A History of England in the Lives of Englishmen, Volume 5George Godfrey Cunningham A. Fullarton, 1855 |
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... whole generation , Still better for the nation ; But since ' tis only Fred , Who was alive , and is dead , There's no more to be said ! " Walpole says , his chief passion was women ; and that , like the taste of his family , beauty did ...
... whole generation , Still better for the nation ; But since ' tis only Fred , Who was alive , and is dead , There's no more to be said ! " Walpole says , his chief passion was women ; and that , like the taste of his family , beauty did ...
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... whole affair was soon afterwards terminated by the death of Captain Ley . In the following year , Captain Norris , still continuing in the Orford , had the good fortune , when on his passage to join the fleet under Sir Cloudesley ...
... whole affair was soon afterwards terminated by the death of Captain Ley . In the following year , Captain Norris , still continuing in the Orford , had the good fortune , when on his passage to join the fleet under Sir Cloudesley ...
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... whole squadron , in April , 1722. Ogle was at that time captain of the Swallow , a fourth rate , and cruising off the coast of Africa , in search of the marauders , when he received intelligence that they were in a bay close to Cape ...
... whole squadron , in April , 1722. Ogle was at that time captain of the Swallow , a fourth rate , and cruising off the coast of Africa , in search of the marauders , when he received intelligence that they were in a bay close to Cape ...
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... whole of the period during which he was commander- in chief on the above station was consumed merely in cruising for the protection of commerce , except in the attacks made on La Guira and Porto - Cavallo , in neither of which Sir ...
... whole of the period during which he was commander- in chief on the above station was consumed merely in cruising for the protection of commerce , except in the attacks made on La Guira and Porto - Cavallo , in neither of which Sir ...
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... whole fleet intrusted to his com- mand , and afterwards , by a quite contrary conduct , suffered the enemy to escape out of his hands . " In consequence of these charges , Mathews was ordered home , and a parliamentary investigation ...
... whole fleet intrusted to his com- mand , and afterwards , by a quite contrary conduct , suffered the enemy to escape out of his hands . " In consequence of these charges , Mathews was ordered home , and a parliamentary investigation ...
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