The Calcutta Review Volume XLIII1866 |
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... guns . Such victories , however , were exceptional . In that war , the French were generally the attacking , and , therefore , the victorious party , and it concluded , so far as the Duke of York's army was concerned , by a retreat from ...
... guns . Such victories , however , were exceptional . In that war , the French were generally the attacking , and , therefore , the victorious party , and it concluded , so far as the Duke of York's army was concerned , by a retreat from ...
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... guns , splendidly horsed . These guns , which were called ' galloper guns , ' formed , in fact , a part of each cavalry regiment , and the combined movements of the two arms were conducted with the most perfect exactness , and the most ...
... guns , splendidly horsed . These guns , which were called ' galloper guns , ' formed , in fact , a part of each cavalry regiment , and the combined movements of the two arms were conducted with the most perfect exactness , and the most ...
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... guns , the use and value of which they had learned from the French . Their valour had been proved on many a field and over many a foe . Though almost annihilated by Ahmed Shah Abdallee at Paniput in 1761 , they had gradually recovered ...
... guns , the use and value of which they had learned from the French . Their valour had been proved on many a field and over many a foe . Though almost annihilated by Ahmed Shah Abdallee at Paniput in 1761 , they had gradually recovered ...
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... guns , attached to our cavalry , opened upon them . This fire was evidently a surprise , yet had Perron at that moment continued his movement , and ordered a charge , he might have taken the English cavalry , separated as they were from ...
... guns , attached to our cavalry , opened upon them . This fire was evidently a surprise , yet had Perron at that moment continued his movement , and ordered a charge , he might have taken the English cavalry , separated as they were from ...
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... guns covered the entire intermediate space . There was but one passage across the ditch into the fort , and at the ... gun , -the signal previously agreed upon , -two batteries of four 18 pounders each , which had been erected for the ...
... guns covered the entire intermediate space . There was but one passage across the ditch into the fort , and at the ... gun , -the signal previously agreed upon , -two batteries of four 18 pounders each , which had been erected for the ...
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Página 423 - ... when a man doth compass or imagine the death of our lord the King, or of our lady his queen or of their eldest son and heir...
Página 198 - Sect. 65 enacts, that the jurisdiction of the county court under this act shall extend to the recovery of any demand not exceeding the sum of twenty pounds, which is the whole or part of the unliquidated balance of a partnership account, or the amount or part of the amount of a distributive share under an intestacy, or of any legacy under a will.
Página 306 - The words of a will are to be taken in their ordinary and grammatical sense, unless a clear intention to use them in another sense can be collected, and that other can be ascertained.
Página 298 - The vain titles of the victories of Justinian are crumbled into dust ; but the name of the legislator is inscribed on a fair and everlasting monument. Under his reign, and by his care, the civil jurisprudence was digested in the immortal works of the CODE, the PANDECTS, and the...
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Página 186 - That it shall be lawful for Her Majesty, with the advice of Her Privy Council...
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Página 218 - ... know what to trust to ; equity is according to the conscience of him that is chancellor, and as that is larger or narrower, so is equity. "Tis all one as if they should make the standard for the measure we call a foot...