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... Admiral , Lord Gardiner . BORN A. D. 1742. - DIED A. D. 1808 . THIS nobleman was in a great measure the architect of his own for- tune . His father was lieutenant - colonel of the 11th dragoons , and Alan , the subject of this notice ...
... Admiral , Lord Gardiner . BORN A. D. 1742. - DIED A. D. 1808 . THIS nobleman was in a great measure the architect of his own for- tune . His father was lieutenant - colonel of the 11th dragoons , and Alan , the subject of this notice ...
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... admiral of the Blue , February 1st , 1793 , he soon after hoisted his flag on board the Queen of ninety - eight guns , and on the 24th of March he sailed in the capacity of commander - in - chief to the Leeward Islands . Upon the ...
... admiral of the Blue , February 1st , 1793 , he soon after hoisted his flag on board the Queen of ninety - eight guns , and on the 24th of March he sailed in the capacity of commander - in - chief to the Leeward Islands . Upon the ...
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... admiral Lord Bridport in the channel fleet , and at another commanding a squadron of observation off Brest ; but on the 22d of August he left the Royal Sovereign , and succeeded Ad- miral Kingsmill in the naval command in Ireland ...
... admiral Lord Bridport in the channel fleet , and at another commanding a squadron of observation off Brest ; but on the 22d of August he left the Royal Sovereign , and succeeded Ad- miral Kingsmill in the naval command in Ireland ...
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... Admiral Lord Hood , to accompany Major Kochler on a secret and confidential mission to Corsica . mander , who had obtained possession of one of the two grand arsenals of France , finding it no longer tenable against the republican ...
... Admiral Lord Hood , to accompany Major Kochler on a secret and confidential mission to Corsica . mander , who had obtained possession of one of the two grand arsenals of France , finding it no longer tenable against the republican ...
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... admiral of my intention , and begged that the transports might be brought to Corunna : had I found them here on my arrival on the 11th , the embarkation would easily have been effect- ed , for I had gained several marches on the French ...
... admiral of my intention , and begged that the transports might be brought to Corunna : had I found them here on my arrival on the 11th , the embarkation would easily have been effect- ed , for I had gained several marches on the French ...
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Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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
Página 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...
Página 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...
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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...
Página 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.