The Annual Biography and Obituary for the Year ..., Volume 14Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1830 - Great Britain |
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... duty to endeavour to do justice to the brave officers and men I had the honour to command . I feel myself unequal to the task : nothing from my pen can add to their merit . From your own knowledge of Captains Gordon , Whitby , and ...
... duty to endeavour to do justice to the brave officers and men I had the honour to command . I feel myself unequal to the task : nothing from my pen can add to their merit . From your own knowledge of Captains Gordon , Whitby , and ...
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... duty to mention the meritorious conduct of Lieutenants Milbourne and Rees ( acting ) of the Bacchante ; Lieutenant Hancock of the Saracen ; Mr. Vale , Master of ditto ; Lieutenant Haig , R. M .; and Mr. Charles Bruce , midshipman of the ...
... duty to mention the meritorious conduct of Lieutenants Milbourne and Rees ( acting ) of the Bacchante ; Lieutenant Hancock of the Saracen ; Mr. Vale , Master of ditto ; Lieutenant Haig , R. M .; and Mr. Charles Bruce , midshipman of the ...
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... duty . 66 In person Sir William Hoste was rather tall and thin . He was high shouldered , and stooped much latterly , his chest being contracted , and his appearance in other respects denoting a consumptive constitution . This ...
... duty . 66 In person Sir William Hoste was rather tall and thin . He was high shouldered , and stooped much latterly , his chest being contracted , and his appearance in other respects denoting a consumptive constitution . This ...
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... duties secured him the good opinion and favour of his superior officers . Sir James Douglas , who commanded the regiment of Portuguese infantry to which Denham was appointed , soon became , and ever continued , his fast and powerful ...
... duties secured him the good opinion and favour of his superior officers . Sir James Douglas , who commanded the regiment of Portuguese infantry to which Denham was appointed , soon became , and ever continued , his fast and powerful ...
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... duty to his fellow - travellers and himself , in presenting to the public his simple narrative of their discoveries ( for the death of Dr. Oudney in Africa , and the departure of Captain Clap- perton on his second journey to Sockatoo ...
... duty to his fellow - travellers and himself , in presenting to the public his simple narrative of their discoveries ( for the death of Dr. Oudney in Africa , and the departure of Captain Clap- perton on his second journey to Sockatoo ...
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