Montcalm and Wolfe, Volume 1Little, Brown, 1884 - United States |
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... took place , and have observed with attention such scenes and persons as might help to illus- trate those I meant to describe . In short , the subject has been studied as much from life and in the open air as at the library table ...
... took place , and have observed with attention such scenes and persons as might help to illus- trate those I meant to describe . In short , the subject has been studied as much from life and in the open air as at the library table ...
Page 15
... took their cue from her . The King stinted her in nothing . First and last , she is reckoned to have cost him thirty - six million francs , -answering now to more than as many dollars . The prestige of the monarchy was declining with ...
... took their cue from her . The King stinted her in nothing . First and last , she is reckoned to have cost him thirty - six million francs , -answering now to more than as many dollars . The prestige of the monarchy was declining with ...
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... took part with Bavaria , and intrigued to set the imperial crown on the head of the Elector , think- ing to ruin her old enemy , the House of Austria , and rule Germany through an emperor too weak to dispense with her support . England ...
... took part with Bavaria , and intrigued to set the imperial crown on the head of the Elector , think- ing to ruin her old enemy , the House of Austria , and rule Germany through an emperor too weak to dispense with her support . England ...
Page 49
... took place at the tent of the French comman- der ; the chiefs apologized for the rough treatment of Joncaire , and Céloron replied with a rebuke , which would doubtless have been less mild , had he felt himself stronger . He gave them ...
... took place at the tent of the French comman- der ; the chiefs apologized for the rough treatment of Joncaire , and Céloron replied with a rebuke , which would doubtless have been less mild , had he felt himself stronger . He gave them ...
Page 51
... took the gifts , thanked his French father for his good advice , and promised to follow it at a more convenient time . In vain Céloron insisted that he and his tribesmen should remove at once . Neither blandishments nor threats would ...
... took the gifts , thanked his French father for his good advice , and promised to follow it at a more convenient time . In vain Céloron insisted that he and his tribesmen should remove at once . Neither blandishments nor threats would ...
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