The Annual Biography and Obituary for the Year ..., Bind 8Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1824 |
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... enemy to the rout , and seized their artillery , ammunition , horses , and two stands of colours . On the first of October , the combined British , Spanish , and Neapolitan forces , under the command of Lord Mulgrave , Cap- tain ...
... enemy to the rout , and seized their artillery , ammunition , horses , and two stands of colours . On the first of October , the combined British , Spanish , and Neapolitan forces , under the command of Lord Mulgrave , Cap- tain ...
Side 9
... enemy endeavoured to regain the im- portant position they had lost , having drawn out their whole force from Cape - Town , with eight field - pieces ; but were every where repulsed . Upon this occasion the seamen and marines ...
... enemy endeavoured to regain the im- portant position they had lost , having drawn out their whole force from Cape - Town , with eight field - pieces ; but were every where repulsed . Upon this occasion the seamen and marines ...
Side 10
... enemy ; and so rapid were the movements of his squadron , so well laid were all his plans , so admirably adapted were the means to the object , that in a very short- time the islands of Ceylon * , Cochin , Malacca , and the Mo- luccas ...
... enemy ; and so rapid were the movements of his squadron , so well laid were all his plans , so admirably adapted were the means to the object , that in a very short- time the islands of Ceylon * , Cochin , Malacca , and the Mo- luccas ...
Side 11
... enemy's squadron were descried , con- sisting of two ships of 66 guns each , one of 54 , five frigates , and sloops , and one store - ship . Sir George , seeing the inferiority of their force in point of numbers , came to anchor within ...
... enemy's squadron were descried , con- sisting of two ships of 66 guns each , one of 54 , five frigates , and sloops , and one store - ship . Sir George , seeing the inferiority of their force in point of numbers , came to anchor within ...
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... enemy's force * , offered them battle , which they assiduously declined ; neither did the French Ad- miral , Bruix , persevere in the attempt to join his friends at Cadiz , which port was not more than seven or eight miles to leeward ...
... enemy's force * , offered them battle , which they assiduously declined ; neither did the French Ad- miral , Bruix , persevere in the attempt to join his friends at Cadiz , which port was not more than seven or eight miles to leeward ...
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action Admiral afterwards Angerstein appeared appointed army attack attention Baillie became Bishop Bishop of Calcutta brigade British brother Captain celebrated character Colonel command cowpox daughter death disease distinguished Duke Duke of Wellington Dumouriez duty Earl St effect eminent enemy enemy's England expression father favour feelings fleet Foudroyant France French George George Beckwith Glenbervie guns Henry Raeburn honour Hope House Hutton Jenner JOHN PHILIP KEMBLE Kemble Kemble's King late letter Lieutenant Lieutenant-Colonel Lieutenant-General London Lord Lord Keith Lordship Majesty Majesty's Major-General manner married ment mind Mysteries of Udolpho nature naval never noble Nollekens observed occasion officers parliament person physician picture Playfair possession present profession racter Radcliffe received regiment respect retired Royal Schanck ships Sir David Baird Sir Henry Sir John Jervis smallpox Society soon squadron talents tion took troops vaccination Vincent William wounded
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Side 36 - Hear, Nature, hear ! dear goddess, hear ! Suspend thy purpose, if thou didst intend To make this creature fruitful ! Into her womb convey sterility ! Dry up in her the organs of increase, And from her derogate...
Side 45 - His transport's most impetuous tone, And to each passion of his breast The graces gave their zone. High were the task — too high, Ye conscious bosoms here ! In words to paint your memory Of Kemble and of Lear; But who forgets that white discrowned head, Those bursts of reason's half-extinguish'd glare — Those tears upon Cordelia's bosom shed, In doubt more touching than despair, If 'twas reality he felt?
Side 55 - Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my latter end be like his.
Side 420 - LL.D., Downing Professor of the Laws of England in the University of Cambridge.
Side 198 - Vaccinae, A Disease Discovered in Some of the Western Counties of England. Particularly Gloucestershire, and Known by the Name of the Cow Pox...
Side 35 - I have liv'd long enough : my way of life Is fall'n into the sear, the yellow leaf: And that which should accompany .old age, As honour, love, obedience, troops of friends, I must not look to have ; but, in their stead, Curses, not loud, but deep, mouth-honour, breath, Which the poor heart would fain deny, but dare not.
Side 45 - For ill can Poetry express Full many a tone of thought sublime, And Painting, mute and motionless, Steals but a glance of time. But by the mighty actor brought, Illusion's perfect triumphs come, — Verse ceases to be airy thought, And Sculpture to be dumb.
Side 93 - His figure was striking, but not so from grace ; it was tall, and, though extremely thin, his limbs were large and uncouth, and as he stalked along, wrapt in the black garments of his order, there was something terrible in its air ; something almost superhuman.
Side 471 - Kent. Vex not his ghost. O, let him pass! He hates him That would upon the rack of this tough world Stretch him out longer.
Side 117 - Our tender plants, how blows the citron grove, What drops the myrrh, and what the balmy reed, How nature paints her colours, how the bee Sits on the bloom extracting liquid sweet.