Biographia Navalis: Or, Impartial Memoirs of the Lives and Characters of Officers of the Navy of Great Britain, from the Year 1660 to the Present Time; Drawn from the Most Authentic Sources, and Disposed in a Chronological Arrangement, Volume 1R. Faulder, 1794 |
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... they feared . It has lately been re- marked , by a very ingenious writer , that the fate , both of empires and of war , has ceafed to be de- cided a 2 cided by naval contefts ever fince the battle of Actium INTRODUCTION . xix.
... they feared . It has lately been re- marked , by a very ingenious writer , that the fate , both of empires and of war , has ceafed to be de- cided a 2 cided by naval contefts ever fince the battle of Actium INTRODUCTION . xix.
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... battle of Actium . This obfervation was probably found- ed on the little effect produced by the dreadful conflicts during the wars between the two rival nations , England and Holland . It is per- fectly just with regard to the greater ...
... battle of Actium . This obfervation was probably found- ed on the little effect produced by the dreadful conflicts during the wars between the two rival nations , England and Holland . It is per- fectly just with regard to the greater ...
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... battle , the rest were of small force , and fo rotten that they would fcarcely endure the firing of their own guns . But the ill confequences that might have arifen from this torpidity were prevented by the claim of the duke of Anjou to ...
... battle , the rest were of small force , and fo rotten that they would fcarcely endure the firing of their own guns . But the ill confequences that might have arifen from this torpidity were prevented by the claim of the duke of Anjou to ...
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... battle off Solebay he continued to command the fame ship , and was foon afterwards promoted , probably on account of his gallantry in that action , to the command of the Leopard of fifty - fix guns . In all likelihood he died foon after ...
... battle off Solebay he continued to command the fame ship , and was foon afterwards promoted , probably on account of his gallantry in that action , to the command of the Leopard of fifty - fix guns . In all likelihood he died foon after ...
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... battle of Marston Moor , in the fame year , he rendered himself equally re- markable ; and , in confequence of thefe well - deferved laurels , was appointed one of the commiffioners for ad- jufting the terms of capitulation for the city ...
... battle of Marston Moor , in the fame year , he rendered himself equally re- markable ; and , in confequence of thefe well - deferved laurels , was appointed one of the commiffioners for ad- jufting the terms of capitulation for the city ...
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Página 36 - Whitehall, the next day, by the master of the said vessel, who, by Sir Charles Littleton's order, was sent to present his Majesty with the George found about the body of the said earl, which remained, at the time of its taking up, in every part unblemished, saving some impressions made by the fire upon his face and breast...
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