The Annual Biography and Obituary for the Year ..., Τόμος 8Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1824 |
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... troops . But as it became necessary to take possession of the forts which commanded the ships in the road , before the fleet could enter , fifteen hun- dred men were previously landed under Captain George Keith Elphinstone ; who , after ...
... troops . But as it became necessary to take possession of the forts which commanded the ships in the road , before the fleet could enter , fifteen hun- dred men were previously landed under Captain George Keith Elphinstone ; who , after ...
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... troops , with which he marched out , put the enemy to the rout , and seized their artillery , ammunition , horses , and two stands of colours . On the first of October , the combined British , Spanish , and Neapolitan forces , under the ...
... troops , with which he marched out , put the enemy to the rout , and seized their artillery , ammunition , horses , and two stands of colours . On the first of October , the combined British , Spanish , and Neapolitan forces , under the ...
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... troops under the command of Major- General Craig . The Dutch governor , M. Van Sluyskin re- jecting the proposals which were made to him for putting the colony under the protection of Great Britain , in trust for the Prince of Orange ...
... troops under the command of Major- General Craig . The Dutch governor , M. Van Sluyskin re- jecting the proposals which were made to him for putting the colony under the protection of Great Britain , in trust for the Prince of Orange ...
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... troops were entrenched in a strong position at Muyzenberg , distant six miles from Cape - Town , and well furnished with cannon , having a steep mountain on their right , and the sea on their left , difficult of approach on ác- count of ...
... troops were entrenched in a strong position at Muyzenberg , distant six miles from Cape - Town , and well furnished with cannon , having a steep mountain on their right , and the sea on their left , difficult of approach on ác- count of ...
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... troops . From this period no material circumstance occurred till the 4th Sept. , when the Vice - Admiral was joined by fourteen sail of Indiamen , having on board a large body of troops , under the command of Major - General Alured ...
... troops . From this period no material circumstance occurred till the 4th Sept. , when the Vice - Admiral was joined by fourteen sail of Indiamen , having on board a large body of troops , under the command of Major - General Alured ...
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Σελίδα 36 - Hear, Nature, hear ! dear goddess, hear ! Suspend thy purpose, if thou didst intend To make this creature fruitful ! Into her womb convey sterility ! Dry up in her the organs of increase, And from her derogate...
Σελίδα 45 - His transport's most impetuous tone, And to each passion of his breast The graces gave their zone. High were the task — too high, Ye conscious bosoms here ! In words to paint your memory Of Kemble and of Lear; But who forgets that white discrowned head, Those bursts of reason's half-extinguish'd glare — Those tears upon Cordelia's bosom shed, In doubt more touching than despair, If 'twas reality he felt?
Σελίδα 55 - Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my latter end be like his.
Σελίδα 420 - LL.D., Downing Professor of the Laws of England in the University of Cambridge.
Σελίδα 198 - Vaccinae, A Disease Discovered in Some of the Western Counties of England. Particularly Gloucestershire, and Known by the Name of the Cow Pox...
Σελίδα 35 - I have liv'd long enough : my way of life Is fall'n into the sear, the yellow leaf: And that which should accompany .old age, As honour, love, obedience, troops of friends, I must not look to have ; but, in their stead, Curses, not loud, but deep, mouth-honour, breath, Which the poor heart would fain deny, but dare not.
Σελίδα 45 - For ill can Poetry express Full many a tone of thought sublime, And Painting, mute and motionless, Steals but a glance of time. But by the mighty actor brought, Illusion's perfect triumphs come, — Verse ceases to be airy thought, And Sculpture to be dumb.
Σελίδα 93 - His figure was striking, but not so from grace ; it was tall, and, though extremely thin, his limbs were large and uncouth, and as he stalked along, wrapt in the black garments of his order, there was something terrible in its air ; something almost superhuman.
Σελίδα 471 - Kent. Vex not his ghost. O, let him pass! He hates him That would upon the rack of this tough world Stretch him out longer.
Σελίδα 117 - Our tender plants, how blows the citron grove, What drops the myrrh, and what the balmy reed, How nature paints her colours, how the bee Sits on the bloom extracting liquid sweet.