Lives of eminent and illustrious Englishmen, ed. by G. G. Cunningham, Band 111836 |
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... captains , who gave quarter to the whole fourth troop , though contrary to the orders of his superior officers . The circumstance of the attack being made in the night , when neither order nor discipline can be observed , may apologise ...
... captains , who gave quarter to the whole fourth troop , though contrary to the orders of his superior officers . The circumstance of the attack being made in the night , when neither order nor discipline can be observed , may apologise ...
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... captain , and took com- mand of the Preston of fifty guns , the flag - ship of Rear - admiral Parry , whom he ... Captain Gardiner had the good fortune to join the admiral previous to the memorable 12th of April , 1782. On that glorious ...
... captain , and took com- mand of the Preston of fifty guns , the flag - ship of Rear - admiral Parry , whom he ... Captain Gardiner had the good fortune to join the admiral previous to the memorable 12th of April , 1782. On that glorious ...
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... Captain Gardiner to the particular notice of the commander - in - chief , who was so well - pleased with the ... captains , officers , and men , who had a share in this glo- rious victory obtained by their gallant exertions . " Soon ...
... Captain Gardiner to the particular notice of the commander - in - chief , who was so well - pleased with the ... captains , officers , and men , who had a share in this glo- rious victory obtained by their gallant exertions . " Soon ...
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... captain - general , and governor - in - chief of all the islands in the West Indies , ceded by France to Britain , by the treaty of 1763 , viz . Grenada , the Grenadines , Dominica , St Vincent , and Tobago : to this appointment was ...
... captain - general , and governor - in - chief of all the islands in the West Indies , ceded by France to Britain , by the treaty of 1763 , viz . Grenada , the Grenadines , Dominica , St Vincent , and Tobago : to this appointment was ...
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... Captains Stanhope and Percy , he pressed to his heart the hand of the first aid - de - camp who came to his assistance , and died in a few minutes without so much as a struggle . 99 Thus fell , in the prime of life , at the age of 47 ...
... Captains Stanhope and Percy , he pressed to his heart the hand of the first aid - de - camp who came to his assistance , and died in a few minutes without so much as a struggle . 99 Thus fell , in the prime of life , at the age of 47 ...
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admiral Admiral Collingwood afterwards appeared appointed army attack attention became bill BORN A. D. Britain British Burke called Captain cause character charge circumstances Collingwood command commander-in-chief conduct consequence considerable constitution court Curran death declared defence duke duke of Portland Dundas duty Earl effect eloquence enemy engaged England exertions favour fleet force France French friends frigate Granville Sharp Grattan guns Hastings honour Hood house of commons India Ireland island justice letter liberty Lord Bridport Lord Lake Lord Macartney Lord Mansfield Lord Melville Lord Minto lordship majesty majesty's March ment mind minister Moore nation never object observed obtained occasion opinion parliament party person Pitt political possession present principles proceeded Rear-admiral received respect sail says sent Sheridan ship Sir James Lowther Sir Peter Parker soon speech spirit squadron talents tion took troops Whitbread whole
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Seite 127 - The importation of slaves into the colonies from the coast of Africa hath long been considered as a trade of great inhumanity, and under its present encouragement, we have too much reason to fear will endanger the very existence of your Majesty's American dominions.
Seite 25 - O'er PITT'S the mournful requiem sound, And Fox's shall the notes rebound. The solemn echo seems to cry, — " Here let their discord with them die...
Seite 240 - Ne'er to these chambers, where the mighty rest, Since their foundation, came a nobler guest ; Nor e'er was to the bowers of bliss conveyed A fairer spirit, or more welcome shade. In what new region, to the just assigned, What new employments please th
Seite 181 - Was this, then, the fate of that high-gifted man, The pride of the palace, the bower, and the hall, The orator — dramatist — minstrel,— who ran Through each mode of the lyre, and was master of all...
Seite 181 - Oh ! it sickens the heart to see bosoms so hollow, And spirits so mean in the great and high-born ; To think what a long line of titles may follow The relics of him who died — friendless and lorn ! How proud they can press to the funeral array Of one whom they shunned in his sickness and sorrow : — How bailiffs may seize his last blanket to-day, Whose pall shall be held up by nobles to-morrow...
Seite 102 - I had driven the San Nicholas on board the Josef, and left them, on their fire ceasing, to be taken possession of by somebody behind, they fell on board my good friend the commodore ; and as they had not surrendered, he, in his own active person, at the head of his ship's company, boarded them, and drove the Spaniards from deck to deck at the point of their swords. They at last both surrendered ; and the commodore, on the quarter-deck of a Spanish first-rate, San Josef, received the submission and...
Seite 79 - was a brave soldier, an excellent officer, and a man of talent. He made a few mistakes, which were probably inseparable from the difficulties with which he was surrounded, and caused perhaps by his information having misled him.
Seite 137 - Three days after this message was received, Sullivan was requested to inform Lord Howe, " That congress being the representatives of the free and independent States of America, they cannot with propriety send any of their members to confer with his lordship in their private characters ; but that, ever desirous of establishing peace on reasonable terms, they will send a committee of their body to know whether he has any authority to treat with persons authorized by congress for that purpose on behalf...
Seite 10 - That it is now necessary to declare, that, to report any opinion, or pretended opinion, of his Majesty upon any bill, or other proceeding, depending in either House of Parliament, with a view to influence the votes of the members, is a high crime and misdemeanor, derogatory to the honour of the Crown, a breach of the fundamental privileges of Parliament, and subversive of the constitution of this country...
Seite 14 - It certainly,' said Mr Burke, 'was indiscretion at any period, but especially at his time of life, to provoke enemies, or to give his friends occasion to desert him ; yet, if his firm and steady adherence to the British constitution placed him in such a dilemma, he would risk all, and as public duty and public prudence taught him, with his last words exclaim, " Fly from the French constitution.