Chambers's Repository of Instructing and Amusing Tracts, Volumes 1-3W. and R. Chambers, 1852 - English literature |
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... army . The influence of one commander in the army of his adversary is an advantage taken in war . A correspondence for this purpose I held , as confidential ( in the present instance ) with his excellency Sir Henry Clinton . To favour ...
... army . The influence of one commander in the army of his adversary is an advantage taken in war . A correspondence for this purpose I held , as confidential ( in the present instance ) with his excellency Sir Henry Clinton . To favour ...
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... army , Greeks and barbarians , at length departed from Sardis , and turning their faces towards the East , marched across the plains of Asia Minor , along the road now used by the caravans between Smyrna and Syria . At first they ...
... army , Greeks and barbarians , at length departed from Sardis , and turning their faces towards the East , marched across the plains of Asia Minor , along the road now used by the caravans between Smyrna and Syria . At first they ...
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... army had , from a lofty eminence , beheld the sea , they knew that many hostile populations still lay between them and its welcome shores . Dismissing their guides , therefore , with rich presents , they descended once more towards the ...
... army had , from a lofty eminence , beheld the sea , they knew that many hostile populations still lay between them and its welcome shores . Dismissing their guides , therefore , with rich presents , they descended once more towards the ...
Contents
THE STRUGGLE IN THE CAUCASUS NO 9 | 9 |
CURIOSITIES OF CRIMINAL LAW 10 | 10 |
A LEGEND OF GHENT 11 | 11 |
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