Public characters [Formerly British public characters] of 1798-9 - 1809-10, 6. kötet1804 |
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55. oldal
... entering into the naval service , did not live long enough to witness any more than the first stage of his advance- ment , having died when he had only attained his eighteenth year . At that period it was not usual , as at present , to ...
... entering into the naval service , did not live long enough to witness any more than the first stage of his advance- ment , having died when he had only attained his eighteenth year . At that period it was not usual , as at present , to ...
100. oldal
... entered into the service as an ensign in the fiftieth regiment , in the year 1756 , and obtained a lieutenancy in Novem- ber of the following year . In one of the expeditions to the coast of France , in 1758 , planned by the great Lord ...
... entered into the service as an ensign in the fiftieth regiment , in the year 1756 , and obtained a lieutenancy in Novem- ber of the following year . In one of the expeditions to the coast of France , in 1758 , planned by the great Lord ...
104. oldal
... entering the Careenage with his fleet , a battery im- mediately opened on him . He then attempted the Grand Cul de Sac , where the British squadron , al- though greatly inferior in point of numbers , also re- pulsed him . Irritated at ...
... entering the Careenage with his fleet , a battery im- mediately opened on him . He then attempted the Grand Cul de Sac , where the British squadron , al- though greatly inferior in point of numbers , also re- pulsed him . Irritated at ...
117. oldal
... entered the intrenchments , the enemy fled preci- pitately , but not until a skirmish ensued , during which his Lordship was wounded in the hand . General Me- dow's I 3 dows with his division also passed the bound hedge without GENERAL ...
... entered the intrenchments , the enemy fled preci- pitately , but not until a skirmish ensued , during which his Lordship was wounded in the hand . General Me- dow's I 3 dows with his division also passed the bound hedge without GENERAL ...
122. oldal
... entered into a resolution to bring out a new daily newspaper . At that time there were only three of this description in London , viz . the Daily Advertiser , printed by J. Je- nour ; the Gazetteer , by C. Say ; and the Public ...
... entered into a resolution to bring out a new daily newspaper . At that time there were only three of this description in London , viz . the Daily Advertiser , printed by J. Je- nour ; the Gazetteer , by C. Say ; and the Public ...
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276. oldal - In genial spring, beneath the quiv'ring shade, Where cooling vapours breathe along the mead, The patient fisher takes his silent stand, Intent, his angle trembling in his hand: With looks unmov'd, he hopes the scaly breed, And eyes the dancing cork, and bending reed.
8. oldal - There is a tide in the affairs of men Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune; Omitted, all the voyage of their life Is bound in shallows and in miseries. On such a full sea are we now afloat; And we must take the current when it serves, Or lose our ventures.
288. oldal - Whereas the Lords Spiritual and Temporal and Commons assembled at Westminster, lawfully, fully and freely representing all the estates of the people of this realm...
276. oldal - The bright-ey'd perch with fins of Tyrian dye, The silver eel, in shining volumes roll'd, The yellow carp, in scales bedropp'd with gold, Swift trouts, diversified with crimson stains, And pikes, the tyrants of the watery plains. Now Cancer glows with Phoebus...
186. oldal - Accordingly, on that day, he moved for leave to bring in a bill " for vesting the affairs of the East India company in the hands of certain commissioners, for the benefit of the proprietors and the public ;" and also a bill " for the better government of the territorial possessions and dependencies in India.
190. oldal - I cannot consider myself warranted to lay before the Prince of Wales an address purporting to invest his Royal Highness with powers to take upon him the government of this realm, before he shall be enabled by law to do so.
282. oldal - ... conversation to the ministry, who, provided the colonies would subject themselves, might after all, or might not, at their pleasure, make any alterations in the former instructions to governors, or propose in parliament any amendment of the acts complained of...
288. oldal - That it is the opinion of this committee, that his majesty is prevented, by his present indisposition, from coming to his parliament, and from attending to public business, and that the personal exercise of the royal authority is thereby, for the present, interrupted.
297. oldal - And whereas to pursue schemes of conquest and extension of dominion in India are measures repugnant to the wish, the honour, and policy of this nation...
306. oldal - In 1801 appeared a splendid edition, from the press of Bulmer, of " the Tragedies and Poems of Frederick Earl of Carlisle, Knight of the Garter,