The New Universal Biographical Dictionary, and American Remembrancer of Departed Merit: Containing Complete and Impartial Accounts of the Lives and Writings of the Most Eminent Persons in Every Nation, But More Particularly of Those who Have Signalized Themselves in America. In Four Volumes. Embellished with a Number of Portraits of the Most Distinguished Characters, Engraved from Original Drawings, 3-4. kötetJohnson & Stryker, at the Literary Printing-Office No. 29 Gold-Street, 1802 |
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39. oldal
... French king's mathematical professor , with whom Hobbes contracted a very close frie ship , which was not interrupted till the death of the foriner . In 1642 , Mr. Hobbes printed a few copies of his book " De Cive , " which , in ...
... French king's mathematical professor , with whom Hobbes contracted a very close frie ship , which was not interrupted till the death of the foriner . In 1642 , Mr. Hobbes printed a few copies of his book " De Cive , " which , in ...
59. oldal
... French privateer . " Before we left Brest " ( says Mr. H. in his Essay on Prisons ) " I suffered the ex- tremity of thirst , not having , for above forty hours , one drop of water , nor hardly a morsel of food . In the castle at Brest ...
... French privateer . " Before we left Brest " ( says Mr. H. in his Essay on Prisons ) " I suffered the ex- tremity of thirst , not having , for above forty hours , one drop of water , nor hardly a morsel of food . In the castle at Brest ...
69. oldal
... French ships , notwithstanding their prodigious superiority in men and metal , to sheer off , leaving the Baltimore ... French fleet , into the gulph of St. Lawrence , when Captain Howe took the Alcide , a French ship of 64 guns , off ...
... French ships , notwithstanding their prodigious superiority in men and metal , to sheer off , leaving the Baltimore ... French fleet , into the gulph of St. Lawrence , when Captain Howe took the Alcide , a French ship of 64 guns , off ...
70. oldal
... French coast , Captain Howe was appointed to the Mag- nanime , in which ship , he battered the fort on the island of Aix , till it surrendered . In 1758 , he was appointed commodore of a small squadron , which sailed to annoy the enemy ...
... French coast , Captain Howe was appointed to the Mag- nanime , in which ship , he battered the fort on the island of Aix , till it surrendered . In 1758 , he was appointed commodore of a small squadron , which sailed to annoy the enemy ...
71. oldal
... French fleet , under Conflans , was defeated . In March , 1760 , he was appointed colonel of marines , and , in September following , he was ordered by Sir Edward Hawke to reduce the French fort on the isle of Daniel , in order to save ...
... French fleet , under Conflans , was defeated . In March , 1760 , he was appointed colonel of marines , and , in September following , he was ordered by Sir Edward Hawke to reduce the French fort on the isle of Daniel , in order to save ...
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