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, 1. kötetJohnson & Stryker, at the Literary Printing-Office No. 29 Gold-Street, 1801 |
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104. oldal
... admiral Vernon , across the isthmus of Darien : an expedition , the principal object of which failed by the unaccountable delay in fitting him out . He sailed however , from St. He- lens 18th September , 1740 - doubled Cape Horn in a ...
... admiral Vernon , across the isthmus of Darien : an expedition , the principal object of which failed by the unaccountable delay in fitting him out . He sailed however , from St. He- lens 18th September , 1740 - doubled Cape Horn in a ...
106. oldal
... Admiral of the White ; and in the following year he was raised to the rank of Vice Admiral . In the latter end of 1746 , and the begin- ning of 1747 , he commanded the squadron in the channel service ; but as intelligence had been com ...
... Admiral of the White ; and in the following year he was raised to the rank of Vice Admiral . In the latter end of 1746 , and the begin- ning of 1747 , he commanded the squadron in the channel service ; but as intelligence had been com ...
107. oldal
... admiral's disposition , he was calm , cool , steady , persevering and intrepid : but he is reported to have been frequently a dupe at play , from which , as well as other circumstances , it was well observ- ed , that " though he had ...
... admiral's disposition , he was calm , cool , steady , persevering and intrepid : but he is reported to have been frequently a dupe at play , from which , as well as other circumstances , it was well observ- ed , that " though he had ...
167. oldal
... vessels . Of this fleet Aruch the elder brother was admiral and Haradin second in command . They called them- selves the friends of the sea , and the enemies of all who sailed upon it : and rendered their names terrible DICTIONARY . 167.
... vessels . Of this fleet Aruch the elder brother was admiral and Haradin second in command . They called them- selves the friends of the sea , and the enemies of all who sailed upon it : and rendered their names terrible DICTIONARY . 167.
179. oldal
... admiral , son of John , first Lord Viscount Barrington , was born in Berkshire , England , in 1729 . Our admiral was one of five brothers , who rose to the highest dignities , that can be obtained in their respective lines . William the ...
... admiral , son of John , first Lord Viscount Barrington , was born in Berkshire , England , in 1729 . Our admiral was one of five brothers , who rose to the highest dignities , that can be obtained in their respective lines . William the ...
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379. oldal - you choose a member, indeed, but when you have chosen him, he is not a member of Bristol, but a member of parliament. If the local constituent should have an interest, or should form an hasty opinion, evidently opposite to the real good of the
379. oldal - Certainly, Gentlemen," says he, " it ought to be the happiness and glory of a representative, to live in the strictest union, the closest correspondence, and the most unreserved communication with his constituents. Their wishes ought to have great weight with him ; their opinion high respect; their business unremitted attention : it is his duty to sacrifice his repose, his pleasures, his satisfaction, to theirs:
251. oldal - could be rarely hurt by them. He was the first that infused, that degree of courage into seamen, by making them see by experience, what mighty things they could do, if they were resolved; and the first that taught them to fight in fire as well as
156. oldal - and remain prisoner in the tower, during the king's pleasure: that he should for ever be incapable of any office, place, or employment in the state or commonwealth: and that he should never sit in Parliament, or come within the verge of the court.
493. oldal - any way, as on the wings of poetry ; he is the most noted and most deserving man, in the whole profession of Chirurgery ; and has saved the lives of thousands, by his manner of cutting for the stone." In his several publications on anatomy, he never failed to introduce select cases in surgery ; and, to
379. oldal - but his unbiassed opinion, his mature judgment, his enlightened conscience he ought not to sacrifice to you, to any man, or to any set of men.
392. oldal - was of considerable weight, in the unfolding of his genius and character •, as he soon became remarkable for the fluency and correctness of his expression, and read the few books that came in his way, with much pleasure and improvement; for even then, he was a reader, when he could get a book.
348. oldal - encouragement of geography though a mere private Briton. I triumphed here in my own mind over kings and their armies; and every comparison was leading nearer and nearer to the presumption, when the place itself, where I stood, the object of my vain glory, suggested what depressed my
457. oldal - he laboured to enslave the inhabitants of another region ; and in the warmth of his zeal to save the Americans from the yoke, pronounced it to be lawful and expedient to impose one still heavier upon the Africans. Unfortunately for the latter, Las
230. oldal - genius. How Shakespeare wrote, all men, who have a taste for nature may read and know ; but with what higher rapture would he still be read, could they conceive how Betterton played him ; then might they know, the one was born alone to speak, what the other only knew to write.