The Edinburgh Magazine, Or, Literary Miscellany, Volumen7J. Sibbald, Parliament-Square, 1796 |
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... officers were appointed from among the domestics of noble families . When count de Lippe was appointed commander in ... officer's uniform : on enquiry , he found this attendant was a captain in a regiment of ins fantry ; on which the ...
... officers were appointed from among the domestics of noble families . When count de Lippe was appointed commander in ... officer's uniform : on enquiry , he found this attendant was a captain in a regiment of ins fantry ; on which the ...
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... officer , for merly marquis of Viefville , had re- tired to end his days in privacy at a folitary fpot called Steenmonde , in the department of the North . To this retreat he was accompanied by his daughter , an only child , who watched ...
... officer , for merly marquis of Viefville , had re- tired to end his days in privacy at a folitary fpot called Steenmonde , in the department of the North . To this retreat he was accompanied by his daughter , an only child , who watched ...
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... Officers . Mr Wolfe fent in his lift , included in which was a Gentleman who was ob- noxious to the Sovereign , then George the Second , for fome advice which , as a military man , he had giv en thundered and lightened with Peri- cles ...
... Officers . Mr Wolfe fent in his lift , included in which was a Gentleman who was ob- noxious to the Sovereign , then George the Second , for fome advice which , as a military man , he had giv en thundered and lightened with Peri- cles ...
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... Officer , who was en- truited with any fervice of confidence and of confequence , defired , fhould ( if poffible ) be complied with . Lord Ligonier went in a third time , and told his Sovereign what he was di- rected to tell him . The ...
... Officer , who was en- truited with any fervice of confidence and of confequence , defired , fhould ( if poffible ) be complied with . Lord Ligonier went in a third time , and told his Sovereign what he was di- rected to tell him . The ...
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... Officer was once afked by Lord Chatham , How many men he should require for a certain expe- dition ? " Ten thoufand , " was the anfwer . " You fhall have twelve thoufand faid the Minifter , " and then if you do not fucceed , it is your ...
... Officer was once afked by Lord Chatham , How many men he should require for a certain expe- dition ? " Ten thoufand , " was the anfwer . " You fhall have twelve thoufand faid the Minifter , " and then if you do not fucceed , it is your ...
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