The Magazine of Magazines: Compiled from Original Pieces, with Extracts from the Most Celebrated Books, and Periodical Compositions, Published in Europe... The Whole Forming a Complete Literary and Historical Account of that Period..., Volume 13Andrew Welsh, 1757 |
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... admiral pretended he had obtained over the We had a failor killed on the caftle by a splinter of a fhell , and five men wounded . Two women were also wounded in the caftle by fplinters of a thell . Sunday 23. A fhell from the ene- my ...
... admiral pretended he had obtained over the We had a failor killed on the caftle by a splinter of a fhell , and five men wounded . Two women were also wounded in the caftle by fplinters of a thell . Sunday 23. A fhell from the ene- my ...
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... admirals admirals , that ever commanded a Bri- tifh fleet , 56 The MAGAZINE of MAGAZINES.
... admirals admirals , that ever commanded a Bri- tifh fleet , 56 The MAGAZINE of MAGAZINES.
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... admiral , and of the ministry , urged the importance of the fleet - the ill confequences that would happen to the nation , if it fhould be destroyed -- the neceffity there was for taking care of the king's fhips -and many other fuch ...
... admiral , and of the ministry , urged the importance of the fleet - the ill confequences that would happen to the nation , if it fhould be destroyed -- the neceffity there was for taking care of the king's fhips -and many other fuch ...
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... admiral , or a commodore with a captain under him , but if under the command of an admiral or commodore then one of these three eights belongs to fuch admiral or commodore ; if there be two admirals , the commander in chief to have two ...
... admiral , or a commodore with a captain under him , but if under the command of an admiral or commodore then one of these three eights belongs to fuch admiral or commodore ; if there be two admirals , the commander in chief to have two ...
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... Admirals are entitled to their fhare , tho ' not within fight , if the ships are taken within the limits of their command . Thefe are indeed munificent re- wards and the head money and gratui- ties to the wounded men and widows are well ...
... Admirals are entitled to their fhare , tho ' not within fight , if the ships are taken within the limits of their command . Thefe are indeed munificent re- wards and the head money and gratui- ties to the wounded men and widows are well ...
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