The Edinburgh Magazine and Literary Miscellany, Том 81Archibald Constable and Company, 1818 |
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... captain re fused to join an English convoy , and afterwards to stop at the little isle of St Pierre , near Sardinia , where he had been warned of the appearance of an Algerine squadron . He obstinately set sail at a time when all the ...
... captain re fused to join an English convoy , and afterwards to stop at the little isle of St Pierre , near Sardinia , where he had been warned of the appearance of an Algerine squadron . He obstinately set sail at a time when all the ...
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... captain pointed with his fin- ger to a hostile vessel which was to feeward , and opposed our retreat . I know not what weight there was in his reasons ; but I know that he did nothing , either to fly or to defend us . The first time ...
... captain pointed with his fin- ger to a hostile vessel which was to feeward , and opposed our retreat . I know not what weight there was in his reasons ; but I know that he did nothing , either to fly or to defend us . The first time ...
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... captain . Nothing less than a miracle would have been necessary to render success- ful the expedition of St Louis against Tunis in 1270 ; accordingly , it was a miracle which that pious king expect- ed . The conquests of the Portuguese ...
... captain . Nothing less than a miracle would have been necessary to render success- ful the expedition of St Louis against Tunis in 1270 ; accordingly , it was a miracle which that pious king expect- ed . The conquests of the Portuguese ...
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... captain an immense superiority over such soldiers , not- withstanding the greatest dispropor- tion of numbers . The glorious cam- paigns in Egypt prove it . M. Pa- nanti would not wish the conquest of Africa to be attempted with less ...
... captain an immense superiority over such soldiers , not- withstanding the greatest dispropor- tion of numbers . The glorious cam- paigns in Egypt prove it . M. Pa- nanti would not wish the conquest of Africa to be attempted with less ...
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... Captain M'Clain , with his firelock in his hand , who yesternight confest his be- ing concerned , and one Leslie up att the Salley Port att two in the morning , who , I believe , is concerned , but confessed no- thing , with two writer ...
... Captain M'Clain , with his firelock in his hand , who yesternight confest his be- ing concerned , and one Leslie up att the Salley Port att two in the morning , who , I believe , is concerned , but confessed no- thing , with two writer ...
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