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... position of importance , and threatened the very existence of her government . Christina ( the queen - mother ) applied to England for * The Salic Law , as most people know , confines the succession to the throne , in those countries ...
... position of importance , and threatened the very existence of her government . Christina ( the queen - mother ) applied to England for * The Salic Law , as most people know , confines the succession to the throne , in those countries ...
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... position as well as a soldier of note ; recruits ( nearly all civilians , and many of them mere boys ) joined in great numbers , and were at once shipped for Spain ; but , strange to say , the English military authorities , in spite of ...
... position as well as a soldier of note ; recruits ( nearly all civilians , and many of them mere boys ) joined in great numbers , and were at once shipped for Spain ; but , strange to say , the English military authorities , in spite of ...
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... position to further mountain spurs , whence a favourable attack could be made on some weak Christino post . For such was the uncer- tainty of this description of warfare , that the queen's troops could never be certain from day to day ...
... position to further mountain spurs , whence a favourable attack could be made on some weak Christino post . For such was the uncer- tainty of this description of warfare , that the queen's troops could never be certain from day to day ...
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... position . The better to espy , and yet remain under cover , the two were placed in the yard of a wine - shop that lay nearest the Carlist lines , with orders to dismount and keep a close look - out from the windows of the house . As ...
... position . The better to espy , and yet remain under cover , the two were placed in the yard of a wine - shop that lay nearest the Carlist lines , with orders to dismount and keep a close look - out from the windows of the house . As ...
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... position , and he sighed with vexation when his military knowledge made it very apparent to his mind that cavalry could not possibly be used in any attack that might be made . " Just like my luck ! " he mused . " I shall never have a ...
... position , and he sighed with vexation when his military knowledge made it very apparent to his mind that cavalry could not possibly be used in any attack that might be made . " Just like my luck ! " he mused . " I shall never have a ...
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