Celebrated Naval and Military TrialsW.H. Allen, 1866 - 399 էջ |
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... British navy than that of Admiral Benbow . He had been a sailor himself , and he was , while living , the sailors ' idol ; and since his death his memory has been held in much reverence by the Jack Tars of that and every succeeding age ...
... British navy than that of Admiral Benbow . He had been a sailor himself , and he was , while living , the sailors ' idol ; and since his death his memory has been held in much reverence by the Jack Tars of that and every succeeding age ...
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... British Navy , " to which I shall have to refer more than once in this volume , gives the following clear and spirited account of the memorable engagement : - " In the autum of 1701 Benbow had been sent to the Antilles , where it was ...
... British Navy , " to which I shall have to refer more than once in this volume , gives the following clear and spirited account of the memorable engagement : - " In the autum of 1701 Benbow had been sent to the Antilles , where it was ...
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... British flag . ' Presently he was addressed in a dif- ferent spirit . Captain Kirby had the audacity to come on board the Breda , and tell him , that he had better desist ; the French were very strong , and , from what had passed , he ...
... British flag . ' Presently he was addressed in a dif- ferent spirit . Captain Kirby had the audacity to come on board the Breda , and tell him , that he had better desist ; the French were very strong , and , from what had passed , he ...
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... British seaman to the very last . He was all along extremely sensible of his danger , and never entertained any flattering hopes of recovery . Yet , while he calmly and religiously pre- pared for death , he , during his illness , never ...
... British seaman to the very last . He was all along extremely sensible of his danger , and never entertained any flattering hopes of recovery . Yet , while he calmly and religiously pre- pared for death , he , during his illness , never ...
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... British public , ever mindful of greatness in the British navy , permits no oblivion to rest on his personal worth , his achievements , and his fame . 1 CAPTAIN KIDD , A PIRATE WITH A ROYAL COMMISSION . 20 CELEBRATED TRIALS .
... British public , ever mindful of greatness in the British navy , permits no oblivion to rest on his personal worth , his achievements , and his fame . 1 CAPTAIN KIDD , A PIRATE WITH A ROYAL COMMISSION . 20 CELEBRATED TRIALS .
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Admiral Buckner Admiral Byng Admiral Keppel admiral's Admiralty afterwards appeared Armstrong arrived asked battle Bligh board the Sandwich Bounty British fleet brought Captain Kidd Captain Lacy cavalry charge Colonel Despard command conduct court court-martial crime death defence deponent duty Earl Edward Marcus Despard enemy engagement England evidence execution favour Ferrol fire France French fleet frigates garrison gentlemen George Sack Governor Wall guilty guns heard honour indictment island John John Benbow John Byng jury justice king Lavallette letter Lord George Sackville lordship Majesty's ment Minorca morning murder mutiny naval navy o'clock occasion officers Palliser Parker passed persons pirates Pitcairn's Island Portsmouth President Prince prisoner proceeded punishment received regiment Robert Calder sail seaman sentence ship signal Silas Deane Sir Robert Calder soldiers squadron Thomas tion told took trial vessel Vice-Admiral whole William witnesses
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Էջ 313 - An Act to empower His Majesty to secure and detain such persons as His Majesty shall suspect are conspiring against his person and government.
Էջ 220 - I will arise and go to my father, and say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee, and am no more worthy to be called thy son : make me as one of thy hired servants.
Էջ 70 - Every person in the fleet, who through cowardice, negligence, or disaffection, shall in time of action withdraw or keep back, or not come into the fight or engagement, or shall not do his utmost to take or destroy every ship which it shall be his duty to engage, and to assist and relieve...
Էջ 337 - ... be taken to the place from whence you came, and from thence you are to be drawn on hurdles to the place of execution, where you are to be hanged by the neck, but not until you are dead...
Էջ 151 - ... that she had lived in credit, and wanted for nothing, till a press-gang came and stole her husband from her ; but, since then, she had no bed to lie on ; nothing to give her children to eat; and they were almost naked ; and perhaps she might have done something wrong, for she hardly knew what she did.
Էջ 198 - It was painted by an artist worthy of the subject, the excellent friend of that excellent man from their earliest youth, and a common friend of us both, with whom we lived for many years without a moment of coldness, of peevishness, of jealousy, or of jar, to the day of our final...
Էջ 204 - The gentle island, and the genial soil, The friendly hearts, the feasts without a toil, The courteous manners but from nature caught, The wealth unhoarded, and the love unbought ; Could these have cfcrms for rudest sea-boys, driven Before the mast by every wind of heaven ? And now, even now prepared with others' woes To earn mild Virtue's vain desire, repose?
Էջ 151 - It is a circumstance not to be forgotten, that she was very young (under nineteen), and most remarkably handsome. She went to a linen-draper's shop, took some coarse linen off the counter, and slipped it under her cloak ; the shop-man saw her, and she laid it down : for this she was hanged.
Էջ 128 - The noise subsided, and he was asked if he had anything to say why sentence of death should not be passed upon him.
Էջ 199 - ... and virtue in it, things had taken a different turn from what they did, I should have attended him to the quarter-deck with no less good will and more pride, though with far other feelings, than I partook of the general flow of national joy that attended the justice that was done to his virtue.