Biographia Navalis: Or, Impartial Memoirs of the Lives and Characters of Officers of the Navy of Great Britain, from the Year 1660 to the Present Time; Drawn from the Most Authentic Sources, and Disposed in a Chronological Arrangement, 第 4 卷R. Faulder, 1796 |
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... able to procure any other information con- cerning him , except that he died on the 12th of July 1732 . HARDY , Sir Charles , -was , on the 28th of June 1709 , made captain of the Dunwich , and ftationed as a cruifer in the German Ocean ...
... able to procure any other information con- cerning him , except that he died on the 12th of July 1732 . HARDY , Sir Charles , -was , on the 28th of June 1709 , made captain of the Dunwich , and ftationed as a cruifer in the German Ocean ...
第 12 頁
... able action with the Spanish fleet , having led the detach- ment , ordered under captain Walton , to purfue the divifion of fix fhips of war , with the gallies and fmaller veffels , commanded by the marquis de Mari , which separated ...
... able action with the Spanish fleet , having led the detach- ment , ordered under captain Walton , to purfue the divifion of fix fhips of war , with the gallies and fmaller veffels , commanded by the marquis de Mari , which separated ...
第 14 頁
... able to reach Cape Breton , his appointed rendezvous , till after misfortune had compelled the remains of that once formidable armament to return to England . This unavoidable delay did not , however , preferve captain Pafton from being ...
... able to reach Cape Breton , his appointed rendezvous , till after misfortune had compelled the remains of that once formidable armament to return to England . This unavoidable delay did not , however , preferve captain Pafton from being ...
第 26 頁
... able to This lady died in the year 1759 , leaving the manor of Brook to fir Henry Oxenden , baronet , the prefent owner of it . In the forty - third year of his age , leaving no iffue . late in the collection of lord Torrington , is now ...
... able to This lady died in the year 1759 , leaving the manor of Brook to fir Henry Oxenden , baronet , the prefent owner of it . In the forty - third year of his age , leaving no iffue . late in the collection of lord Torrington , is now ...
第 28 頁
... able to collect of this gentleman * . His name occurs in the navy lifts as having taken poft in the Arundel on the 25th of Janu- ary . This circumftance , as well as his former difmif- fion , together with the caufe of it , have been ...
... able to collect of this gentleman * . His name occurs in the navy lifts as having taken poft in the Arundel on the 25th of Janu- ary . This circumftance , as well as his former difmif- fion , together with the caufe of it , have been ...
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第 172 頁 - Majefty's honour, and my country's fervice. I am forry that my endeavours were not attended with more fuccefs, and that the armament under my command proved too weak to fucceed in an expedition of fuch moment. Truth has prevailed over calumny and falfehood, and juftice has wiped off the ignominious ftain of my fuppoled want of perfonal courage, or difaffeftion.
第 333 頁 - Thus beloved and revered, amiable in private life as illustrious in public, this gallant and profitable servant of his country, when he was beginning to reap the harvest of his toils and dangers, in the full meridian of years and glory, after having been providentially...
第 338 頁 - Generalship of the Marines, together with his rank in the navy, at the King's feet, entreating him to take both away, if they could forward his service...
第 218 頁 - Joseph, and to two ships that guarded the mouth of the harbour, which he sustained for many hours that day, and part of the next, with uncommon intrepidity. As he was giving his...
第 166 頁 - Article of War, part of which he falls under, and which admits of no mitigation, even if the crime should be committed by an error in judgment only ; and therefore, for our own consciences ' sakes, as well as in justice to the prisoner, we pray your Lordships, in the most earnest manner, to recommend him to his Majesty's clemency.
第 236 頁 - George the second, intituled, "an act for naturalizing such foreign Protestants and "others therein mentioned as are settled or shall settle in any of his " Majesty's Colonies in America...
第 147 頁 - ... what batteries or guns might be placed to prevent our having any communication with the Castle, falling little wind, it was five before I could form my line, or distinguish any of the enemy's motions; and not at all to judge of their force more than by their numbers, which were...
第 150 頁 - three feet to our one, and therefore have the choice " how they will engage us, or if they will at all, and...
第 173 頁 - ... be on their fide, God forgive them, as I do ; and may the diftrefs of their minds, and uneafinefs of their confciences, which in juftice to me they have reprefented, be relieved and fubfide as my refentment has done. The Supreme Judge lees all hearts and motives, and to him I muft fubmit the juftice of my caufe.
第 172 頁 - I know my own innocence, and am conscious that no part of my country's misfortunes can be owing to me.