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... soon after concluded be- tween the emperors of Germany and France , Alexander departed for Rus- sia . Speculation might delight to enquire into the probable consequences of mili tary adventure on the mind of this esti- mable and ...
... soon after concluded be- tween the emperors of Germany and France , Alexander departed for Rus- sia . Speculation might delight to enquire into the probable consequences of mili tary adventure on the mind of this esti- mable and ...
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... soon as distinguishable for his acquirements , and the superior elegance of his man- ners , as he was already by the graces of his person . Her love for this amiable youth was ardent and sincere : she ad- " When an English gentleman ...
... soon as distinguishable for his acquirements , and the superior elegance of his man- ners , as he was already by the graces of his person . Her love for this amiable youth was ardent and sincere : she ad- " When an English gentleman ...
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... soon after which , his lordship , who had obtained permission from the Admiralty , returned to England , and Captain T. remained with the fleet , until sent home by Sir Charles Mau- rice Poole , with dispatches to the Lords of the ...
... soon after which , his lordship , who had obtained permission from the Admiralty , returned to England , and Captain T. remained with the fleet , until sent home by Sir Charles Mau- rice Poole , with dispatches to the Lords of the ...
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... soon trimmed up and silenced . was a more delicate business ; I must either disobey my orders , or disobey aets of parliament which disobeying . I determined upon the former , trusting to the uprightness of my intention , and believing ...
... soon trimmed up and silenced . was a more delicate business ; I must either disobey my orders , or disobey aets of parliament which disobeying . I determined upon the former , trusting to the uprightness of my intention , and believing ...
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... soon made sensible of the impropriety of treating a doctor in such a manner , and he promised to make , and did make a most ample apology , an apo- logy which displayed another contrast between Great Britain and the regions of Oulo ...
... soon made sensible of the impropriety of treating a doctor in such a manner , and he promised to make , and did make a most ample apology , an apo- logy which displayed another contrast between Great Britain and the regions of Oulo ...
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Page 514 - THERE is a calm for those who weep, A rest for weary pilgrims found : They softly lie, and sweetly sleep, Low in the ground. The...
Page 503 - May the Great God, whom I worship, grant to my Country, and for the benefit of Europe in general, a great and glorious Victory; and may no misconduct in any one tarnish it; and may humanity after Victory be the predominant feature in the British Fleet. For myself, individually, I commit my life to Him, who made me, and may his blessing light upon my endeavours for serving my Country faithfully. To him I resign myself and the just cause which is entrusted to me to defend. Amen. Amen. Amen.
Page 196 - Collingwood, disdaining the parade of taking possession of a vanquished enemy, most gallantly pushed up, with every sail set, to save his old friend and messmate, who was to appearance in a critical state ; the Blenheim being ahead, the Culloden crippled and astern.
Page 303 - That during the war he has assisted at the capture of seven sail of the line, six frigates, four corvettes, and eleven privateers, of different sizes ; and taken and destroyed near fifty sail of merchantmen; and your Memorialist has actually been engaged against the enemy upwards of one hundred and twenty times.
Page 123 - Unindebted to the suggestions of surrounding objects, his whole soul is employed. He enters into nice calculations; he digests sagacious reasonings. In imagination he declaims or describes, impressed with the deepest sympathy, or elevated to the loftiest rapture. He makes a thousand new and admirable combinations. He passes through a thousand imaginary scenes, tries his courage, tasks his ingenuity, and thus becomes gradually prepared to meet almost any of the many-coloured events of human life.
Page 503 - CODICIL TO LORD NELSON'S WILL " October the twenty-first, one thousand eight hundred and five, then in sight of the combined fleets of France and Spain, distant about ten miles.
Page 64 - ... interest. These payments, with those which had been made in three years and a half preceding, have extinguished of the funded debt nearly eighteen millions of principal. Congress, by their act of...
Page 64 - ... meeting the claims of our citizens assumed by the convention with France. We have not, however, made use of this authority, because the sum of four millions and...
Page 303 - ... served on shore with the army four months, and commanded the batteries at the sieges of Bastia and Calvi...
Page 343 - ... a few minutes after to engage as close as possible, when, at a short period after ten, the Superb closed upon the bow of the Alexander, the leading ship, and commenced the action ; but after three broadsides she sheered off : the signal was now made for closer action, and we were enabled to attack the Admiral...