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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... ships of the line , which anchored in the bay , protected the transports . His Royal Highness then proceeded to the coast of America , and there , preferring a cruise to the inac- tivity of a stationary employment , at his own request ...
... ships of the line , which anchored in the bay , protected the transports . His Royal Highness then proceeded to the coast of America , and there , preferring a cruise to the inac- tivity of a stationary employment , at his own request ...
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... ship ; and , without paying him any compliment , she is one of the finest ordered frigates I have seen . " His Royal Highness acted the part of father to Lady Nelson , on the occasion of her union with her heroic husband : he next made ...
... ship ; and , without paying him any compliment , she is one of the finest ordered frigates I have seen . " His Royal Highness acted the part of father to Lady Nelson , on the occasion of her union with her heroic husband : he next made ...
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... ship , was transferred to the Salisbury , off the coast of Newfoundland . We must pause , on this less active station , to record a double instance of daring humanity : twice did Captain Pellew save the life of a fellow- creature , by ...
... ship , was transferred to the Salisbury , off the coast of Newfoundland . We must pause , on this less active station , to record a double instance of daring humanity : twice did Captain Pellew save the life of a fellow- creature , by ...
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... ship's losing her rudder in the shoal . She grounded under the citadel , the sea breaking over her , and with one roll all her masts went overboard . The most able got safe to land , but the greater part of the seamen , the soldiers ...
... ship's losing her rudder in the shoal . She grounded under the citadel , the sea breaking over her , and with one roll all her masts went overboard . The most able got safe to land , but the greater part of the seamen , the soldiers ...
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... ship - owners , & c . of Bombay , express- ing their acknowledgment of the protection he had afforded their trade . Sir Edward Pellew was next employed on the blockade of Flushing , and then appointed commander - in - chief in the ...
... ship - owners , & c . of Bombay , express- ing their acknowledgment of the protection he had afforded their trade . Sir Edward Pellew was next employed on the blockade of Flushing , and then appointed commander - in - chief in the ...
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