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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... noble as those of your Excellency will ever be remembered by , ( Signed ) " WILLIAM HENRY . " In 1785 , the regular period having been served as midshipman , and the usual examination past , Prince William was appointed third lieutenant ...
... noble as those of your Excellency will ever be remembered by , ( Signed ) " WILLIAM HENRY . " In 1785 , the regular period having been served as midshipman , and the usual examination past , Prince William was appointed third lieutenant ...
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... friends , teaches us to anticipate a life of great usefulness and honor , in one who was truly a noble by nature , before this creation by the crown . 7 tiality . His Royal Highness accordingly accepted the office of WILLIAM THE FOURTH .
... friends , teaches us to anticipate a life of great usefulness and honor , in one who was truly a noble by nature , before this creation by the crown . 7 tiality . His Royal Highness accordingly accepted the office of WILLIAM THE FOURTH .
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... noble have , in this simple way , much within their competency ; nor is the sacrifice hard , by which they may accomplish the object . On the contrary , the path is not unpleasant , and , after a few hours passed in stimulating by elo ...
... noble have , in this simple way , much within their competency ; nor is the sacrifice hard , by which they may accomplish the object . On the contrary , the path is not unpleasant , and , after a few hours passed in stimulating by elo ...
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... noble poet with the warmest admiration of his talents . " Curran , " writes his Lordship , " Curran is the man who struck me most . Such imagination ! there never was any thing like it , that ever I saw or heard of . His published ...
... noble poet with the warmest admiration of his talents . " Curran , " writes his Lordship , " Curran is the man who struck me most . Such imagination ! there never was any thing like it , that ever I saw or heard of . His published ...
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