Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure, Volume 9Pub. for J. Hinton., 1751 |
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Page 100
... Moors , to run after fome French pri- foners , who had made their escape . The Deputies could make no answer to fuch precife facts ; and they contented themselves with throwing all the blame upon his Britannic Majesty's fhips . M. de la ...
... Moors , to run after fome French pri- foners , who had made their escape . The Deputies could make no answer to fuch precife facts ; and they contented themselves with throwing all the blame upon his Britannic Majesty's fhips . M. de la ...
Page 108
... moors , and to raise banks , before they could lay the foundations of the town . The whole was a force upon nature , but the Czar was refolved to people a country , which did not feem defigned for the habitation of human creatures . Not ...
... moors , and to raise banks , before they could lay the foundations of the town . The whole was a force upon nature , but the Czar was refolved to people a country , which did not feem defigned for the habitation of human creatures . Not ...
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... Moors , the fon of M. de Bury , who had been taken at Sadrafs , on the road to Pondicherry . They had alfo orders to demand of the Chief of the Moors the reason of their com- ing , and why they threatened Madrafs . The Deputies had no ...
... Moors , the fon of M. de Bury , who had been taken at Sadrafs , on the road to Pondicherry . They had alfo orders to demand of the Chief of the Moors the reason of their com- ing , and why they threatened Madrafs . The Deputies had no ...
Page 153
... Moors , he quitted his government ; and , at 10 o'clock at night , he embarked on board a veffel , and arrived by fea at Pondicherry ; for the roads by land were blocked up . M. Barthelemy remained Governor , having only M. Bruyere ...
... Moors , he quitted his government ; and , at 10 o'clock at night , he embarked on board a veffel , and arrived by fea at Pondicherry ; for the roads by land were blocked up . M. Barthelemy remained Governor , having only M. Bruyere ...
Page 154
... Moors ; for , as foon as the Officers who com- manded the other baftions , to the weft fide , heard the two firft balls whiftle by them , they took , or were willing to take , this firing of ball , as a fignal to fire upon them , and ...
... Moors ; for , as foon as the Officers who com- manded the other baftions , to the weft fide , heard the two firft balls whiftle by them , they took , or were willing to take , this firing of ball , as a fignal to fire upon them , and ...
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