The History of England: From the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Death of George the Third, 第 15 巻T. Tegg, 1828 |
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admiral advantage allies arms artillery attack Austrians battalions batteries battle began Bevern bill body Bohemia Britain British camp capitulation captain cavalry Charles of Lorraine coast colonel command conduct consequence considerable count court Daun declared defeat defence detached dominions duke of Cumberland effect electorate empress-queen encamped enemy enemy's engagement England English execution expedition fire fleet forces four France frigates garrison grenadiers Hanover Hanoverian honour horse hundred immediately infantry intrenchments king of Prussia king's land loss Louisbourg Lusatia majesty's ment ministry nation obliged officers parliament passed person pieces of cannon possession Prague present prince de Soubise prince Ferdinand prince of Anhalt prince of Bevern prisoners Prussian Prussian majesty resolution resolved retired retreat river royal highness sail Saxony sent ships siege Silesia sir Edward Hawke sir John Mordaunt squadron taken thousand pounds tion took town treaty troops whole wounded
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169 ページ - Tenure whatever, for the unexpired Residue, whatever it may be, of any Term originally created for a Period of not less than...
347 ページ - ... and to take all such measures as may be necessary to disappoint or defeat any enterprises or designs of his enemies, and as the exigencies of affairs may require.
332 ページ - ... such as even the best men of the kingdom had never before the courage to avow. They considered that many of these unhappy creatures, so wretched in themselves, and so productive of mischief to society, had been seduced to vice in their tender years by the perfidious artifice of the other sex, or the violence of unruly passion, before they had acquired experience to guard against the one, or foresight to perceive the fatal consequences of the other: that the jewel, reputation, being thus irretrievably...
347 ページ - ... chargeable on the first aids that should be given in the next session. This produced a bill enabling his majesty to raise the sum of one million, for the uses and purposes therein mentioned, comprehending a clause, allowing the bank of England to advance on the credit of the loan therein mentioned, any sum not exceeding a million notwithstanding the act of the fifth and sixth years in the reign of William and Mary, by which the bank was established.
422 ページ - Ireland to exert their well known zeal and spirit in support of 'his majesty's government, and in defence of all that was dear: to them, by timely preparation to resist and frustrate any attempts of the enemy to disturb the quiet and shake the security of this kingdom: he, therefore, in the strongest manner...
338 ページ - Exert not your curiosity too early : it is in your power to make me grateful on certain terms. I have friends who are faithful ; but they do not bark before they bite.
227 ページ - He, therefore, early next morning, sent his engineer across the river on the opposite side of the fort, to reconnoitre the enemy's intrenchments ; and he reported that the works being still unfinished, might be attempted with a good prospect of success.
100 ページ - That her imperial majesty, the empress-queen, could not, with indifference, see England, instead of giving the succours due to her by the most solemn treaties, enter into an alliance with her enemy the King of Prussia, and actually afford him all manner of assistance, assembling armies to oppose those which the most Christian king, her ally, had sent to her aid, and suffering privateers to exercise open violence...
414 ページ - Boscawen had been stationed off Toulon, and the coast of Vannes was scoured by a small squadron detached from sir Edward Hawke, who had, during the summer, blocked up the harbour of Brest, where Conflans lay with his fleet, in order to be joined by the other divisions of the armament.
346 ページ - ... year ; and to take all such measures as might be necessary to disappoint or defeat any enterprises or designs of his enemies, as the exigency of affairs might require. The committee of supply forthwith granted a very large sum for these purposes, includir,,r +i," Charge of German mercenaries.