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الصفحة 889
... which in his cooler monients he would probably have been happy to have
retracted . The expedition against Porto Bello is supposed to have originated
from some hasty expressions which he uttered in the debates relative to the
aggressions ...
... which in his cooler monients he would probably have been happy to have
retracted . The expedition against Porto Bello is supposed to have originated
from some hasty expressions which he uttered in the debates relative to the
aggressions ...
الصفحة 890
On the 7th , the squadron being still at sea , the admiral delivered his orders to
the commodore and captains , appointing the following dispositions for the attack
: - “ Upon making the land of Porto Bello , and having a fair wind to favour them ...
On the 7th , the squadron being still at sea , the admiral delivered his orders to
the commodore and captains , appointing the following dispositions for the attack
: - “ Upon making the land of Porto Bello , and having a fair wind to favour them ...
الصفحة 892
On the following day the Castles of St. Jeronimo and Gloria capitulated with
honourable conditions , and the British forces were put in full possession of Porto
Bello and its dependencies . The loss sustained in killed and wounded did not ...
On the following day the Castles of St. Jeronimo and Gloria capitulated with
honourable conditions , and the British forces were put in full possession of Porto
Bello and its dependencies . The loss sustained in killed and wounded did not ...
الصفحة 893
Having repaired his damages , and completed the water of his squadron , the
next object of his attack was the Castle of Chagre , situate at the entrance of the
river of that name , a few leagues distant from Porto Bello . He passed up with the
...
Having repaired his damages , and completed the water of his squadron , the
next object of his attack was the Castle of Chagre , situate at the entrance of the
river of that name , a few leagues distant from Porto Bello . He passed up with the
...
الصفحة 900
After frequent councils of war , which appear to have been held too often for the
good of the service , * it was determined to land at Porto Bello , and , after
marching across the isthmus of Darien , to attack Panama , a rich town situate on
the ...
After frequent councils of war , which appear to have been held too often for the
good of the service , * it was determined to land at Porto Bello , and , after
marching across the isthmus of Darien , to attack Panama , a rich town situate on
the ...
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الصفحة 624 - The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early, had been kind ; but it has been delayed till I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it ; till I am solitary, and cannot impart it ; till I am known, and do not want it. I hope it is no very cynical asperity not to confess obligations where no benefit has been received, or to be unwilling that the public should consider me as owing that to a patron, which Providence has enabled me to do for myself.
الصفحة 601 - ... to dive into the depths of dungeons: to plunge into the infection of hospitals ; to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain; to take the gauge and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt; to remember the forgotten, to attend to the neglected, to visit the forsaken, and to compare and collate the distresses of all men in all countries.
الصفحة 624 - I had exhausted all the art of pleasing which a retired and uncourtly scholar can possess. I had done all that I could; and no man is well pleased to have his all neglected, be it ever so little.
الصفحة 834 - The cloud-capt towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself, Yea, all which it inherits, shall dissolve ; And, like the baseless fabric of a vision, Leave not a wreck behind ! we are such stuff As dreams are made on, and our little life Is rounded with a sleep.
الصفحة 623 - My Lord, I have been lately informed, by the proprietor of The World, that two papers, in which my Dictionary is recommended to the public, were written by your Lordship.
الصفحة 668 - Purification in the old law did save, And such, as yet once more I trust to have Full sight of her in heaven without restraint, Came vested all in white, pure as her mind: Her face was veiled, yet to my fancied sight, Love, sweetness, goodness in her person shined So clear, as in no face with more delight. But O as to embrace me she inclined I waked, she fled, and day brought back my night.
الصفحة 667 - So dear to Heaven is saintly chastity That, when a soul is found sincerely so, A thousand liveried angels lackey her, Driving far off each thing of sin and guilt...
الصفحة 545 - No more the Grecian muse unrivall'd reigns, To Britain let the nations homage pay : She felt a Homer's fire in Milton's strains, A Pindar's rapture in the lyre of Gray.
الصفحة 883 - A pleasing land of drowsyhed it was: Of dreams that wave before the half-shut eye; And of gay castles in the clouds that pass, For ever flushing round a summer sky...
الصفحة 511 - Unblam'd through life, lamented in thy end ; These are thy honours ! not that here thy bust Is mix'd with heroes, or with kings thy dust ; But that the worthy and the good shall say, Striking their pensive bosoms — Here lies Gay...
معلومات المراجع
| العنوان | The monuments and genii of st. Paul's cathedral and of Westminster abbey المجلد 2 من The Monuments and Genii of St. Paul's Cathedral, and of Westminster Abbey, George Lewis Smyth المجلد 2 من The Monuments and Genii of St. Paul's Cathedral, and of Westminster Abbey: With Historical Sketches and Descriptions of Both Churches : Forming an Entirely New and Correct Biography of All that is Interesting in the Lives and Achievements of the Most Illustrious Characters of the United Kingdoms, George Lewis Smyth |
| المؤلف | George Lewis Smyth |
| الناشر | John Williams, 1826 |
| أصلي من | جامعة أوكسفورد |
| الكتب ذات التنسيق الرقمي | 19 آذار (مارس) 2007 |
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