The Wooden Walls of Old England, Or, The Lives of Celebrated AdmiralsJ. Hatchard & Son, 1847 - 331 Seiten |
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... station . I must here tell you , that the affairs on the continent of Europe , were at this time more than ever embroiled . Prussia , Sweden , Hun- gary , France , and Austria were all at variance with each other , and England , from ...
... station . I must here tell you , that the affairs on the continent of Europe , were at this time more than ever embroiled . Prussia , Sweden , Hun- gary , France , and Austria were all at variance with each other , and England , from ...
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... station while Prince Charles Edward Stuart , paid his brief eventful visit to the home , and the coun- try , of his fathers . His good services had now procured for Captain Rodney his favourite ship , the Eagle of 64 guns , and in it he ...
... station while Prince Charles Edward Stuart , paid his brief eventful visit to the home , and the coun- try , of his fathers . His good services had now procured for Captain Rodney his favourite ship , the Eagle of 64 guns , and in it he ...
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... stations of her navy , are filled by princes of the blood . " Having now , as you have seen , achieved all that was required of him on his present station , Sir George Rodney , proceeding to his appoint- ment , anchored in Barbadoes ...
... stations of her navy , are filled by princes of the blood . " Having now , as you have seen , achieved all that was required of him on his present station , Sir George Rodney , proceeding to his appoint- ment , anchored in Barbadoes ...
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... station in the West Indies , and superseded by one , brave indeed , but as yet at least , unknown to fame as a commander . It was intended by those whose jealousy of feeling , was such as to distort and view in a wrong light even his ...
... station in the West Indies , and superseded by one , brave indeed , but as yet at least , unknown to fame as a commander . It was intended by those whose jealousy of feeling , was such as to distort and view in a wrong light even his ...
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... , then com- manding a squadron on the Jamaica station , requested and obtained permission for his joining him in that island . Although , as I have already mentioned , little is told of the early life of your hero EARL HOWE . 47.
... , then com- manding a squadron on the Jamaica station , requested and obtained permission for his joining him in that island . Although , as I have already mentioned , little is told of the early life of your hero EARL HOWE . 47.
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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 17 - The History of Modern Europe : with a View of the Progress of Society, from the Rise of the Modern Kingdoms to the Peace of Paris, in 1763.
Seite 11 - THE PEEP OF DAY, or a series of the earliest religious Instruction, the Infant Mind is capable of receiving, with verses illustrative of the subjects, 1 vol. 18mo. with engravings, $0 50 LINE UPON LINE, by the author of
Seite 3 - COMPANION to the BOOK of COMMON PRAYER, of the United Church of England and Ireland.
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
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.