The Annual Biography and Obituary, Bind 14Longman., 1830 |
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... soon after his return to the Mediterranean captured a French privateer and two valuable convoys on the coast of Istria and Apulia ; not to mention several other successful enterprises of inferior moment ; in one of which some des ...
... soon after his return to the Mediterranean captured a French privateer and two valuable convoys on the coast of Istria and Apulia ; not to mention several other successful enterprises of inferior moment ; in one of which some des ...
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... soon as the artillery and stores necessary for the siege were embarked from that fortress . On my arrival here on the 19th , I found the place invested by the Austrian General Milutinovitch , with two Croat battalions ; but not a single ...
... soon as the artillery and stores necessary for the siege were embarked from that fortress . On my arrival here on the 19th , I found the place invested by the Austrian General Milutinovitch , with two Croat battalions ; but not a single ...
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... Soon after this , being in ill health , he quitted the Bacchante , and returned to England as a passenger in the Cerberus frigate . On the 18th of May , 1814 , Captain Hoste received the royal licence to wear the insignia of a Knight of ...
... Soon after this , being in ill health , he quitted the Bacchante , and returned to England as a passenger in the Cerberus frigate . On the 18th of May , 1814 , Captain Hoste received the royal licence to wear the insignia of a Knight of ...
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... soon after introduced at Court , and was one of the procession at the marriage of the Princess Royal to the Duke of Wirtemburgh . After her marriage , the Countess of Derby on no occasion obtruded herself on public notice , or in any ...
... soon after introduced at Court , and was one of the procession at the marriage of the Princess Royal to the Duke of Wirtemburgh . After her marriage , the Countess of Derby on no occasion obtruded herself on public notice , or in any ...
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... soon became the favourite of the family , and his visit turned out to be one rather of plea- sure and enjoyment than of improvement . On his return to London , he was placed with an eminent solicitor , and excel- lent man , in very ...
... soon became the favourite of the family , and his visit turned out to be one rather of plea- sure and enjoyment than of improvement . On his return to London , he was placed with an eminent solicitor , and excel- lent man , in very ...
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Side 395 - And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the Word of His grace, Which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified.
Side 133 - Vixere fortes ante Agamemnona Multi, sed omnes illacrymabiles Urgentur, ignotique longa Nocte, carent quia vate sacro.
Side 160 - Time made thee what thou wast, king of the woods ; And time hath made thee what thou art — a cave For owls to roost in.
Side 268 - Thoughts on the English Government — addressed to the quiet good sense of the people of England...
Side 201 - Essays on the Lives and Writings of Fletcher of Saltoun and the Poet Thomson: Biographical, critical, and political.
Side 47 - ... in a state of intense activity ; and a platina wire, communicating with the positive side, was brought in contact with the upper surface of the alkali. The whole apparatus was in the open atmosphere.
Side 50 - In sciences kindred to chemistry, the knowledge of the nature of the alkalies, and the analogies arising in consequence, will open many new views; they may lead to the solution of many problems in geology, and shew that agents may have operated in the formation of rocks and earths which have not hitherto been suspected to exist.
Side 144 - For the repeated thanks and grants bestowed upon you by this house, in gratitude for your many and eminent services, you have thought fit this day to offer us your acknowledgments; but this nation well knows that it is still largely your debtor. It owes to you the proud satisfaction, that amidst the constellation of illustrious warriors, who have recently visited our country...
Side 63 - The Bakerian Lecture, on some of the Combinations of Oxymuriatic Gas and Oxygen, and on the Chemical Relations of these Principles to inflammable Bodies.