The British Essayists;
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ISBN13: 9780217067126
Paperback|9780217067126
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: The gentleman concluded his critique on thii work, by saying that ' he esteemed it wholly new, and a wonderful attempt to keep up the ordinary ideas of a march of an army, just as they happened, in so warm and great a style, and yet be at once familiar and heroic. Such a performance is a chronicle as well as a poem, and will preserve the memory of our hero, when all the edifices and statues erected to his honour are blended with common dust.' St James's Coffee-Jiouse, July 18. Letters from the Hague, of the twenty-third in- itant, N. S. say, that the allies were so forward in the siege of Tournay, that they were preparing for a general assault, which it was supposed, would be made within a few days. Deserters from the town gave an account, that the garrison were carrying their ammunition and provisions into the citadel, which occasioned a tumult among the inhabitants of he town. The French army had laid bridges over the Scarp, and made a motion as if they intended to pass that river: but, though they are joined by the re.inforccment expected from Germany, it was not believed they would make any attempt towards relieving Tournay. Letters from Brabant say, there has been a discovery made of a design to deliver up Antwerp to the enemy. The states of Holland have agreed to a general naturalization of ail pro- testants who shall fly into their dominions: to which purpose a proclamation was to be issued within a few days. They write from France, that the great misery and want under which that nation has so long laboured, has ended in a pestilence, which began to appear in Burgundy and Danphine. They add, that in the town of Maoon, three hundred pcrsouthad djed in the space of ten days. Letters from Lisle, of the twenty-fourth insiant, advise, that great numbers of deserters cam...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217067126 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217067123 |
| Weight | 0.57 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.39 In |
| List Price | $19.99 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 168 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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