The Pictorial History of England During the Reign of George the Third: 1802-1820C. Knight, 1844 |
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... Colonel Despard 9 Lord Whitworth 10 Electoral Palace , Hanover 40 Hamburg . 1 • 41 Constantinople . 2 42 Copenhagen 9 23 44 Joseph Bonaparte 29 45 Zaragoza . 37 46 Sir John Moore 44 47 Palace of San Ildefonso · · · 43 Alexander ...
... Colonel Despard 9 Lord Whitworth 10 Electoral Palace , Hanover 40 Hamburg . 1 • 41 Constantinople . 2 42 Copenhagen 9 23 44 Joseph Bonaparte 29 45 Zaragoza . 37 46 Sir John Moore 44 47 Palace of San Ildefonso · · · 43 Alexander ...
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... Colonel Stanley asked whether the king's message and the prince's abandonment of his claim were not the result of a compromise . Both the minister and the prince's solicitor denied that this was the case ; but Sheridan broadly ...
... Colonel Stanley asked whether the king's message and the prince's abandonment of his claim were not the result of a compromise . Both the minister and the prince's solicitor denied that this was the case ; but Sheridan broadly ...
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... Colonel Sebastiani , a Corsican of great address and ability , to Egypt , Syria , and other countries in the Levant ; for Egypt still lay at the heart of this all - grasping ruler ; and , whether he should recover and keep the great ...
... Colonel Sebastiani , a Corsican of great address and ability , to Egypt , Syria , and other countries in the Levant ; for Egypt still lay at the heart of this all - grasping ruler ; and , whether he should recover and keep the great ...
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... COLONEL DESPARD . to a low public - house in Oakley - street , Lambeth , nearly opposite the Asylum , where they found Colonel Despard and thirty - two other individuals , mechanics , day - labourers , and common soldiers , Irish ...
... COLONEL DESPARD . to a low public - house in Oakley - street , Lambeth , nearly opposite the Asylum , where they found Colonel Despard and thirty - two other individuals , mechanics , day - labourers , and common soldiers , Irish ...
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... Colonel Despard ; that at the Flying Horse ' consultations were held as to the best means of seizing the Tower and intercepting the king ; that Broughton , a soldier , suggested the idea of shooting the king's horses , as the coach must ...
... Colonel Despard ; that at the Flying Horse ' consultations were held as to the best means of seizing the Tower and intercepting the king ; that Broughton , a soldier , suggested the idea of shooting the king's horses , as the coach must ...
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Seite 184 - my plan of attack, as far as a man dare venture to guess at the very uncertain position the enemy may be found in : but it is to place you perfectly at ease respecting my intentions, and to give full scope to your judgment for carrying them into effect.
Seite 194 - First. That she obtained the King of Spain's letter, in 1796, to his brother, the King of Naples, acquainting him of his intention to declare war against England; from which letter the ministry...
Seite 357 - It is as well as it is. I had rather it should go out of the field with me ;" and in that manner, so becoming to a soldier, Moore was borne from the fight.
Seite 194 - Jervis to strike a stroke, if opportunity offered, against either the arsenals of Spain or her fleets. That neither of these was done is not the fault of Lady Hamilton; the opportunity might have been offered.
Seite 407 - Cochrane communicated to me by telegraph, that seven of the enemy's ships were on shore and might be destroyed. I immediately made the signal for the fleet to unmoor and weigh, intending to proceed with it to effect their destruction.
Seite 187 - A few minutes afterwards a shot struck the fore-brace bits on the quarter-deck, and passed between Nelson and Hardy, a splinter from the bit. tearing off Hardy's buckle and bruising his foot. Both stopped, and looked anxiously at each other ; each supposed the other to be wounded. Nelson then smiled, and said : " This is too warm work, Hardy, to last long.
Seite 189 - but I bargained for twenty." And then in a stronger voice he said, "Anchor, Hardy, anchor.
Seite 137 - France only a secondary object ; and does not your majesty already possess more than you know how to preserve ? If your majesty would but reflect, you must perceive that the war is without an object, without any presumable result to yourself. Alas ! what a melancholy prospect, to cause two nations to fight merely for the sake of fighting...
Seite 184 - ... two-deckers. The second in command, having the entire direction of his line, was to break through the enemy, about the twelfth ship from their rear : he would lead through the centre, and the advanced squadron was to cut off three or four ahead of the centre.
Seite 52 - J ask to be allowed to display the best energies of my character; to shed the last drop of my blood in support of your majesty's person, crown, and dignity ; for this is not a war for empire, glory, or dominions, but for existence.