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... regiment of foot , and was a gentleman distinguished by his literary taste and talent . Mr. Farren grew , unhappily , too fond of gay society : he dissipated by irregular habits the little fortune which his wife had brought him , failed ...
... regiment of foot , and was a gentleman distinguished by his literary taste and talent . Mr. Farren grew , unhappily , too fond of gay society : he dissipated by irregular habits the little fortune which his wife had brought him , failed ...
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... regiment ; and it was hardly earned , for rougher and worse- paid service has seldom been endured . But he was supported in it by the peculiar talent which he possessed in surmounting difficulties . At length , however , he was ...
... regiment ; and it was hardly earned , for rougher and worse- paid service has seldom been endured . But he was supported in it by the peculiar talent which he possessed in surmounting difficulties . At length , however , he was ...
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... regiment of Portuguese infantry to which Denham was appointed , soon became , and ever continued , his fast and powerful friend ; and they served together until the return of the British army to England . His division was actively ...
... regiment of Portuguese infantry to which Denham was appointed , soon became , and ever continued , his fast and powerful friend ; and they served together until the return of the British army to England . His division was actively ...
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... regiment , then commanded by Lord Walde- grave , and , joining the British army in the Netherlands , shared in the honours of Waterloo , and accompanied the allied armies on their entry into Paris . Again reduced to half - pay on the ...
... regiment , then commanded by Lord Walde- grave , and , joining the British army in the Netherlands , shared in the honours of Waterloo , and accompanied the allied armies on their entry into Paris . Again reduced to half - pay on the ...
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... REGIMENT OF LIFE GUARDS , AND CONSTABLE OF WINDSOR CASTLE , A MEMBER OF THE CONSOLIDATED board of GENERAL OFFICERS , AND A COMMISSIONER OF THE ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE , AND OF THE ROYAL MILITARY ASYLUM , AND F. S. A. THE Earl of ...
... REGIMENT OF LIFE GUARDS , AND CONSTABLE OF WINDSOR CASTLE , A MEMBER OF THE CONSOLIDATED board of GENERAL OFFICERS , AND A COMMISSIONER OF THE ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE , AND OF THE ROYAL MILITARY ASYLUM , AND F. S. A. THE Earl of ...
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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.