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... LIFE- BOAT 181 --- 8. SIR JAMES MACKINTOSHI , KNT . RECORDER OF BOM- BAY 208 9. THE RIGHT HON . CHARLES ABBOT .. 261 10. CHARLES , THE LORD ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY .... 294 11. SIR THOMAS MANNERS SUTTON , KNT .. 314 12 CAPTAIN THOMAS ...
... LIFE- BOAT 181 --- 8. SIR JAMES MACKINTOSHI , KNT . RECORDER OF BOM- BAY 208 9. THE RIGHT HON . CHARLES ABBOT .. 261 10. CHARLES , THE LORD ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY .... 294 11. SIR THOMAS MANNERS SUTTON , KNT .. 314 12 CAPTAIN THOMAS ...
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MR . HENRY GREATHEAD , THE INVENTOR OF THE LIFE - BOAT . Illi robur et æs triplex Circa pectus erat , qui fragilem truci Commisit pelago ratem . HOR . AMIDST the pressure of our taxes , and the mul- tiplicity of our wars ... LIFE- BOAT ---
MR . HENRY GREATHEAD , THE INVENTOR OF THE LIFE - BOAT . Illi robur et æs triplex Circa pectus erat , qui fragilem truci Commisit pelago ratem . HOR . AMIDST the pressure of our taxes , and the mul- tiplicity of our wars ... LIFE- BOAT ---
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... life entrusted to , and now before the writer of this article , " rather early to business , from which cause I preferred that of a boat - builder to a ship - builder merely from the lightness of the work after the expiration of my ...
... life entrusted to , and now before the writer of this article , " rather early to business , from which cause I preferred that of a boat - builder to a ship - builder merely from the lightness of the work after the expiration of my ...
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... life - boat originated with the sub- ject of this memoir . We have already seen that he himself had been stranded early in life , during the night , and with but little hopes of escape , on the coast of France . At another time he was ...
... life - boat originated with the sub- ject of this memoir . We have already seen that he himself had been stranded early in life , during the night , and with but little hopes of escape , on the coast of France . At another time he was ...
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... boat is fastened with copper nails ; the thwarts ( or seats ) are five in number , dou- ble banked , consequently ... life - boat , is nearly seven hundred weight : the cork indisputably contributes much to the buoyancy of the boat when ...
... boat is fastened with copper nails ; the thwarts ( or seats ) are five in number , dou- ble banked , consequently ... life - boat , is nearly seven hundred weight : the cork indisputably contributes much to the buoyancy of the boat when ...
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Seite 337 - I, that am curtail'd of this fair proportion, Cheated of feature by dissembling Nature, Deform'd, unfinish'd, sent before my time Into this breathing world scarce half made up, And that so lamely and unfashionable That dogs bark at me as I halt by them...
Seite 342 - Euphrosyne, And by men, heart-easing Mirth, Whom lovely Venus at a birth With two sister Graces more To ivy-crowned Bacchus bore...
Seite 245 - One asylum of free discussion is still inviolate. There is still one spot in Europe where man can freely exercise his reason on the most important concerns of society, where he can boldly publish his judgment on the acts of the proudest and most powerful tyrants. The press of England is still free. It is guarded by the free Constitution of our forefathers. It is guarded by the hearts and arms of Englishmen, and I trust, I may venture to say, that if it be to fall, it will fall only under the ruins...
Seite 553 - An elegant sufficiency, content, Retirement, rural quiet, friendship, books, Ease and alternate labour, useful life, Progressive virtue, and approving Heaven.
Seite 337 - That dogs bark at me, as I halt by them; Why, I, in this weak piping time of peace, Have no delight to pass away the time...
Seite 371 - I stand ready to avow or disavow promptly and explicitly any precise or definite opinion which I may be charged with having declared of any gentleman.
Seite 503 - My name is Norval: on the Grampian hills My father feeds his flocks; a frugal swain, Whose constant cares were to increase his store, And keep his only son, myself, at home.
Seite 370 - still more despicable,' admits of infinite shades, from very light to very dark. How am I to judge of the degree intended ? or how shall I annex any precise idea to language so indefinite...
Seite 46 - O early lost ! what tears the river shed, When the sad pomp along his banks was led ! His drooping swans on ev'ry note expire, 275 And on his willows hung each muse's lyre.
Seite 375 - Jay, Adams, and Hamilton ; the only three who can be supposed to have stood in that relation to him. That he has too much reason to believe that, in regard to Mr. Hamilton, there has been no reciprocity. For several years his name has been lent to the support of base slanders. He has never had the generosity, the magnanimity, or the candor to contradict or disavow.