The Annual Register of World Events: A Review of the Year, Volume 9Edmund Burke Longmans, Green, 1793 - History |
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... neral . 5. That the criminals detained in the prifons , fhould be fet at li- berty . In confequence of the first arti- cle , all the foreigners that were at Quito , quitted the city . it was added , that the confpi- rors , in order to ...
... neral . 5. That the criminals detained in the prifons , fhould be fet at li- berty . In confequence of the first arti- cle , all the foreigners that were at Quito , quitted the city . it was added , that the confpi- rors , in order to ...
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... neral Carnac , without any other ftipulation in his favour , than to await the determination of Lord Clive concerning him . Thus ended the war , which be- gan on account of Mir Com . It was conducted on our fide , with a degree of ...
... neral Carnac , without any other ftipulation in his favour , than to await the determination of Lord Clive concerning him . Thus ended the war , which be- gan on account of Mir Com . It was conducted on our fide , with a degree of ...
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... neral affemblies in America , by which they affumed to themfelves the fole and exclufive right of tax- ing his Majefty's fubjects in the co- lonies , were annulled , and declar- ed contrary to law , derogatory to the legislative ...
... neral affemblies in America , by which they affumed to themfelves the fole and exclufive right of tax- ing his Majefty's fubjects in the co- lonies , were annulled , and declar- ed contrary to law , derogatory to the legislative ...
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... neral diflike , nothing could 11. be more grateful or pleafing to the public , than the repeal of that law ; and the inhabitants of the cyder - counties had , upon this occafion , a taste of the fame plea- fure , which their brethren in ...
... neral diflike , nothing could 11. be more grateful or pleafing to the public , than the repeal of that law ; and the inhabitants of the cyder - counties had , upon this occafion , a taste of the fame plea- fure , which their brethren in ...
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... neral fubfcription , the latter is un- der the confideration of the corpora tion of Bricol . 14 . This morning between one and two o'clock died at Co- penhagen , Frederick the Vth . king of Denmark and Norway , aged forty - two years ...
... neral fubfcription , the latter is un- der the confideration of the corpora tion of Bricol . 14 . This morning between one and two o'clock died at Co- penhagen , Frederick the Vth . king of Denmark and Norway , aged forty - two years ...
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