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... . BY HENRY LORD BROUGHAM , F.R.S. , AND MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FRANCE . LONDON : CHARLES KNIGHT & CO . , LUDGATE STREET . MDCCCXXXIX . LONDON : Printed by WILLIAM CLOWES and SONS , Stamford HISTORICAL SKETCHES.
... . BY HENRY LORD BROUGHAM , F.R.S. , AND MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FRANCE . LONDON : CHARLES KNIGHT & CO . , LUDGATE STREET . MDCCCXXXIX . LONDON : Printed by WILLIAM CLOWES and SONS , Stamford HISTORICAL SKETCHES.
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... France , and her forces by sea and land menaced our shores . In the dis- tant possessions of the Crown the same want of enter- prise and of spirit prevailed . Armies in the West were paralysed by the inaction of a Captain who would ...
... France , and her forces by sea and land menaced our shores . In the dis- tant possessions of the Crown the same want of enter- prise and of spirit prevailed . Armies in the West were paralysed by the inaction of a Captain who would ...
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... France , attacked on some points , and menaced on others , was compelled to retire from Ger- many , soon afterwards suffered the most disastrous de- feats , and , instead of threatening England and her allies with invasion , had to ...
... France , attacked on some points , and menaced on others , was compelled to retire from Ger- many , soon afterwards suffered the most disastrous de- feats , and , instead of threatening England and her allies with invasion , had to ...
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... France and with America : -The old and narrow notions of natural enmity with the one , and na- tural sovereignty over the other , were the guides of his whole opinions and conduct in those great arguments . To cultivate the relations of ...
... France and with America : -The old and narrow notions of natural enmity with the one , and na- tural sovereignty over the other , were the guides of his whole opinions and conduct in those great arguments . To cultivate the relations of ...
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... France , though going to the verge of chaste style , hardly passes it . " And surely , never lighted on this orb , which she hardly seemed to touch , a more delightful vision . I saw her just above the horizon , decorating and cheering ...
... France , though going to the verge of chaste style , hardly passes it . " And surely , never lighted on this orb , which she hardly seemed to touch , a more delightful vision . I saw her just above the horizon , decorating and cheering ...
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