Canada, as it Was, Is, and May be, Том 1Colburn, 1852 - Всего страниц: 320 |
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... night sky is also very great ; and I have already proved in the work on " Newfoundland in 1842 , " that land - fogs are com- paratively rare , and would not interfere with astrono- mical observations carried on anywhere a mile inland ...
... night sky is also very great ; and I have already proved in the work on " Newfoundland in 1842 , " that land - fogs are com- paratively rare , and would not interfere with astrono- mical observations carried on anywhere a mile inland ...
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... night assault . Montgomery , whose military renown is enrolled on the pages of history , fell ; Arnold was wounded , and thus ended the hopes of the sanguine Americans . The worst feature in this eventful siege is , that Montgomery ...
... night assault . Montgomery , whose military renown is enrolled on the pages of history , fell ; Arnold was wounded , and thus ended the hopes of the sanguine Americans . The worst feature in this eventful siege is , that Montgomery ...
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... night attack and surprise , if executed with vigi- lance and judgment , would , no doubt , under all the circumstances , prove successful . He was imme- diately selected for this service , and entrusted with the execution of his own ...
... night attack and surprise , if executed with vigi- lance and judgment , would , no doubt , under all the circumstances , prove successful . He was imme- diately selected for this service , and entrusted with the execution of his own ...
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... nights with no other canopy than the sky , and the thermometer ranging from twenty to thirty degrees below the zero of Fahrenheit . This adventurous journey led the way to that con- stant passage of troops which has since occurred , and ...
... nights with no other canopy than the sky , and the thermometer ranging from twenty to thirty degrees below the zero of Fahrenheit . This adventurous journey led the way to that con- stant passage of troops which has since occurred , and ...
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... night ; when two more guns and 1,200 men joined in such utter dark- ness , that friend and foe were mingled fatally in some instances . The Americans had 5,000 of their best troops throughout the action , and nine guns . The 1,200 men ...
... night ; when two more guns and 1,200 men joined in such utter dark- ness , that friend and foe were mingled fatally in some instances . The Americans had 5,000 of their best troops throughout the action , and nine guns . The 1,200 men ...
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Стр. 319 - Bentinck's colleagues could have been selected, who, from his high literary attainments, bis personal intimacy, and party associations, would have done such complete justice to the memory of a friend and Parliamentary associate. Mr. Disraeli has here presented us with the very type and embodiment of what history should be.