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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... Father's commands , he joined the late Lord Hood , then in quest of the French fleet , commanded by the Marquis de Vaudreuil . On board the Barfleur , our youthful sailor became first acquainted with Nelson , who was introduced to him ...
... Father's commands , he joined the late Lord Hood , then in quest of the French fleet , commanded by the Marquis de Vaudreuil . On board the Barfleur , our youthful sailor became first acquainted with Nelson , who was introduced to him ...
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... father , who will be fully sensible of your Excellency's attention to me . " I request my compliments to Madame Galvez , and that you will be assured , that actions so noble as those of your Excellency will ever be remembered by ...
... father , who will be fully sensible of your Excellency's attention to me . " I request my compliments to Madame Galvez , and that you will be assured , that actions so noble as those of your Excellency will ever be remembered by ...
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... father to Lady Nelson , on the occasion of her union with her heroic husband : he next made a tour of the islands ; and the House of Assembly at Bar- badoes passed a vote to present his Royal Highness with a gold- hilted sword , value ...
... father to Lady Nelson , on the occasion of her union with her heroic husband : he next made a tour of the islands ; and the House of Assembly at Bar- badoes passed a vote to present his Royal Highness with a gold- hilted sword , value ...
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... father's compositions , in that ballad style , so beautiful and affecting as to prove the hereditary link which united both minds to the national feeling . Mr. Curran's witty repartees , which have given a zest 11 RIGHT HON . JOHN ...
... father's compositions , in that ballad style , so beautiful and affecting as to prove the hereditary link which united both minds to the national feeling . Mr. Curran's witty repartees , which have given a zest 11 RIGHT HON . JOHN ...
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... father Charles , the fifth baron , was , in 1753 , created also Viscount Brome and Earl Cornwallis . He dying in 1762 , was succeeded by the subject of this memoir , who , born 31st December , 1738 , was consequently twenty - four years ...
... father Charles , the fifth baron , was , in 1753 , created also Viscount Brome and Earl Cornwallis . He dying in 1762 , was succeeded by the subject of this memoir , who , born 31st December , 1738 , was consequently twenty - four years ...
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