FoxConstable & Company, Limited, 1934 - 320 pages |
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Page 106
... England ever had : and it may well be imagined how the country gentlemen felt about that army , with its psalms and pillage , its prayers and plunder , its Colonel Zachariahs and Major Obadiahs , its sermons and drumhead law . When England ...
... England ever had : and it may well be imagined how the country gentlemen felt about that army , with its psalms and pillage , its prayers and plunder , its Colonel Zachariahs and Major Obadiahs , its sermons and drumhead law . When England ...
Page 249
... England : and acting for Fox's minority in England , they tried to moderate the recklessness of the majority in France , and in particular to secure the with- drawal of the November decree . Against these forces working for peace were ...
... England : and acting for Fox's minority in England , they tried to moderate the recklessness of the majority in France , and in particular to secure the with- drawal of the November decree . Against these forces working for peace were ...
Page 256
... England could never achieve on land what she achieved at sea . North and Germaine hardly did their country greater dis - service . Fox's main preoccupation was to hold the door open for peace . His motions were mainly directed to making ...
... England could never achieve on land what she achieved at sea . North and Germaine hardly did their country greater dis - service . Fox's main preoccupation was to hold the door open for peace . His motions were mainly directed to making ...
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