Lives of eminent and illustrious Englishmen, ed. by G. G. Cunningham, 第 7 巻1837 |
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... station , Admiral Gardiner re- turned home , and arrived at Spithead , October 1st , 1793 . In 1794 we find him as rear - admiral of the White , serving in the channel fleet under Earl Howe , and contributing with his usual intre ...
... station , Admiral Gardiner re- turned home , and arrived at Spithead , October 1st , 1793 . In 1794 we find him as rear - admiral of the White , serving in the channel fleet under Earl Howe , and contributing with his usual intre ...
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... fleet , having his flag hoisted on board the Royal George , under Lord Bridport ; as also in the beginning of 1799 ... channel fleet , and at another commanding a squadron of observation off Brest ; but on the 22d of August he left the ...
... fleet , having his flag hoisted on board the Royal George , under Lord Bridport ; as also in the beginning of 1799 ... channel fleet , and at another commanding a squadron of observation off Brest ; but on the 22d of August he left the ...
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... station with the rank of commodore . He accordingly hoisted his broad pendant on board the Bristol , a ship newly launched , and on the 26th of December sailed from Portsmouth with a squadron of ships of war and a fleet of transports ...
... station with the rank of commodore . He accordingly hoisted his broad pendant on board the Bristol , a ship newly launched , and on the 26th of December sailed from Portsmouth with a squadron of ships of war and a fleet of transports ...
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... channel fleet under Earl Howe , to whom he acted as second in the memorable engagement of the 1st of June , 1794. For the hon- ourable share he bore in this conflict , he was created Baron Bridport of Cricket St Thomas in Ireland . In ...
... channel fleet under Earl Howe , to whom he acted as second in the memorable engagement of the 1st of June , 1794. For the hon- ourable share he bore in this conflict , he was created Baron Bridport of Cricket St Thomas in Ireland . In ...
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... channel fleet . This ship afterwards formed part of a detached squadron at Ferrol and Vigo , until January , 1801 , at which period he was removed into the Vener- able , also of 74 guns . In April he escorted a fleet of Indiamen beyond ...
... channel fleet . This ship afterwards formed part of a detached squadron at Ferrol and Vigo , until January , 1801 , at which period he was removed into the Vener- able , also of 74 guns . In April he escorted a fleet of Indiamen beyond ...
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administration admiral afterwards appeared appointed army attack attention became bill BORN A. D. Britain British called Captain Catholic cause channel fleet character circumstances command conduct consequence constitution court death declared defence distinguished Dr Erskine duke duke of Portland duty earl eloquence enemy England English exertions favour feel fleet force France French friends frigate gentleman Granville Sharp Grattan guns Hastings honour house of commons house of lords India Ireland Irish Junius justice king labour letter liberty Lord Castlereagh Lord Lake Lord Melville lordship majesty majesty's manner marquess Melville ment mind minister nation never object observed obtained occasion opinion parliament party period person Pitt political possession present principles proceeded received respect returned sail Sheridan ships Sir John Sir John Moore Sir Peter Parker soon speech spirit squadron success talents tion took troops Whitbread whole
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19 ページ - 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 : Speak not for those a separate doom, Whom Fate made Brothers in the tomb ; But search the land of living men, Where wilt thou find their like agen...
121 ページ - 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.
426 ページ - There is a lad here which hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes ; but what are they among so many ? And Jesus said, Make the men sit down.
428 ページ - It is a happy world after all. The air, the earth, the water, teem with delighted existence. In a spring noon, or a summer evening, on whichever side I turn my eyes, myriads of happy beings crowd upon my view. " The insect youth are on the wing.
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234 ページ - 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
328 ページ - It is ordered by His Royal Highness the Prince Re-gent, in the name and on the behalf of His Majesty...
175 ページ - 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...
165 ページ - Hastings's ambition to the simple steadiness of genuine magnanimity. In his mind all was shuffling, ambiguous, dark, insidious, and little ; nothing simple, nothing unmixed : all affected plainness, and actual dissimulation — a heterogeneous mass of contradictory qualities; with nothing great but his crimes ; and even those contrasted by the littleness of his motives, which at once denoted both his baseness and his meanness, and marked him for a traitor and a trickster.
309 ページ - ... remind you of the long and rigorous imprisonment he has suffered ; — I will not speak to you of his great youth, of his illustrious birth, and of his uniformly animated and generous zeal in parliament for the constitution of his country. Such topics might be useful in the balance of a doubtful case ; yet even then I should have trusted to the honest hearts of Englishmen to have felt them without excitation. At present, the plain and rigid rules of justice and truth are sufficient to entitle...