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الصفحة 569
An act of Parliament was therefore passed for the protection of the trade , and
ships were built in which to carry it when Elton unaccountably deserted from the
merchants , and went into the service of Nadir Shah , the Persian monarch , who
...
An act of Parliament was therefore passed for the protection of the trade , and
ships were built in which to carry it when Elton unaccountably deserted from the
merchants , and went into the service of Nadir Shah , the Persian monarch , who
...
الصفحة 609
His promotion to the Rear - admiral , ship of the Blue , in 1770 , compelled him to
resign this situation , as well as his colonelcy of Marines , after which he sailed
into the Mediterranean with the rank of Commander - in - chief of that station .
His promotion to the Rear - admiral , ship of the Blue , in 1770 , compelled him to
resign this situation , as well as his colonelcy of Marines , after which he sailed
into the Mediterranean with the rank of Commander - in - chief of that station .
الصفحة 681
But even that place they were soon incompetent to hold , and then their sole
refuge was in their ships and the sea . Accordingly every precaution was taken
for an embarkation that experience could supply , or promptitude suggest , when ,
on ...
But even that place they were soon incompetent to hold , and then their sole
refuge was in their ships and the sea . Accordingly every precaution was taken
for an embarkation that experience could supply , or promptitude suggest , when ,
on ...
الصفحة 697
... fifteen frigates , gun - brigs , fire - ships , & c . & c . His object being the
destruction of a French flotilla , moored off Boulogne , he stood in for the harbour
of that town on the 4th of August , and made a vigorous but unsuccessful attack
upon the ...
... fifteen frigates , gun - brigs , fire - ships , & c . & c . His object being the
destruction of a French flotilla , moored off Boulogne , he stood in for the harbour
of that town on the 4th of August , and made a vigorous but unsuccessful attack
upon the ...
الصفحة 700
The action became general at twelve o'clock , when almost every ship throughout
the lines was engaged muzzle to ... and nineteen sail were left in our possession
, amongst which were three first rate ships , with the following flag officers on ...
The action became general at twelve o'clock , when almost every ship throughout
the lines was engaged muzzle to ... and nineteen sail were left in our possession
, amongst which were three first rate ships , with the following flag officers on ...
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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...