The Wooden Walls of Old England, Or, The Lives of Celebrated AdmiralsJ. Hatchard & Son, 1847 - 331 Seiten |
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... Sir John Jervis , was not again afloat until 1793 , when it was found that the republican government then reigning in unhappy France , might extend its influence to the possessions of that country in the West Indian islands , and by a ...
... Sir John Jervis , was not again afloat until 1793 , when it was found that the republican government then reigning in unhappy France , might extend its influence to the possessions of that country in the West Indian islands , and by a ...
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... Sir Charles Grey was to act in conjunc- tion with Admiral Sir John Jervis , is the only one , with which our present story has to do . The intention of the French was , from their stronghold , to oppose the disembarkation of the troops ...
... Sir Charles Grey was to act in conjunc- tion with Admiral Sir John Jervis , is the only one , with which our present story has to do . The intention of the French was , from their stronghold , to oppose the disembarkation of the troops ...
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... the Admiral and his fleet set sail for , and returned to England . A very short time was allowed Sir John Jervis for the re - establishment of his health . In February 1795 , he had returned from his campaign 104 EARL ST . VINCENT .
... the Admiral and his fleet set sail for , and returned to England . A very short time was allowed Sir John Jervis for the re - establishment of his health . In February 1795 , he had returned from his campaign 104 EARL ST . VINCENT .
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... Sir John Jervis , was appointed first in command , was destined for the Mediterranean . How many never - to - be - forgotten names that fleet contained ! Nelson ! the great and ... Sir John Jervis , blockaded EARL ST . VINCENT . 105.
... Sir John Jervis , was appointed first in command , was destined for the Mediterranean . How many never - to - be - forgotten names that fleet contained ! Nelson ! the great and ... Sir John Jervis , blockaded EARL ST . VINCENT . 105.
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Margaret Fraser Tytler. prevent this expedition , that Sir John Jervis , blockaded the port of Toulon , surrounding it with his own fleet , so as to prevent , that , of the French , quitting the harbour . This service was faithfully ...
Margaret Fraser Tytler. prevent this expedition , that Sir John Jervis , blockaded the port of Toulon , surrounding it with his own fleet , so as to prevent , that , of the French , quitting the harbour . This service was faithfully ...
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Seite 5 - A little neglect may breed great mischief; for want of a nail the shoe was lost ; for want of a shoe the horse was lost ; and for want of a horse the rider was lost, being overtaken and slain by the enemy ; all for want of a little care about a horseshoe nail.
Seite 11 - LIGHT in the DWELLING; or, a Harmony of the Four Gospels, with very Short and Simple Remarks adapted to Reading at Family Prayers, and arranged in 365 sections, for every day of the year. By the Author of " The Peep of Day," "Line upon Line,
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Seite 6 - FINCHER, Esq. With a Testimony to the Work by James Montgomery, Esq. of Sheffield. Third Edition. 12mo. cloth, 6s. — THE INTERPOSITION of DIVINE PROVIDENCE. Selected exclusively from the Holy Scriptures.
Seite 18 - Plays of William Shakspeare, accurately printed from the Text of the Corrected Copies, a History of the Stage, and a Life of Shakspeare. By ALEXANDER CHALMERS, FSA 8 vols.
Seite 1 - A PRACTICAL EXPOSITION of the GOSPELS of ST. MATTHEW and ST. MARK, in the form of Lectures, intended to assist the practice of domestic instruction and devotion. By JOHN BIRD SUMMER, DD, Lord Bishop of Chester. Sixth Edi
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Seite 9 - They are, in truth, as appears to us, compositions of very rare merit, and realise a notion we have always entertained, that a sermon for our rural congregations there somewhere was, if it could be hit off, which in language should be familiar without being plain, and in matter solid without being abstruse."— Quarterly Review.