Analectic Magazine: Containing Selections from Foreign Reviews and Magazines, 8. kötetJames Maxwell, 1816 |
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... superior genius . Jones having thus at the age of nine years adopted For- tune for his stepmother , bent his way to Leith , where he en- gaged himself as cabin - boy in a ship engaged in the coal trade . In this situation he continued ...
... superior genius . Jones having thus at the age of nine years adopted For- tune for his stepmother , bent his way to Leith , where he en- gaged himself as cabin - boy in a ship engaged in the coal trade . In this situation he continued ...
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... superior officers , and soon after his return received a commission , and the command of a sloop of war carrying twelve guns . In this vessel he made a successful cruise , capturing and sending in several prizes . Soon after this he ...
... superior officers , and soon after his return received a commission , and the command of a sloop of war carrying twelve guns . In this vessel he made a successful cruise , capturing and sending in several prizes . Soon after this he ...
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... superior force . Accordingly , captain Jones ordered the sailing master , a true blooded Yankee , whose name was Stacy , to lay the enemy's ship on board ; and as the Serapis soon after pass- ed across our fore foot , our helm was put ...
... superior force . Accordingly , captain Jones ordered the sailing master , a true blooded Yankee , whose name was Stacy , to lay the enemy's ship on board ; and as the Serapis soon after pass- ed across our fore foot , our helm was put ...
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... superior to the Wasp by exactly four guns ; thus making the Wasp's number of guns accord with my own ob- servation . In fact , the synopsis in the British Naval Chroni- cle states the Wasp to mount but eighteen guns . Here then is the ...
... superior to the Wasp by exactly four guns ; thus making the Wasp's number of guns accord with my own ob- servation . In fact , the synopsis in the British Naval Chroni- cle states the Wasp to mount but eighteen guns . Here then is the ...
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... superior force of the enemy's ship , aided by her superior sailing , which enabled her to take such a position that the carronades of the Cyane were of little effect , while the enemy was enabled to keep up a constant fire from ...
... superior force of the enemy's ship , aided by her superior sailing , which enabled her to take such a position that the carronades of the Cyane were of little effect , while the enemy was enabled to keep up a constant fire from ...
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53. oldal - Or who shut up the sea with doors, When it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb ? When I made the cloud the garment thereof, And thick darkness a...
270. oldal - TRANSACTIONS of the Society instituted at London for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce, with the Premiums offered in the year 1783.
53. oldal - When he prepared the heavens, I was there; when he set a compass upon the face of the depth...
207. oldal - I have seen them often," added he, "standing in that very attitude, and pursuing, with an intense eye, the arrow which they had just discharged from the bow.
507. oldal - Is fix'd for ever to detract or praise : Repose denies her requiem to his name. And Folly loves the martyrdom of Fame. The secret enemy whose sleepless eye Stands sentinel — accuser — judge— and spy, The foe — the fool — the jealous — and the vain, The envious who but breathe in others...
499. oldal - Sir, you never heard me say that David Garrick was a great man; you may have heard me say that Garrick was a good repeater — of other men's words — words put into his mouth by other men; this makes but a faint approach towards being a great man.
506. oldal - When all of Genius which can perish dies. A mighty Spirit is eclipsed — a Power Hath pass'd from day to darkness — to whose hour Of light no likeness is bequeath'd — no name, Focus at once of all the rays of Fame ! The flash of Wit, the bright Intelligence, The beam of Song, the blaze of Eloquence...
246. oldal - Open thy bosom, set thy wishes wide, And let in Manhood; let in Happiness ; Admit the boundless theatre of thought From nothing, up to GOD ; which makes a Man.
505. oldal - Garrick himself gave in to this foppery of feelings I can easily believe ; but he knew at the same time that he lied. He might think it right as far as I know...
508. oldal - While Eloquence, Wit. Poesy, and Mirth, That humbler Harmonist of care on Earth, Survive within our souls — while lives our sense Of pride in Merit's proud pre-eminence, Long shall we seek his likeness, long in vain, And turn to all of him which may remain. Sighing that Nature form'd but one such man. And broke the die— in moulding Sheridan 1 CHURCHILL'S CRAVE.