The Naval Chronicle, Volume 2James Stanier Clarke, Stephen Jones, John Jones J. Gold, 1799 - Europe Contains a general and biographical history of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom, with a variety of original papers on nautical subjects, under the guidance of several literary and professional men. |
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... ship's company ; these were assisted by favourable weather , and on the 2d ... Majesty's ships and vessels . on the Boston station , in the year ( 1768 ) ... ship have since arrived to the rank of rear admirals . Captain Hood was appointed ...
... ship's company ; these were assisted by favourable weather , and on the 2d ... Majesty's ships and vessels . on the Boston station , in the year ( 1768 ) ... ship have since arrived to the rank of rear admirals . Captain Hood was appointed ...
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... Majesty's ship Agamemnon , who had the command , and directions of the seamen , in landing the guns , mortars , and stores ; and * Captain Hunt , who commanded at the batteries , very ably assisted by Captain Bullen , and Captain ...
... Majesty's ship Agamemnon , who had the command , and directions of the seamen , in landing the guns , mortars , and stores ; and * Captain Hunt , who commanded at the batteries , very ably assisted by Captain Bullen , and Captain ...
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... ship , on board of which every boat assembled at sun - set for orders ; and ... Majesty's ships , under my command , has a just claim to my most particular ... ship , became a volunteer in the Spanish action of the 14th of February ; le ...
... ship , on board of which every boat assembled at sun - set for orders ; and ... Majesty's ships , under my command , has a just claim to my most particular ... ship , became a volunteer in the Spanish action of the 14th of February ; le ...
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... Majesty's Ships and Vessels at the Leeward Islands , to Evan Nepean , Esq . dated at Marti- nique , the 6th of Feb. 1799 . SIR , I HAVE to acquaint y u , for the information of their Lordships , that Captain Westbeech , in his Majesty's ...
... Majesty's Ships and Vessels at the Leeward Islands , to Evan Nepean , Esq . dated at Marti- nique , the 6th of Feb. 1799 . SIR , I HAVE to acquaint y u , for the information of their Lordships , that Captain Westbeech , in his Majesty's ...
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... Majesty's Ship Majestic , to the Earl of St. Vincent , dated at Sea , the 23 February 1799 . I have the honor of enclosing a letter to your Lordship , received from Capt . Sanders , commander of his Majesty's brig l'Espoir , giving an ...
... Majesty's Ship Majestic , to the Earl of St. Vincent , dated at Sea , the 23 February 1799 . I have the honor of enclosing a letter to your Lordship , received from Capt . Sanders , commander of his Majesty's brig l'Espoir , giving an ...
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Page 329 - Higher and higher every day, Till over the mast at noon—" The Wedding-Guest here beat his breast, For he heard the loud bassoon. The bride hath paced into the hall, Red as a rose is she; Nodding their heads before her goes The merry minstrelsy.
Page 419 - I looked to heaven, and tried to pray; But or ever a prayer had gusht, A wicked whisper came, and made My heart as dry as dust.
Page 330 - Nor shapes of men nor beasts we ken — The ice was all between. The ice was here, the ice was there, The ice was all around; It cracked and growled, and roared and howled. Like noises in a swound!
Page 419 - The cold sweat melted from their limbs, Nor rot nor reek did they: The look with which they looked on me Had never passed away. An orphan's curse would drag to hell A spirit from on high; But oh! more horrible than that Is the curse in a dead man's eye! Seven days, seven nights, I saw that curse, And yet I could not die.
Page 330 - It ate the food it ne'er had eat, And round and round it flew. The ice did split with a thunder-fit; The helmsman steered us through! And a good south wind sprung up behind; The Albatross did follow, And every day, for food or play, Came to the mariners
Page 372 - Cromwell, I charge thee, fling away ambition : By that sin fell the angels; how can man, then, The image of his Maker, hope to win by it ? Love thyself last: cherish those hearts that hate thee ; Corruption wins not more than honesty.
Page 420 - O happy living things! no tongue Their beauty might declare: A spring of love gushed from my heart, And I blessed them unaware: Sure my kind saint took pity on me, And I blessed them unaware.
Page 231 - To all you ladies now at land We men at sea indite; But first would have you understand How hard it is to write: The Muses now, and Neptune too, We must implore to write to you — With a fa, la, la, la, la.
Page 232 - Should foggy Opdam chance to know, Our sad and dismal story, The Dutch would scorn so weak a foe, And quit their fort at Goree : For what resistance can they find From men who've left their hearts behind? With a fa la, la la, la la.
Page 16 - And, reassembling our afflicted Powers, Consult how we may henceforth most offend Our Enemy ; our own loss how repair ; How overcome this dire calamity ; What reinforcement we may gain from hope ; If not, what resolution from despair.