The Life of the Most Noble Arthur, Marquis and Earl of Wellington ...Van Winkle and Wiley, 1814 - 423 sider |
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Side iii
... success , and some prognosticated , with the most determined assertions , her eternal subjugation . Yet , in the space of a few short years , how changed is the scene ! —so changed , that even our most desponding states- men venture to ...
... success , and some prognosticated , with the most determined assertions , her eternal subjugation . Yet , in the space of a few short years , how changed is the scene ! —so changed , that even our most desponding states- men venture to ...
Side v
... success of the present contest has been owing ; and it is entirely owing to it that he has been enabled to overcome the various difficulties he had to encounter , as opposed to the almost overwhelming power of France , commanded by her ...
... success of the present contest has been owing ; and it is entirely owing to it that he has been enabled to overcome the various difficulties he had to encounter , as opposed to the almost overwhelming power of France , commanded by her ...
Side vi
... success of the cause , to an abso- lute dependence on their almost untried exertions ; he has , nevertheless , known how to avail himself even of their inef ficient state with a degree of judgment and spirit happily justified by the ...
... success of the cause , to an abso- lute dependence on their almost untried exertions ; he has , nevertheless , known how to avail himself even of their inef ficient state with a degree of judgment and spirit happily justified by the ...
Side xii
... successes seem to have induced the whole kingdom of Valencia to declare in his favour , when his new friend , Colonel Nebot , took possession of its capital . At the close of the year the French and Spanish ar- mies proceeded to besiege ...
... successes seem to have induced the whole kingdom of Valencia to declare in his favour , when his new friend , Colonel Nebot , took possession of its capital . At the close of the year the French and Spanish ar- mies proceeded to besiege ...
Side xix
... insincere ; nor would they themselves , indeed , have agreed to it ; and , notwithstanding the Gallic machinations , the tide of success began to turn in INTRODUCTION . xix to surrender, but on honourable terms, after a ...
... insincere ; nor would they themselves , indeed , have agreed to it ; and , notwithstanding the Gallic machinations , the tide of success began to turn in INTRODUCTION . xix to surrender, but on honourable terms, after a ...
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