The Pictorial History of England During the Reign of George the Third: 1802-1820C. Knight, 1844 |
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... Prince of Wales , immediately rose , and called the attention of the House to that old vexed question - the arrears said to be due to his royal highness , which the king had received and appropriated during his minority , and which the ...
... Prince of Wales , immediately rose , and called the attention of the House to that old vexed question - the arrears said to be due to his royal highness , which the king had received and appropriated during his minority , and which the ...
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... Prince of Wales , and that it was then sepa- rated from it and instantly vested in the heir appa- rent ; that the infant prince was on his birth Duke of Cornwall , and entitled to the revenues of the duchy ; that these revenues were ...
... Prince of Wales , and that it was then sepa- rated from it and instantly vested in the heir appa- rent ; that the infant prince was on his birth Duke of Cornwall , and entitled to the revenues of the duchy ; that these revenues were ...
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... prince and the public , that the king had nothing at all to do with it , and that his name ought not to have been mentioned in it , said that it would be a most ungracious thing for the public , by their representatives , to tell the prince ...
... prince and the public , that the king had nothing at all to do with it , and that his name ought not to have been mentioned in it , said that it would be a most ungracious thing for the public , by their representatives , to tell the prince ...
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... Prince of Wales let it be understood that , as the country was likely to be again involved in an expensive war , his royal high- ness would not seek to add to the public burthens by demanding more money to pay his debts . The income ...
... Prince of Wales let it be understood that , as the country was likely to be again involved in an expensive war , his royal high- ness would not seek to add to the public burthens by demanding more money to pay his debts . The income ...
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... Prince of Wales repeated a claim which he had often made before , for military promotion , and for some post or command where honour and danger might go hand in hand . * The Duke of York had been for some years captain - general and com ...
... Prince of Wales repeated a claim which he had often made before , for military promotion , and for some post or command where honour and danger might go hand in hand . * The Duke of York had been for some years captain - general and com ...
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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.