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... manner : to whom I feel myself par- ticularly indebted , as also to captain Cuming for his assistance during the action . Inclosed is a list of the killed and wounded on board the different ships . If I may judge from the great ...
... manner : to whom I feel myself par- ticularly indebted , as also to captain Cuming for his assistance during the action . Inclosed is a list of the killed and wounded on board the different ships . If I may judge from the great ...
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... manner by some of the English newspapers , Sir Robert Calder , in a dispatch to the Admi- ralty , dated October 2 , 1805 , requested that an enquiry might immediately take place , respecting his conduct during the late action , " for ...
... manner by some of the English newspapers , Sir Robert Calder , in a dispatch to the Admi- ralty , dated October 2 , 1805 , requested that an enquiry might immediately take place , respecting his conduct during the late action , " for ...
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... manner of life , per- haps , were still more endeared to him by the charms of his lovely cousin , Catharine . Their affections proving mutual , a marriage in due time ensued ; and on the death of the gentleman who united in his own ...
... manner of life , per- haps , were still more endeared to him by the charms of his lovely cousin , Catharine . Their affections proving mutual , a marriage in due time ensued ; and on the death of the gentleman who united in his own ...
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... and sincere . He possessed all the manners and accomplishments of the gentleman and the man of fashion . Mr. Sawbridge died in 1794. " barley into malt , at length determined to establish a € 4 HARVEY_CHRISTIAN COMBE , ESQ . 23.
... and sincere . He possessed all the manners and accomplishments of the gentleman and the man of fashion . Mr. Sawbridge died in 1794. " barley into malt , at length determined to establish a € 4 HARVEY_CHRISTIAN COMBE , ESQ . 23.
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... manner by a wealthy brewer of Antwerp . George I , and II . honoured the Gascoynes with their presence . His present Majesty George III . condescended to visit the premises of the first Whitbread , ( father to the late celebrated M. P. ...
... manner by a wealthy brewer of Antwerp . George I , and II . honoured the Gascoynes with their presence . His present Majesty George III . condescended to visit the premises of the first Whitbread , ( father to the late celebrated M. P. ...
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Página 322 - The Lord gave and the Lord taketh away; blessed be the name of the Lord.
Página 213 - And he commanded a centurion to keep Paul, and to let him have liberty, and that he should forbid none of his acquaintance to minister or come unto him.
Página 314 - Full many a gem of purest ray serene The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear : Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air. Some village- Hampden, that, with dauntless breast, The little tyrant of his fields withstood, Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest, Some Cromwell guiltless of his country's blood. Th...
Página 297 - The prince, unable to conceal his pain, Gaz'd on the fair, Who caus'd his care, And sigh'd and look'd, sigh'd and look'd, Sigh'd and look'd, and sigh'd again : At length with love and wine at once oppress'd, The vanquish'd victor sunk upon her breast.
Página 296 - Flushed with a purple grace He shows his honest face : Now give the hautboys breath; he comes, he comes! Bacchus, ever fair and young, Drinking joys did first ordain; Bacchus...
Página 296 - With flying fingers touched the lyre : The trembling notes ascend the sky And heavenly joys inspire. The song began from Jove Who left his blissful seats above — Such is the power of mighty love ! A dragon's fiery form belied the god ; Sublime on radiant...
Página 397 - ... promptitude and compass of knowledge confined in any degree to the studies connected with his ordinary pursuits. That he should have been minutely and extensively skilled in chemistry and the arts, and in most of the branches of physical science, might perhaps have been conjectured ; but it could not have been inferred from his usual occupations, and probably is not generally known, that he was curiously learned in many branches of antiquity, metaphysics, medicine, and etymology, and perfectly...
Página 395 - It has increased indefinitely the mass of human comforts and enjoyments; and rendered cheap and accessible, all over the world, the materials of wealth and prosperity. It has armed the feeble hand of man, in short, with a power to which no limits can be assigned; completed the dominion of mind over the most refractory qualities of matter; and laid a sure foundation for all those future miracles of mechanic power which are to aid and reward the labors of after generations.
Página 398 - He had a certain quiet and grave humour, which ran through most of his conversation, and a vein of temperate jocularity, which gave infinite zest and effect to the condensed and inexhaustible information which formed its main staple and characteristic. There was a little air. of affected testiness, and a tone of pretended rebuke and contradiction, with which he used to...