The Annual biography and obituary, 14. kötet1830 |
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5. oldal
... troops , a grand total of 284 guns , and 2655 men . The " British squadron mounted 156 guns ; and being 104 short of complement , went into action with only 879 men . stand the brave squadron I had the honour to command B 3 SIR WILLIAM ...
... troops , a grand total of 284 guns , and 2655 men . The " British squadron mounted 156 guns ; and being 104 short of complement , went into action with only 879 men . stand the brave squadron I had the honour to command B 3 SIR WILLIAM ...
7. oldal
... troops on board , and every thing necessary for fortifying and garrisoning the island of Lissa . Thanks to Providence , we have this time prevented them . " I have to lament the loss of many valuable officers and men ; but in a contest ...
... troops on board , and every thing necessary for fortifying and garrisoning the island of Lissa . Thanks to Providence , we have this time prevented them . " I have to lament the loss of many valuable officers and men ; but in a contest ...
8. oldal
... troops , 200 in number , had retired to Lissa . They were summoned to surrender by Messrs . Lew and Kingston , two midshipmen of the Active , who had been left in charge of prizes , and several men belonging to privateers . The summons ...
... troops , 200 in number , had retired to Lissa . They were summoned to surrender by Messrs . Lew and Kingston , two midshipmen of the Active , who had been left in charge of prizes , and several men belonging to privateers . The summons ...
11. oldal
... silencing the bat- teries at Rovigno , he placed himself at the head of a detach- ment of seamen and marines from the Bacchante and Eagle , and , defeating the French troops which occupied the town SIR WILLIAM HOSTE . 11.
... silencing the bat- teries at Rovigno , he placed himself at the head of a detach- ment of seamen and marines from the Bacchante and Eagle , and , defeating the French troops which occupied the town SIR WILLIAM HOSTE . 11.
12. oldal
and , defeating the French troops which occupied the town , he disabled the guns and works , captured part of a large convoy in the harbour , and burnt the remainder , together with all the vessels on the stocks .. The year 1813 teemed ...
and , defeating the French troops which occupied the town , he disabled the guns and works , captured part of a large convoy in the harbour , and burnt the remainder , together with all the vessels on the stocks .. The year 1813 teemed ...
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415. oldal - And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the Word of His grace, Which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified.
387. oldal - On the Power, Wisdom, and Goodness of God, as manifested in the Creation ; illustrating such work by all reasonable arguments ; as for instance the variety and formation of God's creatures in the animal, vegetable, and mineral kingdoms ; the effect of digestion, and thereby of conversion ; the construction of the hand of man, and an infinite variety of other arguments ; as also by discoveries ancient and modern, in arts, sciences, and the whole extent of literature.
153. oldal - Vixere fortes ante Agamemnona Multi, sed omnes illacrymabiles Urgentur, ignotique longa Nocte, carent quia vate sacro.
381. oldal - A finite and exact Expression for the Refraction of an Atmosphere nearly resembling that of the Earth. Phil. Trans. 1824-, p. 159: a computation derived from an optical hypothesis not exactly agreeing with the probable height of the physical atmosphere, but affording correct results.
59. oldal - ... in a state of intense activity ; and a platina wire, communicating with the positive side, was brought in contact with the upper surface of the alkali. The whole apparatus was in the open atmosphere.
62. oldal - In sciences kindred to chemistry, the knowledge of the nature of the alkalies, and the analogies arising in consequence, will open many new views; they may lead to the solution of many problems in geology, and shew that agents may have operated in the formation of rocks and earths which have not hitherto been suspected to exist.
378. oldal - Remarks on the Employment of Oblique Riders, and on other Alterations in the Construction of Ships. Phil. Trans. 1814, p. 303; the substance of a Report before presented to the Board of Admiralty, relating to Sir Robert Sepping's Improvements, with some additional illustrations.
164. oldal - For the repeated thanks and grants bestowed upon you by this house, in gratitude for your many and eminent services, you have thought fit this day to offer us your acknowledgments; but this nation well knows that it is still largely your debtor. It owes to you the proud satisfaction, that amidst the constellation of illustrious warriors, who have recently visited our country...
83. oldal - The Bakerian Lecture, on some of the Combinations of Oxymuriatic Gas and Oxygen, and on the Chemical Relations of these Principles to inflammable Bodies.
180. oldal - Time made thee what thou wast, king of the woods ; And time hath made thee what thou art — a cave For owls to roost in.