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... success against numbers greatly superior . And this indicates another peculiarity in his mode of warfare . Although ... successful . The adoption by Lord Lake of this daring , dashing , system of warfare , may be attributed not less to ...
... success against numbers greatly superior . And this indicates another peculiarity in his mode of warfare . Although ... successful . The adoption by Lord Lake of this daring , dashing , system of warfare , may be attributed not less to ...
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... success for the allies , yet its conclusion was disastrous . The allies took Valenciennes , and Brigadier General Lake himself contributed to the success of the battle in which Dampierre was killed , and afterwards beat the French at ...
... success for the allies , yet its conclusion was disastrous . The allies took Valenciennes , and Brigadier General Lake himself contributed to the success of the battle in which Dampierre was killed , and afterwards beat the French at ...
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... successful , for the enemy's pikemen crowded the walls in such numbers , that success was impossible . A six pounder gun was then brought up to force open the gate , but as it B did not succeed , it was followed by a 12 Lord Lake . 9.
... successful , for the enemy's pikemen crowded the walls in such numbers , that success was impossible . A six pounder gun was then brought up to force open the gate , but as it B did not succeed , it was followed by a 12 Lord Lake . 9.
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... success was but transient , for though they rode through the guns , they failed to reach the infantry , who were posted behind an intrenchment , from which they poured in a musketry fire most galling to our men . In this unequal ...
... success was but transient , for though they rode through the guns , they failed to reach the infantry , who were posted behind an intrenchment , from which they poured in a musketry fire most galling to our men . In this unequal ...
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... successful in the south . At Assaye , on the 24th September , and at Argaum on the 28th November , the combined armies of Scindia and the Raja of Berar had been signally defeated . Such , indeed , was the consterna- tion produced by ...
... successful in the south . At Assaye , on the 24th September , and at Argaum on the 28th November , the combined armies of Scindia and the Raja of Berar had been signally defeated . Such , indeed , was the consterna- tion produced by ...
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Página 219 - The discretion of a judge is the law of tyrants : it is always unknown ; it is different in different men ; it is casual, and depends upon constitution, temper, and passion. In the best, it is oftentimes caprice ; in the worst it is every vice, folly, and passion, to which human nature is liable.'*- — Lord Camden.
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...
Página 189 - Provided always, that the court shall not have cognizance of any action of ejectment, or in which the title to any corporeal or incorporeal hereditaments, or to any toll, fair, market, or franchise, shall be in question, or in which the validity of any devise, bequest, or limitation under any will or settlement may be disputed, or for any malicious prosecution, or for any libel or slander, or for criminal conversation, or for seduction, or breach of promise of marriage.
Página 386 - So that, upon the whole, the only adequate definition of felony seems to be that which is' before laid down, viz., an offence which occasions a total forfeiture of either lands or goods, or both, at the common law, and to which capital or other punishment may be superadded, according to the degree of guilt.
Página 186 - That it shall be lawful for Her Majesty, with the advice of Her Privy Council...
Página 177 - I bring fresh showers for the thirsting flowers, From the seas and the streams; I bear light shade for the leaves when laid In their noonday dreams. From my wings are shaken the dews that waken The sweet buds every one, When rocked to rest on their mother's breast, As she dances about the sun.
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...