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... command of Sir Charles Knowles , whose first operation was to make an attack on La Guayra . The Governor of Caraccas had received intelligence of this intended attack in time to provide against it , by erect- ing new batteries ...
... command of Sir Charles Knowles , whose first operation was to make an attack on La Guayra . The Governor of Caraccas had received intelligence of this intended attack in time to provide against it , by erect- ing new batteries ...
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... command of the Mary yacht , which he soon and bring it to England ; meeting , however , in the left , on being commissioned to the Dolphin frigate , for Tagus with the Rippon , destined for the coast of he was desirous of more active ...
... command of the Mary yacht , which he soon and bring it to England ; meeting , however , in the left , on being commissioned to the Dolphin frigate , for Tagus with the Rippon , destined for the coast of he was desirous of more active ...
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... command of the Dun- kirk . The French fleet under Admiral Bois de la Motte had put to sea unperceived , but Boscawen reached the banks of Newfoundland before them , and took a posi- tion off Cape Race , the southernmost point of that ...
... command of the Dun- kirk . The French fleet under Admiral Bois de la Motte had put to sea unperceived , but Boscawen reached the banks of Newfoundland before them , and took a posi- tion off Cape Race , the southernmost point of that ...
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... command of a squadron for the protection of those islands . His instructions were , after conveying four transports there with troops , to take possession of Chaussé and its islands , on which an Irish brigade in the service of France ...
... command of a squadron for the protection of those islands . His instructions were , after conveying four transports there with troops , to take possession of Chaussé and its islands , on which an Irish brigade in the service of France ...
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... command was offered to Lord George Sackville ; he being too sagacious not to perceive that the scheme was impracticable , excused himself on the plea of the Duke of Cumberland's dislike to him . General Conway was then proposed ; the ...
... command was offered to Lord George Sackville ; he being too sagacious not to perceive that the scheme was impracticable , excused himself on the plea of the Duke of Cumberland's dislike to him . General Conway was then proposed ; the ...
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Página 339 - Magnanimity in politics is not seldom the truest wisdom; and a great empire and little minds go ill together.
Página 346 - They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms ; that made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof ; that opened not the house of his prisoners...
Página 410 - I may have but a minute to speak to you. My dear, be a good man - be virtuous - be religious - be a good man. Nothing else will give you any comfort when you come to lie here.
Página 61 - I call upon the honor of your lordships, to reverence the dignity of your ancestors, and to maintain your own. I call upon the spirit and humanity of my country, to vindicate the national character.
Página 209 - What do we give to our beloved ? A little faith, all undisproved, A little dust, to overweep, And bitter memories, to make The whole earth blasted for our sake. " He giveth His beloved sleep." " Sleep soft, beloved ! " we sometimes say, But have no tune to charm away Sad dreams that through the eyelids creep : But never doleful dream again Shall break the happy slumber, when
Página 221 - We have errors to correct. We have probably had too good an opinion of human nature in forming our confederation. Experience has taught us, that men will not adopt and carry into execution measures the best calculated for their own good, without the intervention of a coercive power.
Página 346 - Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth ; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.
Página 161 - Almighty's form Glasses itself in tempests; in all time, Calm or convulsed, in breeze, or gale, or storm, Icing the pole, or in the torrid clime Dark-heaving; boundless, endless, and sublime, The image of Eternity, the throne Of the invisible,— even from out thy slime The monsters of the deep are made; each zone Obeys thee; thou goest forth, dread, fathomless, alone.
Página 62 - The poorest man may in his cottage bid defiance to all the forces of the Crown. It may be frail; its roof may shake : the wind may blow through it; the storms may enter, the rain may enter - but the King of England cannot enter ! All his forces dare not cross the threshold of the ruined tenement.
Página 61 - To conclude, my lords, if the ministers thus persevere in misadvising and misleading the king, I will not say, that they can alienate the affections of his subjects from his crown ; but I will affirm, that they will make the crown not worth his wearing. I will not say that the king is betrayed ; but I will pronounce, that the kingdom is undone.