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... later in coming into action . Neither he nor his colleagues understood till long afterwards the fearful loss sustained by the Spaniards . We have chased them in fight , ' he wrote , ' until this evening late , and distressed them much ...
... later in coming into action . Neither he nor his colleagues understood till long afterwards the fearful loss sustained by the Spaniards . We have chased them in fight , ' he wrote , ' until this evening late , and distressed them much ...
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... later , on the occasion of the queen's funeral , there was a warm controversy on the subject , Notting- ham arguing that a woman necessarily took the same precedence as her husband , except when that was official ( Cal . State Papers ...
... later , on the occasion of the queen's funeral , there was a warm controversy on the subject , Notting- ham arguing that a woman necessarily took the same precedence as her husband , except when that was official ( Cal . State Papers ...
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... Later chroniclers speak of Howard as commanding by virtue of his rank as lord - admiral , and relate that the king re- ceived the news of the Bartons ' piracies while at Leicester , a place which it is certainly known he did not visit ...
... Later chroniclers speak of Howard as commanding by virtue of his rank as lord - admiral , and relate that the king re- ceived the news of the Bartons ' piracies while at Leicester , a place which it is certainly known he did not visit ...
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... later he was convicted , discharged from being a member of the house , and from bearing any office of trust , and sen- tenced to be imprisoned in the Tower , and to pay a fine of 10,000l . He , however , es- 6 of Shrewsbury ; and ...
... later he was convicted , discharged from being a member of the house , and from bearing any office of trust , and sen- tenced to be imprisoned in the Tower , and to pay a fine of 10,000l . He , however , es- 6 of Shrewsbury ; and ...
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... later . He succeeded his father as colonel of the regiment 21 Aug. 1749. He appears to have been on the home staff , under Sir John Ligonier , during the earlier part of the seven years ' war . He commanded a brigade under Lord Granby ...
... later . He succeeded his father as colonel of the regiment 21 Aug. 1749. He appears to have been on the home staff , under Sir John Ligonier , during the earlier part of the seven years ' war . He commanded a brigade under Lord Granby ...
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The Dictionary of National Biography: From the Earliest Times to 1900 Leslie Stephen,Sir Sidney Lee No preview available - 1963 |
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