The Wooden Walls of Old England, Or, The Lives of Celebrated AdmiralsJ. Hatchard & Son, 1847 - 331 Seiten |
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... officer of the army , dated February 10 , 1762 . 66 66 As soon as we were all landed , ” he says , our engineers immediately set to work in raising batteries , as well to establish our foot- ing in the island , as to cover our advance ...
... officer of the army , dated February 10 , 1762 . 66 66 As soon as we were all landed , ” he says , our engineers immediately set to work in raising batteries , as well to establish our foot- ing in the island , as to cover our advance ...
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... officer , excited the interest even of strangers , and the good old Duc de Biron , made , through their mutual friend Lady Dunmore , a proffer of whatever sum might be necessary to discharge the debts , and allow of the English ...
... officer , excited the interest even of strangers , and the good old Duc de Biron , made , through their mutual friend Lady Dunmore , a proffer of whatever sum might be necessary to discharge the debts , and allow of the English ...
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... officer , " says the paragraph I have alluded to , " had at length so much increased , as to become a subject of public notoriety . It had indeed been long sus- pected by the keen observation of M. de Sarline ( the Minister of Police ) ...
... officer , " says the paragraph I have alluded to , " had at length so much increased , as to become a subject of public notoriety . It had indeed been long sus- pected by the keen observation of M. de Sarline ( the Minister of Police ) ...
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... officers , and men I had the honour to command , was con- spicuous ; they seemed actuated by the same spirit , and with the utmost zeal exerted them- selves to serve his Majesty , and to humble the pride of the enemy . I may venture to ...
... officers , and men I had the honour to command , was con- spicuous ; they seemed actuated by the same spirit , and with the utmost zeal exerted them- selves to serve his Majesty , and to humble the pride of the enemy . I may venture to ...
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... find his misfor- tunes pitied , his wants relieved , and not only he himself , but his inferior officers , treated with as much respect and attention as if they had been the free and unconquered guests of the English 24 LORD RODNEY .
... find his misfor- tunes pitied , his wants relieved , and not only he himself , but his inferior officers , treated with as much respect and attention as if they had been the free and unconquered guests of the English 24 LORD RODNEY .
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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.
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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.
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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
Seite 6 - Christ as Prophet, Priest, and King ; being a Vindication of the Church of England from Theological Novelties. In Eight Lectures, preached before the University of Oxford at Canon Bampton's Lecture, 1842.
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.