Historical Essays by Members of the Owens College, Manchester: Published in Commemoration of Its Jubilee (1851-1901)Thomas Frederick Tout, James Tait |
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... Corsica . In Novem- ber 1785 , at the age of sixteen , he joined at Valence the artillery regiment of La Fère . Here his military education began in conditions peculiarly favourable . The French artillery was the best in Europe , and ...
... Corsica . In Novem- ber 1785 , at the age of sixteen , he joined at Valence the artillery regiment of La Fère . Here his military education began in conditions peculiarly favourable . The French artillery was the best in Europe , and ...
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... Corsica he was a constant and careful reader . From the period between 1785 and September 1791 no less than fifty - two of his nanuscripts are preserved , including the notebooks on artillery already described . Some of these papers are ...
... Corsica he was a constant and careful reader . From the period between 1785 and September 1791 no less than fifty - two of his nanuscripts are preserved , including the notebooks on artillery already described . Some of these papers are ...
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... Corsican home at the age of nine and did not return until he was seventeen . During all those years he felt himself a stranger and a foreigner in France . At the school of Brienne , in the geography lessons , Corsica was described , not ...
... Corsican home at the age of nine and did not return until he was seventeen . During all those years he felt himself a stranger and a foreigner in France . At the school of Brienne , in the geography lessons , Corsica was described , not ...
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... Corsica . He will write its history , which he studies with avidity , and will qualify himself to be a second Paoli , a great statesman , and a great general . He has the wish to be first , the impulse to direct and command , and his ...
... Corsica . He will write its history , which he studies with avidity , and will qualify himself to be a second Paoli , a great statesman , and a great general . He has the wish to be first , the impulse to direct and command , and his ...
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... Corsica an integral part of France , and invites the former champions of Corsican independence , with Paoli at their head , to return to their country as French citizens . Bonaparte's object has thus been fulfilled ; Corsica is to be ...
... Corsica an integral part of France , and invites the former champions of Corsican independence , with Paoli at their head , to return to their country as French citizens . Bonaparte's object has thus been fulfilled ; Corsica is to be ...
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