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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... veffels * , laden with arms and ammuni- tion , intended for the rebel army . We find no mention The most confequential of these was a fhip called the Duc de Vendofme , mounting fourteen guns , taken about the latter end of April . made ...
... veffels * , laden with arms and ammuni- tion , intended for the rebel army . We find no mention The most confequential of these was a fhip called the Duc de Vendofme , mounting fourteen guns , taken about the latter end of April . made ...
第 12 頁
... veffels , commanded by the marquis de Mari , which separated from the Spanish fleet previous to the commencement of the engagement . Mr. : Mr. Cornwall removed his flag back into the Argyle 12 LIVES AND CHARACTERS OF.
... veffels , commanded by the marquis de Mari , which separated from the Spanish fleet previous to the commencement of the engagement . Mr. : Mr. Cornwall removed his flag back into the Argyle 12 LIVES AND CHARACTERS OF.
第 32 頁
... veffels in the Spanish navy . As the British fhips approached the commander called ogether his men and addreffed them in pearly the following words ; When guns appeared neither to fhun nor to feek an action 23 LIVES AND CHARACTERS OF.
... veffels in the Spanish navy . As the British fhips approached the commander called ogether his men and addreffed them in pearly the following words ; When guns appeared neither to fhun nor to feek an action 23 LIVES AND CHARACTERS OF.
第 40 頁
... veffels , ordered out to Jamaica . He failed from St. Helen's on the 18th of November ; but having encountered dreadful weather on his paffage * , did not reach Jamaica till the 11th of March . On the 23d of April following he was ...
... veffels , ordered out to Jamaica . He failed from St. Helen's on the 18th of November ; but having encountered dreadful weather on his paffage * , did not reach Jamaica till the 11th of March . On the 23d of April following he was ...
第 44 頁
... veffels , given as part of the armament in his account of the expedition alluded to , not having proceeded on it . In 1734 he was promoted to the Swallow , of fixty guns , and ordered to join the fleet affembled , under fir John Norris ...
... veffels , given as part of the armament in his account of the expedition alluded to , not having proceeded on it . In 1734 he was promoted to the Swallow , of fixty guns , and ordered to join the fleet affembled , under fir John Norris ...
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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.