The Analectic Magazine...: Comprising Original Reviews, Biography, Analytical Abstracts of New Publications, Volumen 8Published and sold by Moses Thomas, 1816 |
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... superior genius . Jones having thus at the age of nine years adopted For- tune for his stepmother , bent his way to Leith , where he en- gaged himself as cabin - boy in a ship engaged in the coal trade . In this situation he continued ...
... superior genius . Jones having thus at the age of nine years adopted For- tune for his stepmother , bent his way to Leith , where he en- gaged himself as cabin - boy in a ship engaged in the coal trade . In this situation he continued ...
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... superior officers , and soon after his return received a commission , and the command of a sloop of war carrying twelve guns . In this vessel he made a successful cruise , capturing and sending in several prizes . Soon after this he ...
... superior officers , and soon after his return received a commission , and the command of a sloop of war carrying twelve guns . In this vessel he made a successful cruise , capturing and sending in several prizes . Soon after this he ...
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... superior force . Accordingly , captain Jones ordered the sailing master , a true blooded Yankee , whose name was Stacy , to lay the enemy's ship on board ; and as the Serapis soon after pass- ed across our fore foot , our helm was put ...
... superior force . Accordingly , captain Jones ordered the sailing master , a true blooded Yankee , whose name was Stacy , to lay the enemy's ship on board ; and as the Serapis soon after pass- ed across our fore foot , our helm was put ...
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... superior to the Wasp by exactly four guns ; thus making the Wasp's number of guns accord with my own ob- servation . In fact , the synopsis in the British Naval Chroni- cle states the Wasp to mount but eighteen guns . Here then is the ...
... superior to the Wasp by exactly four guns ; thus making the Wasp's number of guns accord with my own ob- servation . In fact , the synopsis in the British Naval Chroni- cle states the Wasp to mount but eighteen guns . Here then is the ...
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... superior force of the enemy's ship , aided by her superior sailing , which enabled her to take such a position that the carronades of the Cyane were of little effect , while the enemy was enabled to keep up a constant fire from ...
... superior force of the enemy's ship , aided by her superior sailing , which enabled her to take such a position that the carronades of the Cyane were of little effect , while the enemy was enabled to keep up a constant fire from ...
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Página 82 - Warwick; his father was a butcher, and I have been told heretofore by some of the neighbours that, when he was a boy, he exercised his father's trade; but when he killed a calf, he would do it in a high style and make a speech.
Página 42 - Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb? When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a...
Página 524 - While Powers of mind almost of boundless range, Complete in kind — as various in their change, While Eloquence — Wit — Poesy— and Mirth, That humbler Harmonist of care on Earth, Survive within our souls — while lives our sense Of pride in Merit's proud pre-eminence, Long shall we seek his likeness— long in vain, And turn to all of him which may remain, Sighing that Nature form'd but one such man, And broke the die — in moulding Sheridan ! NOTES MONODY ON THE DEATH OF SHERIDAN.
Página 268 - TRANSACTIONS of the Society instituted at London for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce, with the Premiums offered in the year 1783.
Página 42 - When he prepared the heavens, I was there; when he set a compass upon the face of the depth...
Página 246 - This world is all a fleeting show For man's illusion given ; The smiles of joy, the tears of woe, Deceitful shine, deceitful flow, — There's nothing true but Heaven...
Página 55 - ... tis a morn of May Round old Ravenna's clear-shown towers and bay. A morn, the loveliest which the year has seen, Last of the spring, yet fresh with all its green; For a warm eve, and gentle rains at night Have left a sparkling welcome for the light, And there's a crystal clearness all about; The leaves are sharp, the distant hills look out; A balmy briskness comes upon the breeze; The smoke goes dancing from the cottage trees; And when you listen, you may hear a coil Of bubbling springs about...
Página 104 - With head up-raised, and look intent, And eye and ear attentive bent, And locks flung back, and lips apart, Like monument of Grecian art, In listening mood, she seemed to stand The guardian Naiad of the strand.
Página 41 - Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?