Public characters [Formerly British public characters] of 1798-9 - 1809-10, Том 81806 |
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... CAPTAIN THOMAS MORRIS 322 13. CAPTAIN CHARLES MORRIS 343 14. MR . AARON BURR , LATE VICE - PRESIDENT OF AMERICA 351 15 , THE REV . WALTER BLAKE KIRWAN 388 16. SIR HOME RIGGS POPHAM , K. M ..... 399 17. THE RIGHT HON . GEORGE CANNING ...
... CAPTAIN THOMAS MORRIS 322 13. CAPTAIN CHARLES MORRIS 343 14. MR . AARON BURR , LATE VICE - PRESIDENT OF AMERICA 351 15 , THE REV . WALTER BLAKE KIRWAN 388 16. SIR HOME RIGGS POPHAM , K. M ..... 399 17. THE RIGHT HON . GEORGE CANNING ...
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... captain in the service before he is three - and - twenty years of age perhaps , should either be endowed with , or en- abled at least to acquire , some small degree of discretion . By the regulations of our naval code , a most ...
... captain in the service before he is three - and - twenty years of age perhaps , should either be endowed with , or en- abled at least to acquire , some small degree of discretion . By the regulations of our naval code , a most ...
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... captains , made it their daily study to inquire into the progress of the young gentlemen placed on their quarter ... Captain Elphin- stone stood as candidate for the county of Dumbar- ton , in which his family possessed considerable ...
... captains , made it their daily study to inquire into the progress of the young gentlemen placed on their quarter ... Captain Elphin- stone stood as candidate for the county of Dumbar- ton , in which his family possessed considerable ...
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... Captain Elphinstone served in America , and was present at the attack of Mud- island and Charlestown . Vice Admiral Arbuthnot , having shifted his flag from the Europa of sixty - four guns to the Roebuck of forty - four , proceeded from ...
... Captain Elphinstone served in America , and was present at the attack of Mud- island and Charlestown . Vice Admiral Arbuthnot , having shifted his flag from the Europa of sixty - four guns to the Roebuck of forty - four , proceeded from ...
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... Captain Elphinstone's pennant was flying in the little detachment ; and on the requisition of the General for some heavy cannon from the fleet , the same were landed with a detachment of seamen under him and Captain Evans of the Raleigh ...
... Captain Elphinstone's pennant was flying in the little detachment ; and on the requisition of the General for some heavy cannon from the fleet , the same were landed with a detachment of seamen under him and Captain Evans of the Raleigh ...
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Страница 337 - I, that am curtail'd of this fair proportion, Cheated of feature by dissembling Nature, Deform'd, unfinish'd, sent before my time Into this breathing world scarce half made up, And that so lamely and unfashionable That dogs bark at me as I halt by them...
Страница 342 - Euphrosyne, And by men, heart-easing Mirth, Whom lovely Venus at a birth With two sister Graces more To ivy-crowned Bacchus bore...
Страница 245 - One asylum of free discussion is still inviolate. There is still one spot in Europe where man can freely exercise his reason on the most important concerns of society, where he can boldly publish his judgment on the acts of the proudest and most powerful tyrants. The press of England is still free. It is guarded by the free Constitution of our forefathers. It is guarded by the hearts and arms of Englishmen, and I trust, I may venture to say, that if it be to fall, it will fall only under the ruins...
Страница 553 - An elegant sufficiency, content, Retirement, rural quiet, friendship, books, Ease and alternate labour, useful life, Progressive virtue, and approving Heaven.
Страница 337 - That dogs bark at me, as I halt by them; Why, I, in this weak piping time of peace, Have no delight to pass away the time...
Страница 371 - I stand ready to avow or disavow promptly and explicitly any precise or definite opinion which I may be charged with having declared of any gentleman.
Страница 503 - My name is Norval: on the Grampian hills My father feeds his flocks; a frugal swain, Whose constant cares were to increase his store, And keep his only son, myself, at home.
Страница 370 - still more despicable,' admits of infinite shades, from very light to very dark. How am I to judge of the degree intended ? or how shall I annex any precise idea to language so indefinite...
Страница 46 - O early lost ! what tears the river shed, When the sad pomp along his banks was led ! His drooping swans on ev'ry note expire, 275 And on his willows hung each muse's lyre.
Страница 375 - Jay, Adams, and Hamilton ; the only three who can be supposed to have stood in that relation to him. That he has too much reason to believe that, in regard to Mr. Hamilton, there has been no reciprocity. For several years his name has been lent to the support of base slanders. He has never had the generosity, the magnanimity, or the candor to contradict or disavow.