Dictionary of National Biography, Volume 16Leslie Stephen Macmillan, 1888 - Great Britain |
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... command of an expedition against Manilla . His original instructions are pre- served among Lord Leconfield's manuscripts , and are printed at length in Hist . MSS . Comm . ' 7th Rep . 316 et seq . Under Draper and Admiral Cornish the ...
... command of an expedition against Manilla . His original instructions are pre- served among Lord Leconfield's manuscripts , and are printed at length in Hist . MSS . Comm . ' 7th Rep . 316 et seq . Under Draper and Admiral Cornish the ...
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... command of the reinforcements going to America , and as writing plans of pacification in the newspapers ( Letters , vi . 135 , 155 ) . Be- fore and after his second marriage Draper resided at Manilla Hall , Clifton Downs , now the ...
... command of the reinforcements going to America , and as writing plans of pacification in the newspapers ( Letters , vi . 135 , 155 ) . Be- fore and after his second marriage Draper resided at Manilla Hall , Clifton Downs , now the ...
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... command of a brigade on the home Alexander [ q . v . ] who was consul at Aleppo staff in England . On 1 Jan. 1805 he was pro- ( New Statistical Account of Scotland , 1832 , moted major - general , and in May of that year i . 112 ) . A ...
... command of a brigade on the home Alexander [ q . v . ] who was consul at Aleppo staff in England . On 1 Jan. 1805 he was pro- ( New Statistical Account of Scotland , 1832 , moted major - general , and in May of that year i . 112 ) . A ...
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... command , who was wounded and taken prisoner . Drummond immediately followed up his success by at- tacking the enemy's headquarters at Fort Erie , which had been actually carried on 25 Aug. , when a terrible explosion caused a panic ...
... command , who was wounded and taken prisoner . Drummond immediately followed up his success by at- tacking the enemy's headquarters at Fort Erie , which had been actually carried on 25 Aug. , when a terrible explosion caused a panic ...
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... command of diffi- cult metres , but are less sprightly than could be wished . The elegy on Prince Henry , which has been compared with ' Lycidas , ' is solemnly pathetic . Drummond anticipated Milton in using the metre of the Hymn of ...
... command of diffi- cult metres , but are less sprightly than could be wished . The elegy on Prince Henry , which has been compared with ' Lycidas , ' is solemnly pathetic . Drummond anticipated Milton in using the metre of the Hymn of ...
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