The Annual Biography and Obituary, Band 14Longman., 1830 |
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... received in the attempt , and rendered so totally unmanage- able , that in the act of wearing he went on shore on the rocks of Lissa , in the greatest possible confusion . " The line was then wore to renew the action , the Amphion not ...
... received in the attempt , and rendered so totally unmanage- able , that in the act of wearing he went on shore on the rocks of Lissa , in the greatest possible confusion . " The line was then wore to renew the action , the Amphion not ...
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... received every assistance that might be expected from a zealous , brave , and intelligent officer ; and his exertions , though wounded , in repairing our damage , are as praiseworthy as his conduct in the action , par- ticularly as I ...
... received every assistance that might be expected from a zealous , brave , and intelligent officer ; and his exertions , though wounded , in repairing our damage , are as praiseworthy as his conduct in the action , par- ticularly as I ...
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... received by M. Peridier , Commandant of his Imperial and Royal Majesty's frigate la Flore , I have had the honour to ... receiving to - day was neither signed nor dated ( I presume through mistake ) ; I return it for its signature . " As ...
... received by M. Peridier , Commandant of his Imperial and Royal Majesty's frigate la Flore , I have had the honour to ... receiving to - day was neither signed nor dated ( I presume through mistake ) ; I return it for its signature . " As ...
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... received from Captain Harper of the Saracen , together with the state of the country about Cattaro , and the insurrection of the Bocchese , I lost no time in proceeding to this place , with the vessels under my orders . On the 13th , in ...
... received from Captain Harper of the Saracen , together with the state of the country about Cattaro , and the insurrection of the Bocchese , I lost no time in proceeding to this place , with the vessels under my orders . On the 13th , in ...
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... received no assistance but from a few Montenegrins ; we have had to trust to our own resources alone , and we have found them in the zeal and perseverance which has actuated all parties . From the exertions of Captain Harper and ...
... received no assistance but from a few Montenegrins ; we have had to trust to our own resources alone , and we have found them in the zeal and perseverance which has actuated all parties . From the exertions of Captain Harper and ...
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Seite 395 - And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the Word of His grace, Which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified.
Seite 133 - Vixere fortes ante Agamemnona Multi, sed omnes illacrymabiles Urgentur, ignotique longa Nocte, carent quia vate sacro.
Seite 160 - Time made thee what thou wast, king of the woods ; And time hath made thee what thou art — a cave For owls to roost in.
Seite 268 - Thoughts on the English Government — addressed to the quiet good sense of the people of England...
Seite 201 - Essays on the Lives and Writings of Fletcher of Saltoun and the Poet Thomson: Biographical, critical, and political.
Seite 47 - ... in a state of intense activity ; and a platina wire, communicating with the positive side, was brought in contact with the upper surface of the alkali. The whole apparatus was in the open atmosphere.
Seite 50 - In sciences kindred to chemistry, the knowledge of the nature of the alkalies, and the analogies arising in consequence, will open many new views; they may lead to the solution of many problems in geology, and shew that agents may have operated in the formation of rocks and earths which have not hitherto been suspected to exist.
Seite 144 - For the repeated thanks and grants bestowed upon you by this house, in gratitude for your many and eminent services, you have thought fit this day to offer us your acknowledgments; but this nation well knows that it is still largely your debtor. It owes to you the proud satisfaction, that amidst the constellation of illustrious warriors, who have recently visited our country...
Seite 63 - The Bakerian Lecture, on some of the Combinations of Oxymuriatic Gas and Oxygen, and on the Chemical Relations of these Principles to inflammable Bodies.