Analectic Magazine: Containing Selections from Foreign Reviews and Magazines, Volume 8James Maxwell, 1816 |
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... Letters from France , review of , 69 J. T. Shu- Letter on British official state- brick , 247 ments , 29 Letter thereon , 401 Letter to Lord Melville , 322 Brown's , Henry , letter to his cou . Remarks thereon , 332 sin , Thomas Brown ...
... Letters from France , review of , 69 J. T. Shu- Letter on British official state- brick , 247 ments , 29 Letter thereon , 401 Letter to Lord Melville , 322 Brown's , Henry , letter to his cou . Remarks thereon , 332 sin , Thomas Brown ...
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... Letters from France , review of , 69 J. T. Shu- Letter on British official state- brick , 247 ments , 29 Letter thereon , 401 Letter to Lord Melville , 322 Brown's , Henry , letter to his cou . - Remarks thereon , 332 sin , Thomas Brown ...
... Letters from France , review of , 69 J. T. Shu- Letter on British official state- brick , 247 ments , 29 Letter thereon , 401 Letter to Lord Melville , 322 Brown's , Henry , letter to his cou . - Remarks thereon , 332 sin , Thomas Brown ...
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... letter apologising to the countess of Selkirk , for the conduct of his men , which he disavowed , and declared his intention of restoring the plate by the first opportunity . This letter was published at the time , and excited ...
... letter apologising to the countess of Selkirk , for the conduct of his men , which he disavowed , and declared his intention of restoring the plate by the first opportunity . This letter was published at the time , and excited ...
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... letter to the Dutch admi- ral , at the same time requesting permission to anchor in the Texel Road . The Admiral absolutely refused this , as the Dutch were not then at war with England . At this time a British squadron appeared at no ...
... letter to the Dutch admi- ral , at the same time requesting permission to anchor in the Texel Road . The Admiral absolutely refused this , as the Dutch were not then at war with England . At this time a British squadron appeared at no ...
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... after an action of fifty minutes , & c . " The inaccuracy in this letter is the repre- senting the Wasp as a twenty gun ship , when she mounted in fact only eighteen guns . I was myself on board 30 THE NAVAL CHRONICLE .
... after an action of fifty minutes , & c . " The inaccuracy in this letter is the repre- senting the Wasp as a twenty gun ship , when she mounted in fact only eighteen guns . I was myself on board 30 THE NAVAL CHRONICLE .
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