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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... entered as midshipman on board the Prince George , of ninety - eight guns , under the care of the late Admiral Digby . It would be curious to mark the difference between the cares and toils , the forms which control , and the ...
... entered as midshipman on board the Prince George , of ninety - eight guns , under the care of the late Admiral Digby . It would be curious to mark the difference between the cares and toils , the forms which control , and the ...
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... entered most zealously into the various reforms which Nelson was carrying on in the dock - yard at Antigua , and among the contractors , prize agents , & c . One might be excused for calling this a good omen . What Lord Nelson's opinion ...
... entered most zealously into the various reforms which Nelson was carrying on in the dock - yard at Antigua , and among the contractors , prize agents , & c . One might be excused for calling this a good omen . What Lord Nelson's opinion ...
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... entered Trinity College , Dublin , in the capacity of a sizar , in 1769 ; and shortly afterwards obtained a scholarship . Here , though he prosecuted his studies with diligence and success , his advance was at first unmarked by any ...
... entered Trinity College , Dublin , in the capacity of a sizar , in 1769 ; and shortly afterwards obtained a scholarship . Here , though he prosecuted his studies with diligence and success , his advance was at first unmarked by any ...
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... entered himself a student of the Middle Temple . His situation at this time was dreary and unen- viable ; for he was solitary and friendless . Dependent for support on scanty and precarious supplies , he was sometimes reduced to ...
... entered himself a student of the Middle Temple . His situation at this time was dreary and unen- viable ; for he was solitary and friendless . Dependent for support on scanty and precarious supplies , he was sometimes reduced to ...
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... entering the Irish House of Commons , in 1783 , he at once took his seat on the opposition side . The composition of the Irish Parliament , at that period , formed a concentration of talent , and patriotic zeal , and energy , rarely if ...
... entering the Irish House of Commons , in 1783 , he at once took his seat on the opposition side . The composition of the Irish Parliament , at that period , formed a concentration of talent , and patriotic zeal , and energy , rarely if ...
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