The Life of His Grace Arthur, Duke, Marquis, and Earl of Wellington ...: With Copious Details and Delineations Historical, Political, and Military, of the Various Important Services in which He Has Been Engaged ... Including Numerous Interesting Professional Anecdotes ...J. and J. Cundee, 1812 |
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... sent to the minister of police , and those which I should receive , to be given me by himself , and that my pay , like that of the other state - prisoners entrusted to his care , would be 25 sous a day ( twelve pence - halfpenny ...
... sent to the minister of police , and those which I should receive , to be given me by himself , and that my pay , like that of the other state - prisoners entrusted to his care , would be 25 sous a day ( twelve pence - halfpenny ...
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... sent to Cadiz alone at the instigation of the Spanish government ; that so far from Lord Wellington having wished to Occupy Cadiz with a military force , he had actually insisted upon conditions without which the troops were not to be ...
... sent to Cadiz alone at the instigation of the Spanish government ; that so far from Lord Wellington having wished to Occupy Cadiz with a military force , he had actually insisted upon conditions without which the troops were not to be ...
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... sent in a message to say that he wished to spare the town and its inhabitants , but that his duty com- pelled him to continue the overthrow of the army opposed to him , and that if the town was not given up by ten o'clock in the morning ...
... sent in a message to say that he wished to spare the town and its inhabitants , but that his duty com- pelled him to continue the overthrow of the army opposed to him , and that if the town was not given up by ten o'clock in the morning ...
Términos y frases comunes
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