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... attack on Cadiz . ( 6 ) Treasure ships taken by the English at Vigo 1704 ( c ) Earl of Galway commands the allies against Duke of Berwick • ( d ) Capture of Gibraltar by Sir George Rooke CHAPTER VI . RISING IN THE CEVENNES . The ...
... attack on Cadiz . ( 6 ) Treasure ships taken by the English at Vigo 1704 ( c ) Earl of Galway commands the allies against Duke of Berwick • ( d ) Capture of Gibraltar by Sir George Rooke CHAPTER VI . RISING IN THE CEVENNES . The ...
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... attack . 67 Capture of Monjuich 1705 Capture of Barcelona Exploits of Peterborough . · 69 70 72 CHAPTER IX . THE YEAR OF VICTORY - 1706 . SECTION I. - Ramillies . 1706 May 23 The battle Its results · 75 77 Fall of Brussels , Antwerp ...
... attack . 67 Capture of Monjuich 1705 Capture of Barcelona Exploits of Peterborough . · 69 70 72 CHAPTER IX . THE YEAR OF VICTORY - 1706 . SECTION I. - Ramillies . 1706 May 23 The battle Its results · 75 77 Fall of Brussels , Antwerp ...
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... attack on Toulon Defeat of allies on Rhine by Villars Sir Cloudesley Shovel lost off the Scilly Islands CHAPTER XI . LATER FIGHTING IN THE LOW COUNTRIES . SECTION I. - Oudenarde and Lille . Brabant inclining to French Siege of Oudenarde ...
... attack on Toulon Defeat of allies on Rhine by Villars Sir Cloudesley Shovel lost off the Scilly Islands CHAPTER XI . LATER FIGHTING IN THE LOW COUNTRIES . SECTION I. - Oudenarde and Lille . Brabant inclining to French Siege of Oudenarde ...
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... attack . Apparently Lewis was blind ; he allowed his attention to be occupied in another direction with a crime that he was meditating . The capture of Strassburg had opened for him a way 3. Ravaging into Germany . William of Orange set ...
... attack . Apparently Lewis was blind ; he allowed his attention to be occupied in another direction with a crime that he was meditating . The capture of Strassburg had opened for him a way 3. Ravaging into Germany . William of Orange set ...
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... attack upon a fort . English nobleman , who had risen from a sick bed , offered every farthing he had to the man who would lift him over the palisades . There was no resisting such a spirit . The town itself soon capitulated , its ...
... attack upon a fort . English nobleman , who had risen from a sick bed , offered every farthing he had to the man who would lift him over the palisades . There was no resisting such a spirit . The town itself soon capitulated , its ...
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allies Almanza amongst Archduke Charles attack Barcelona battle battle of Almanza battle of Ramillies Berwick Blenheim borough Cadiz Camisards campaign Catalonia cause cavalry Church command crown death defeat Duke of Burgundy Duke of Orleans Dutch Elector of Bavaria Emperor Empire enemy England English troops Eugene's Europe favour fighting fleet force fortress fought France French army Galway German Godolphin Government Grand Alliance Holland honour House important infantry Italy joined King Lewis King of Spain kingdom later Lewis XIV Lille Lord Lord Galway Madrid Marl Marlborough Marshal Marshal Marsin ministers monarchy Monjuich Netherlands Oudenarde Parliament party peace Peace of Ryswick Peterborough Philip Portugal Prince Eugene Protestant province Queen Anne Ramillies received reign resistance retreat Savoy secure sent side siege soldiers Spaniards Spanish Stanhope Staremberg strong success surrendered Tallard throne tion Tory town treaty Turin Utrecht Valencia Vendôme victory Villars Whig whilst William wished
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Page 228 - Like Cato, give his little senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applause ; While wits and templars every sentence raise, And wonder with a foolish face of praise ; Who but must laugh if such a man there be ? Who would not weep if Atticus were he?
Page 219 - The style of Dryden is capricious and varied ; that of Pope is cautious and uniform. Dryden obeys the motions of his own mind ; Pope constrains his mind to his own rules of composition. Dryden is sometimes vehement and rapid; Pope is always smooth, uniform, and gentle.
Page 216 - There St John mingles with my friendly bowl The feast of reason and the flow of soul...
Page 167 - His fall was destined to a barren strand, A petty fortress, and a dubious hand ; He left the name, at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale.
Page 203 - The food often grows in one country, and the sauce in another. The fruits of Portugal are corrected by the products of Barbadoes: the infusion of a China plant sweetened with the pith of an Indian cane.
Page 228 - Peace to all such ! but were there One whose fires True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires; Blest with each talent and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease: Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne. View him with scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caused himself to rise; Damn with faint praise...
Page 227 - Methinks I hear the drum's tumultuous sound The victor's shouts and dying groans confound, The dreadful burst of cannon rend the skies, And all the thunder of the battle rise.
Page 209 - The King, observing with judicious eyes, The state of both his universities, To Oxford sent a troop of horse ; and why ? That learned body wanted loyalty : To Cambridge books he sent, as well discerning How much that loyal body wanted learning.
Page 63 - I have not time to say more, but to beg you will give my duty to the queen, and let her know her army has had a glorious victory. M. Tallard and two other generals are in my coach, and I am following the rest. The bearer, my aide-de-camp, Colonel Parke, will give her an account of what has passed. I shall do it, in a day or two, by another more at large. MARLBOROUGH.
Page 228 - And born to write, converse, and live with ease; Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne; View him with scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caused himself to rise; Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike...