Early English Poetry, Ballads and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages: Ed. from Original Manuscripts and Scarce Publications ...Percy society, 1965 - English literature |
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... present his duty to your Grace , and hopes your Grace will excuse any inaccuracy that may be in his description , as he was no ways provided with any papers , but his memory , and often interrupted by numbers of gentlemen of the militia ...
... present his duty to your Grace , and hopes your Grace will excuse any inaccuracy that may be in his description , as he was no ways provided with any papers , but his memory , and often interrupted by numbers of gentlemen of the militia ...
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... present . According to his report , this council consisted of thirteen members , of whom eleven gave their opinion for plundering , burning , and destroying the country . " Thurot and one other only were of a differ- ent opinion , and ...
... present . According to his report , this council consisted of thirteen members , of whom eleven gave their opinion for plundering , burning , and destroying the country . " Thurot and one other only were of a differ- ent opinion , and ...
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... would pay for it , ' which he did ; and , as a rebuke , placed the admiral's figure on a pedestal , with his back turned towards the ungrateful city . Mr. O'Brien , the present inhabitant of the place , and who , on the 4 HAWKE'S VICTORY .
... would pay for it , ' which he did ; and , as a rebuke , placed the admiral's figure on a pedestal , with his back turned towards the ungrateful city . Mr. O'Brien , the present inhabitant of the place , and who , on the 4 HAWKE'S VICTORY .
Contents
The Shan Van Vocht | 1 |
On a Mountain whose summit | iii |
The Bantry Bay Invasion 1797 | v |
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