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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... to fling A flake of snow upon her breast . So may thy days , in happiest pace , Divine Eliza , glide along- Unclouded as thy angel face , And sweet as thy celestial song . ON RETURNING A RING TO A LADY . THOU emblem 10 NATIONAL PORTRAITS .
... to fling A flake of snow upon her breast . So may thy days , in happiest pace , Divine Eliza , glide along- Unclouded as thy angel face , And sweet as thy celestial song . ON RETURNING A RING TO A LADY . THOU emblem 10 NATIONAL PORTRAITS .
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With Memoirs William Jerdan. ON RETURNING A RING TO A LADY . THOU emblem of faith , thou sweet pledge of a passion , By heaven reserv'd for a happier than me , On the hand of my fair go resume thy loved station , There bask in the beam ...
With Memoirs William Jerdan. ON RETURNING A RING TO A LADY . THOU emblem of faith , thou sweet pledge of a passion , By heaven reserv'd for a happier than me , On the hand of my fair go resume thy loved station , There bask in the beam ...
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... returned from New York , to resume his military toils . In 1777 , after some enterprising affairs , he eva- cuated the Jerseys , in obedience to General Howe's orders , and in July embarked with the Commander - in - chief on the ...
... returned from New York , to resume his military toils . In 1777 , after some enterprising affairs , he eva- cuated the Jerseys , in obedience to General Howe's orders , and in July embarked with the Commander - in - chief on the ...
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... returned home ; and , during the flagrant political warfare of 1782-3 , he was deprived of the Lieutenancy of the Tower of London , to which he had been appointed several years before , and to which he was restored in 1784 . Some years ...
... returned home ; and , during the flagrant political warfare of 1782-3 , he was deprived of the Lieutenancy of the Tower of London , to which he had been appointed several years before , and to which he was restored in 1784 . Some years ...
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... returned member for Barn- staple . In the House he distinguished himself by his warm and manly defence of Earl St. Vincent . On the renewal of the war , he was appointed to the Tonnant ; promoted to the rank of Vice- Admiral ; and ...
... returned member for Barn- staple . In the House he distinguished himself by his warm and manly defence of Earl St. Vincent . On the renewal of the war , he was appointed to the Tonnant ; promoted to the rank of Vice- Admiral ; and ...
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