National Portrait Gallery of Illustrious and Eminent Personages of the Nineteenth Century: With Memoirs, Volume 3Fisher, Son, & Jackson, 1832 - Great Britain |
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... British monarch who has seen so much of his native kingdom as our present Naval King . In 1786 , the Prince was appointed first lieutenant of the Pegasus ; and in the same year he received his captain's commission of that frigate . On ...
... British monarch who has seen so much of his native kingdom as our present Naval King . In 1786 , the Prince was appointed first lieutenant of the Pegasus ; and in the same year he received his captain's commission of that frigate . On ...
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... British empire in general , and of that island in particular . At a subse- quent period , the same Island voted three thousand guineas for a piece of plate , to be presented to His Royal Highness as a testi- mony of their sense of his ...
... British empire in general , and of that island in particular . At a subse- quent period , the same Island voted three thousand guineas for a piece of plate , to be presented to His Royal Highness as a testi- mony of their sense of his ...
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... British navy to be placed under the government of a Royal personage - one so near the throne , and one of themselves too , who understood their trim and feelings , who had shared their perils , who had seen service , and knew what it ...
... British navy to be placed under the government of a Royal personage - one so near the throne , and one of themselves too , who understood their trim and feelings , who had shared their perils , who had seen service , and knew what it ...
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... British straight- forwardness of character , his honesty of purpose , his firmness and decision - all enriched and embellished by that genuine kindness which flows from the heart - have rendered him the very idol of popularity . - Esto ...
... British straight- forwardness of character , his honesty of purpose , his firmness and decision - all enriched and embellished by that genuine kindness which flows from the heart - have rendered him the very idol of popularity . - Esto ...
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... British law , which makes liberty " commensurate with , and inseparable from , British soil ; which proclaims , even to the stranger and the sojourner , the moment " he sets his foot on British earth , that the ground on which he ...
... British law , which makes liberty " commensurate with , and inseparable from , British soil ; which proclaims , even to the stranger and the sojourner , the moment " he sets his foot on British earth , that the ground on which he ...
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