The British and Foreign Review: Or, European Quarterly Journal, Volume 15J. Ridgeway amd sons, 1843 - English periodicals |
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... Admiral Nully's squadron of five seventy - fours , three frigates and a brig . Two seventy - fours and two frigates went in chase of the Canada , which ship eventually escaped without loss . The other three seventy - fours and one ...
... Admiral Nully's squadron of five seventy - fours , three frigates and a brig . Two seventy - fours and two frigates went in chase of the Canada , which ship eventually escaped without loss . The other three seventy - fours and one ...
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... admiral already throw- " ing his shot over her , Captain Bligh , justly deeming all " farther resistance a mere waste of the lives of his gallant " men , and that no hope of escape remained , ordered the " colours of the Alexander to be ...
... admiral already throw- " ing his shot over her , Captain Bligh , justly deeming all " farther resistance a mere waste of the lives of his gallant " men , and that no hope of escape remained , ordered the " colours of the Alexander to be ...
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... admiral than to the cap- tains , who were evidently in doubt which to follow , the ge- neral optional signal , or the admiral of the division . That strange proceeding and the want of more frigates were the cause that double the number ...
... admiral than to the cap- tains , who were evidently in doubt which to follow , the ge- neral optional signal , or the admiral of the division . That strange proceeding and the want of more frigates were the cause that double the number ...
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... admiral Hotham's action off Genoa was very unsatisfac- tory , although two ships of the line , the Ca Ira and Censeur , were captured . There appears to have been but little skill and less energy displayed by the commander - in - chief ...
... admiral Hotham's action off Genoa was very unsatisfac- tory , although two ships of the line , the Ca Ira and Censeur , were captured . There appears to have been but little skill and less energy displayed by the commander - in - chief ...
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... admiral Hotham had another opportunity offered him . With twenty - three sail of the line , six of them three - deckers , he fell in , off Hyeres , with Vice - admiral Martin , with seventeen sail of the line , only one of them a three ...
... admiral Hotham had another opportunity offered him . With twenty - three sail of the line , six of them three - deckers , he fell in , off Hyeres , with Vice - admiral Martin , with seventeen sail of the line , only one of them a three ...
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Page 486 - They gave him of the corn-land, That was of public right, As much as two strong oxen Could plough from morn till night ; And they made a molten image, And set it up on high — And there it stands unto this day To witness if I lie.
Page 413 - Britain ; and that the King's Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons of Great Britain, in Parliament assembled, had, hath, and of right ought to have, full Power and Authority to make Laws and Statutes of sufficient Force and Validity to bind the Colonies and People of America, Subjects of the Crown of Great Britain, in all cases whatsoever.
Page 486 - But all Etruria's noblest Felt their hearts sink to see On the earth the bloody corpses. In the path the dauntless Three: And from the ghastly entrance Where those bold Romans stood.
Page 485 - And nearer fast and nearer Doth the red whirlwind come; And louder still and still more loud, From underneath that rolling cloud, Is heard the trumpet's war-note proud, The trampling, and the hum. And plainly and more plainly Now through the gloom appears, Far to left and far to right, In broken gleams of dark-blue light, The long array of helmets bright, The long array of spears.
Page 486 - And still his name sounds stirring Unto the men of Rome, As the trumpet-blast that cries to them To charge the Volscian home ; And wives still pray to Juno For boys with hearts as bold As his who kept the bridge so well In the brave days of old.
Page 483 - And with one voice the thirty Have their glad answer given : "Go forth, go forth, Lars Porsena — Go forth, beloved of heaven ! Go, and return in glory To Clusium's royal dome, And hang round Nurscia's altars The golden shields of Rome !
Page 87 - When the regulation, therefore, is in favour of the workmen, it is always just and equitable; but it is sometimes otherwise when in favour of the masters.
Page 487 - When the oldest cask is opened, And the largest lamp is lit ; When the chestnuts glow in the embers, And the kid turns on the spit...
Page 413 - ... the said colonies and plantations upon the crown of Great Britain; ,,, be it declared That the said colonies and plantations in America have been, are, and of right ought to be, subordinate unto, and dependent upon the imperial crown and parliament of Great Britain...
Page 496 - Blest and thrice blest the Roman Who sees Rome's brightest day, Who sees that long victorious pomp Wind down the Sacred Way, And through the bellowing Forum, And round the Suppliant's Grove, Up to the everlasting gates Of Capitolian Jove.