The Martial Review, Or, A General History of the Late Wars: Together with the Definitive Treaty, and Some Reflections on the Probable Consequences of the Peace |
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... whole fyftem of continental power was altered . France gave up , or demo- lifhed , that barrier , which for fo many years might have been termed the cock - pit of Europe , from the many millions of lives facrificed to acquire or d fend ...
... whole fyftem of continental power was altered . France gave up , or demo- lifhed , that barrier , which for fo many years might have been termed the cock - pit of Europe , from the many millions of lives facrificed to acquire or d fend ...
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... whole depended upon their unanimity and hearty concurrence . As to Braddock , he was unexceptionable in point of courage and regular education as a fol- dier , but a very unfit man to command irregular and provincial troops ; and indeed ...
... whole depended upon their unanimity and hearty concurrence . As to Braddock , he was unexceptionable in point of courage and regular education as a fol- dier , but a very unfit man to command irregular and provincial troops ; and indeed ...
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... whole force did not exceed 40,000 , and thofe greatly fatigued and harraffed . The Auftrians were at this time in poffeffion of the strong camp that had been so unaccountably abandoned by the Prince of Bevern , and they were commanded ...
... whole force did not exceed 40,000 , and thofe greatly fatigued and harraffed . The Auftrians were at this time in poffeffion of the strong camp that had been so unaccountably abandoned by the Prince of Bevern , and they were commanded ...
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... whole Auftrian army was broke , but not till after a moft obftinate refiftance , especi- ally about the village of Leuthen , which they had endeavoured to render impregnable by re- doubts and entrenchments . Lofing that poft , they fled ...
... whole Auftrian army was broke , but not till after a moft obftinate refiftance , especi- ally about the village of Leuthen , which they had endeavoured to render impregnable by re- doubts and entrenchments . Lofing that poft , they fled ...
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... whole expedition fhould return to Eng- land , without making any further attempt . The confternation of the people and parliament , after the loss of their money , and what is ftill more , of their national reputation , was ...
... whole expedition fhould return to Eng- land , without making any further attempt . The confternation of the people and parliament , after the loss of their money , and what is ftill more , of their national reputation , was ...
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Page 223 - America ; it is agreed, that for the future, the confines between the dominions of His Britannic Majesty, and those of His Most Christian Majesty, in that part of the world, shall be fixed irrevocably by a line drawn along the middle of the river Mississippi, from its source to the river Iberville, and from thence, by a line drawn along the middle of this river, and the lakes Maurepas and Pontchartrain, to the sea...
Page 222 - Majesty, and bring away their effects as well as their persons, without being restrained in their emigration, under any pretence whatsoever, except that of debts or of criminal prosecutions : The term limited for this emigration shall be fixed to the space of eighteen months, to be computed from the day of the exchange of the ratifications of the present treaty.
Page 226 - Sumatra, to be restored ; he engages further, not to erect fortifications, or to keep troops in any part of the dominions of the Subah of Bengal. And in order to preserve future peace...
Page 185 - I have explained these matters only for the honour of truth, not in any view to court return of confidence from any man, who, with a credulity as weak as it is injurious, has thought fit...
Page 219 - Ryswick of 1697; those of peace and of commerce of Utrecht of 1713; that of Baden of 1714; the treaty of the triple alliance of the Hague of 1717; that of the quadruple alliance of London of 1718; the treaty of peace of Vienna of 1738; the definitive treaty of...
Page 231 - King cedes and makes over the whole to the said King, and to the Crown of Great Britain, and that in the most ample manner and form...
Page 220 - ... to the contrary by any of the high contracting parties: and all the...
Page 222 - XHIth article of the treaty of Utrecht ; which article is renewed and confirmed by the prefent treaty (except what relates to the ifland of Cape Breton, as well as to the other iflands and coafts in the mouth and in the gulph of St. Laurence :) and his Britannic...
Page 218 - Who, after having duly communicated to each other their full powers, in good form, copies whereof...
Page 231 - Britannick majesty agrees, on his side, to grant to the inhabitants of the countries, above ceded, the liberty of the Catholic religion...