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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... expedition being completely car- ried into execution , the fquadron returned to Jamaica ; and when Mr. Vernon failed in the month of February following intending to bombard Carthagena , and to annoy the Spaniards ftill farther by an ...
... expedition being completely car- ried into execution , the fquadron returned to Jamaica ; and when Mr. Vernon failed in the month of February following intending to bombard Carthagena , and to annoy the Spaniards ftill farther by an ...
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... expedition , and was confequently one of thofe fortunate commanders who had , by their bravery and good conduct , the happi- nefs of contributing to the very memorable victory ob- tained over the Spanish fleet . No mention is made of ...
... expedition , and was confequently one of thofe fortunate commanders who had , by their bravery and good conduct , the happi- nefs of contributing to the very memorable victory ob- tained over the Spanish fleet . No mention is made of ...
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... expedition against Port Royal , fince called Annapolis . Involved as he is in one common fate with a multitude of other brave men , we can only repeat the regret we have before frequently expreffed , at having fo little to record ...
... expedition against Port Royal , fince called Annapolis . Involved as he is in one common fate with a multitude of other brave men , we can only repeat the regret we have before frequently expreffed , at having fo little to record ...
第 9 頁
... fent out with a reinforcement , and to take upon him the command , in confequence of the attack menaced by the Spaniards on the fortrefs fortrefs of Gibraltar . The events of this expedition were NAVAL OFFICERS OF GREAT BRITAIN . 9.
... fent out with a reinforcement , and to take upon him the command , in confequence of the attack menaced by the Spaniards on the fortrefs fortrefs of Gibraltar . The events of this expedition were NAVAL OFFICERS OF GREAT BRITAIN . 9.
第 10 頁
... expedition were almost too uninterefting to require any particular detail , even in the memoirs of the admirals who commanded it . But fo much is it the lefs neceffary to enter on it in the prefent inftance , or to record a dull routine ...
... expedition were almost too uninterefting to require any particular detail , even in the memoirs of the admirals who commanded it . But fo much is it the lefs neceffary to enter on it in the prefent inftance , or to record a dull routine ...
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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.