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... instant , being her firft cruize , and had made no captures . VOL . XXXII . JULY 1797 . [ FROM OTHER PAPERS . ] Paris , June 7 . YESTERDAY the Members of the Directory received Citizen Barthelemy in great ftate , in the hall where the ...
... instant , being her firft cruize , and had made no captures . VOL . XXXII . JULY 1797 . [ FROM OTHER PAPERS . ] Paris , June 7 . YESTERDAY the Members of the Directory received Citizen Barthelemy in great ftate , in the hall where the ...
Page 203
... instant , I captured a small armed lugger , called L'Efpeigle , with thirty men , two days from Fecamp , and had taken no- thing . I have the honour to be , & c . C. HAMILTON . The Right Hon . Lord Bridport , & c . & c . & c . ADMIRALTY ...
... instant , I captured a small armed lugger , called L'Efpeigle , with thirty men , two days from Fecamp , and had taken no- thing . I have the honour to be , & c . C. HAMILTON . The Right Hon . Lord Bridport , & c . & c . & c . ADMIRALTY ...
Page 247
... instantly demanded the perfon of the gunner who committed the fact ; and being prepoffeffed by an ill opinion of the English , who were reprefented by their European rivals in trade as prone to every kind of wickedness , feized on one ...
... instantly demanded the perfon of the gunner who committed the fact ; and being prepoffeffed by an ill opinion of the English , who were reprefented by their European rivals in trade as prone to every kind of wickedness , feized on one ...
Page 255
... instantly dis- appeared : in a moment the ball room was filled with smoke , and cries of Fire ! fire ! ftill added to the confusion . The King , by a motion which he made at the inftant the pistol was fired , deprived it of its intended ...
... instantly dis- appeared : in a moment the ball room was filled with smoke , and cries of Fire ! fire ! ftill added to the confusion . The King , by a motion which he made at the inftant the pistol was fired , deprived it of its intended ...
Page 311
... instant extin- 3 guifhed ; yet ftill the company , joined by a numerous band of pealants , whom the ftorm and fhrieks had equally alarmed , proceeded to the cliff , guided only by thofe broad gleams of light from the windows of the ...
... instant extin- 3 guifhed ; yet ftill the company , joined by a numerous band of pealants , whom the ftorm and fhrieks had equally alarmed , proceeded to the cliff , guided only by thofe broad gleams of light from the windows of the ...
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