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48 2. A very fine day, 38 3. A pretty good day, but windy, 45 4. A very fine day, 42 5. A fine day, 45 6. A very fine day, 43 7. A pretty good day, but a perfect tempest of wind and rain in the night, 43 8. A very good day, 44 9. Showers of snow, 36 10. A very cold north wind, 32 11. A very cold day, 35 12. A very cold wind, and showers of snow, 40 FINIS. MICHAEL ANDERSON, PRINTER, EDINBURGH FOOTNOTES: [1] This statement, which we had from an officer who was with him at the time, may be easily reconciled with the account of the battle given by La Baume, which is in some measure inconsistent in its own parts. [2] "See, Monsieur le Count,--said I, rising up, and laying some of King William's shillings on the table,--by jingling and rubbing one against another, for seventy years, in one body's pocket or another, they are become so much alike, you can scarce distinguish one shilling from another. The English, like ancient medals, keep more apart, and passing but few people's hands, preserve the first sharpnesses which the fine hand of nature has given them. They are not so pleasant to feel,--but, in return, the legend is so visible, that at the first look you see whose image and superscription they bear." _Sentimental Journey_, Vol. II. p. 87. [3] De l'Allemagne, tom. 2d. 303. [4] "We have no more war." [5] "Great silence."--"Ah! how terrible is this house! It is the house of God, and the gate of Heaven." [6] "Don't be alarmed, Sir; this is nothing." [7] "War! war!" [8] A small bit of wood. [9] "Adieu! to meet at supper." [10] "It is well enough for the moment, but this will not last long." [11] "He shewed at his sports, that spirit of tyranny which he has since manifested on the great stage of the world; and he who was doomed one day to make Europe tremble, commenced by being the master and terror of a troop of children." [12] Such are the emphatic expressi
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