Memoirs of the Reign of George III to the Session of Parliament Ending A.D. 1793, Հատոր 3G.G. and J. Robinson, 1795 |
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... admiral ; on which he fired a shot a - head of the count , who returned a broadside : commodore Fielding did the same , and then the Dutch immedi- ately struck their colors . Such of the merchant ships as had naval stores on board were ...
... admiral ; on which he fired a shot a - head of the count , who returned a broadside : commodore Fielding did the same , and then the Dutch immedi- ately struck their colors . Such of the merchant ships as had naval stores on board were ...
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William Belsham. BOOK and the Dutch admiral was informed that he was at XIX . 1780 . liberty to hoist his colors and prosecute his voyage . But he refused to quit his convoy , and accompanied the commodore to Portsmouth . A memorial in ...
William Belsham. BOOK and the Dutch admiral was informed that he was at XIX . 1780 . liberty to hoist his colors and prosecute his voyage . But he refused to quit his convoy , and accompanied the commodore to Portsmouth . A memorial in ...
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... admiral's own ship ; the Monarca , the Princessa , the Diligentè of 70 guns each , struck their colors ; the St. Julien and St. Eugenio were also captured , but through the violence of the tempest were afterwards driven on shore and ...
... admiral's own ship ; the Monarca , the Princessa , the Diligentè of 70 guns each , struck their colors ; the St. Julien and St. Eugenio were also captured , but through the violence of the tempest were afterwards driven on shore and ...
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... admiral Digby , who on his passage captured the Prothée , a French ship of 64 guns , and part of her convoy of merchant ships . 1 No sooner had admiral Rodney taken upon him the command in the West Indies , than every pos- Indies be ...
... admiral Digby , who on his passage captured the Prothée , a French ship of 64 guns , and part of her convoy of merchant ships . 1 No sooner had admiral Rodney taken upon him the command in the West Indies , than every pos- Indies be ...
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... admiral Arbuth- not , of a combined attack against the French and Americans at Rhode Island ; and a large propor- tion of the forces stationed at New York were em- barked for that purpose : but general Washington , by a rapid movement ...
... admiral Arbuth- not , of a combined attack against the French and Americans at Rhode Island ; and a large propor- tion of the forces stationed at New York were em- barked for that purpose : but general Washington , by a rapid movement ...
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Էջ 150 - Then ensued a scene of woe the like of which no eye had seen, no heart conceived, and which no tongue can adequately tell. All the horrors of war before known or heard of were mercy to that new havoc. A storm of universal fire blasted every field, consumed every house, destroyed every temple.
Էջ 150 - Arcot, he drew from every quarter whatever a savage ferocity could add to his new rudiments in the arts of destruction ; and compounding all the materials of fury, havoc, and desolation, into one black cloud, he hung for a while on the declivities of the mountains. Whilst the authors of all these evils were idly and stupidly gazing on this menacing meteor, which blackened all their horizon, it suddenly burst, and poured down the whole of its contents upon the plains of the Carnatic.
Էջ 150 - He resolved, in . the gloomy recesses of a mind 'capacious of such things, to leave the whole Carnatic an everlasting monument of vengeance, and to put perpetual desolation as a barrier between him and those, against whom the faith which holds the moral elements of the world together, was no protection.
Էջ 240 - that the said petition be referred to the consideration of a committee of the whole House, and that the petitioners be heard by themselves before the said committee, if they think fit '
Էջ 231 - SPEECH On a Motion made in the House of Commons, the 7th of May, 1782, for a Committee to inquire into the state of the Representation of the Commons in Parliament.
Էջ 260 - ... or a government to support you. You have conducted the great military contest with wisdom and fortitude, invariably regarding the rights of the civil power through all disasters and changes.
Էջ 261 - Having defended the standard of liberty in this new world, having taught a lesson useful to those who inflict, and to those who feel oppression, you retire from the great theatre of action with the blessings of your fellow-citizens : but the glory of your virtues will not terminate with your military command, — it will continue to animate remotest ages.
Էջ 133 - What merciless enemy has thus spread the horrors of fire and sword — what severe visitation of Providence has dried up the fountain, and taken from the face of the earth every vestige of verdure ? Or, rather, what monsters have stalked over the country, tainting and poisoning, with pestiferous...
Էջ 175 - LEISURE to peruse the memorial ; but that the island of Eustatia was Dutch, every thing in it was Dutch, every thing was under the protection of the Dutch flag, and as Dutch it should be treated.
Էջ 134 - ... the sources of resuscitation — no voracious and poisoning monsters — no, all this has been accomplished by the friendship, generosity, and kindness of the English nation! They have embraced us with their protecting arms, and, lo, these are the fruits of their alliance...