ...
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... success was converted into an evil by the misjudging king , who , in his elation of spirit , imperi- ously called upon his barons to follow him to war in France . They came at his bidding to Portsmouth with their armed retainers ; but ...
... success was converted into an evil by the misjudging king , who , in his elation of spirit , imperi- ously called upon his barons to follow him to war in France . They came at his bidding to Portsmouth with their armed retainers ; but ...
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... success . Under the command of a famous pirate , Eustace the Monk , an armament of eighty large vessels put to sea from Calais , on the 24th of August , for the purpose of effecting a landing on the Thames , to aid Prince Louis . Hubert ...
... success . Under the command of a famous pirate , Eustace the Monk , an armament of eighty large vessels put to sea from Calais , on the 24th of August , for the purpose of effecting a landing on the Thames , to aid Prince Louis . Hubert ...
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