The General Biographical Dictionary: Containing an Historical and Critical Account of the Lives and Writings of the Most Eminent Persons in Every Nation; Particularly the British and Irish; from the Earliest Accounts to the Present Time, Volume 4Alexander Chalmers J. Nichols, 1812 - Biography |
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... admiral Keppel , at the siege of Belleisle . To secure a landing for the troops , it became necessary to attack a fort and other works , in a sandy bay , intended to be the place of debarkation ; three ships , one of which was the ...
... admiral Keppel , at the siege of Belleisle . To secure a landing for the troops , it became necessary to attack a fort and other works , in a sandy bay , intended to be the place of debarkation ; three ships , one of which was the ...
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... admiral , and dis- patched with a squadron to the West Indies . He found himself , on his arrival , so much inferior to the enemy , that he could not preserve Dominica from falling into their hands . However , before the French fleet ...
... admiral , and dis- patched with a squadron to the West Indies . He found himself , on his arrival , so much inferior to the enemy , that he could not preserve Dominica from falling into their hands . However , before the French fleet ...
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... Admiral Byron shortly after arriving in the West Indies , Barring- ton , of course , became second in command only . In the action which took place between the British fleet and the French on the 6th of July , 1775 , admiral Barrington ...
... Admiral Byron shortly after arriving in the West Indies , Barring- ton , of course , became second in command only . In the action which took place between the British fleet and the French on the 6th of July , 1775 , admiral Barrington ...
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... admiral of Friesland . Hidde , who commanded a squadron composed of eight ships of war , had already taken possession of the fleet . But on the morrow , Barth came up with him at the height of the Texel ; and , though inferior in ...
... admiral of Friesland . Hidde , who commanded a squadron composed of eight ships of war , had already taken possession of the fleet . But on the morrow , Barth came up with him at the height of the Texel ; and , though inferior in ...
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... admiral who died in 1810. ) This lady sold her father's house and estate at Marlow , called Court garden , to Mr. Davenport , an eminent surgeon of London . The second was married to Jonathan Rashleigh , esq . and the third to John ...
... admiral who died in 1810. ) This lady sold her father's house and estate at Marlow , called Court garden , to Mr. Davenport , an eminent surgeon of London . The second was married to Jonathan Rashleigh , esq . and the third to John ...
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Page 193 - Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.
Page 492 - ... speeches, and the former resolutions of the house touching the forfeited estates in Ireland, to be printed and published for their justification ; and they resolved, that the procuring or passing exorbitant grants by any member, now of the privy council, or...
Page 198 - ... he had a very moving and pathetical way of writing, and was his whole life long a man of great zeal and much simplicity ; but was most unhappily subtle and metaphysical in every thing.
Page 196 - You humbly conceive," says Jefferies, " and I humbly conceive : swear him, swear him." " My lord," says he, " under favour, I am counsel for the defendant ; and, if I understand either Latin or English, the information now brought against Mr. Baxter upon such a slight ground, is a greater reflection upon the Church of England than anything contained in the book he is accused for.
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Page 197 - Hadst thou been whipped out of thy writing trade forty years ago, it had been happy. Thou pretendest to be a preacher of the gospel of peace, and thou hast one foot in the grave ; 'tis time for thee to begin to think what account thou intendest to give.
Page 479 - BEING THE TIME OF THE YEARLY MEETING OF THE CHILDREN EDUCATED IN THE CHARITY-SCHOOLS IN AND ABOUT THE CITIES OF LONDON AND WESTMINSTER.
Page 269 - Greek characters, that those about him might not understand him, and afterwards he copied out the whole fair in his diary. This journal is inserted among the records in Bishop Burnet's History of the Reformation. * Henry Beaufort, bishop of Winchester, and cardinal priest of the church of Rome, was the son of John of Gaunt, duke of Lancaster, by his third wife, Catharine Swinford.
Page 340 - May the last of the English rest in peace: For they had often said, That as they esteemed him the best of the English Bishops, so he should be the last that should be left among them.