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... , Admiral Mon- tague , who commanded on the Newfoundland ftation , no fooner received intelligence that D'Eftaing had commenced hoftilities on the coafts coafts of North America , than , in confequence of 2 ] ANNUAL REGISTER , 1779 .
... , Admiral Mon- tague , who commanded on the Newfoundland ftation , no fooner received intelligence that D'Eftaing had commenced hoftilities on the coafts coafts of North America , than , in confequence of 2 ] ANNUAL REGISTER , 1779 .
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... received , in a regular gradation , from nine to eleven ftabs each , of bayonets , in the breaft and trunk of the body , befides feveral wounds in other parts . Two others had received , the one five , and the other fix , ftabs in the ...
... received , in a regular gradation , from nine to eleven ftabs each , of bayonets , in the breaft and trunk of the body , befides feveral wounds in other parts . Two others had received , the one five , and the other fix , ftabs in the ...
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... under Captain Cameron being first landed , form- ed directly , and pufhed for- ward along the causeway . As they approached the poft they meant : meant to attack , they received a fmart fire of HISTORY OF EUROPE . [ 31.
... under Captain Cameron being first landed , form- ed directly , and pufhed for- ward along the causeway . As they approached the poft they meant : meant to attack , they received a fmart fire of HISTORY OF EUROPE . [ 31.
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meant to attack , they received a fmart fire of mufquetry from a fmall party of about fifty rebels , to whom its defence had been committed . But the troops , in- cenfed at the lofs of their Cap tain , who had fallen by that fire ...
meant to attack , they received a fmart fire of mufquetry from a fmall party of about fifty rebels , to whom its defence had been committed . But the troops , in- cenfed at the lofs of their Cap tain , who had fallen by that fire ...
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... received intelligence of the invafion of Dominica , he difpenfed with the violation of his orders in that inftance , and proceeded with the utmoft difpatch to its intended re- lief . Although it was impoffible he could prevent a ...
... received intelligence of the invafion of Dominica , he difpenfed with the violation of his orders in that inftance , and proceeded with the utmoft difpatch to its intended re- lief . Although it was impoffible he could prevent a ...
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Página 32 - It contains the history of a miracle, of creation and redemption; it displays the power and the mercy of the Supreme Being ; the probable therefore is marvellous, and the marvellous is probable.
Página 361 - Commissioners for executing the office of Lord High Admiral to will and require the High Court of Admiralty of Great Britain, and the Lieutenant and Judge of the...
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Página 27 - If, by a more noble and more adequate conception, that be considered as wit which is at once natural and new; that which, though not obvious, is, upon its first production, acknowledged to be just; if it be that which he that never found it wonders how he missed; to wit of this kind the metaphysical poets have seldom risen.
Página 151 - In fact, we never are satisfied with our opinions, whatever we may pretend, till they are ratified and confirmed by the suffrages of the rest of mankind. We dispute and wrangle for ever; we endeavour to get men to come to us, when we do not go to them.
Página 174 - With the love of a wench, let his writings be chaste ; Tip his tongue with strange matter, his pen with fine taste ; That the rake and the poet o'er all may prevail, Set fire to the head, and set fire to the tail.
Página 28 - Nor was the sublime more within their reach than the pathetic ; for they never attempted that comprehension and expanse of thought which at once fills the whole mind, and of which the first effect is sudden astonishment, and the second rational admiration. Sublimity is produced by aggregation, and littleness by dispersion.
Página 29 - This kind of writing, which was, I believe borrowed from Marino and his followers, had been recommended by the example of Donne, a man of very extensive and various knowledge ; and by Jonson, whose manner resembled that of Donne more in the ruggedness of his lines than in the cast of his sentiments.
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