Dictionary of National Biography, Volume 52Leslie Stephen Macmillan, 1897 |
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... command of the Captain , the best second- rate ship in the navy . On 23 Dec. 1673 he was appointed colonel of the ' Old Holland ' regiment of foot , and on 23 April following was elected a knight of the order of the Garter . After ...
... command of the Captain , the best second- rate ship in the navy . On 23 Dec. 1673 he was appointed colonel of the ' Old Holland ' regiment of foot , and on 23 April following was elected a knight of the order of the Garter . After ...
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... command of the disciplined troops in Persia under Major Pasmore , who had spe- cially recommended him to Lord W. Ben- tinck for this service . He is sensible and well - informed , ' Pasmore wrote , and his temper is mild and ...
... command of the disciplined troops in Persia under Major Pasmore , who had spe- cially recommended him to Lord W. Ben- tinck for this service . He is sensible and well - informed , ' Pasmore wrote , and his temper is mild and ...
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... command of the 44th , which had been prac- tically raised afresh at the depot . He had become colonel in the army on 23 Nov. 1841 , and had had the local rank of major - general in India . On 10 May 1845 , when the regi- ment was ...
... command of the 44th , which had been prac- tically raised afresh at the depot . He had become colonel in the army on 23 Nov. 1841 , and had had the local rank of major - general in India . On 10 May 1845 , when the regi- ment was ...
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... command of a couple of ships which were being fitted out to cruise against the Spaniards with a commission from the emperor . When , shortly afterwards , war was declared by England , the owners deter- mined that their ships should sail ...
... command of a couple of ships which were being fitted out to cruise against the Spaniards with a commission from the emperor . When , shortly afterwards , war was declared by England , the owners deter- mined that their ships should sail ...
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... command of a French ship which had been in the Spanish service . The story , as told by Shelvocke , is utterly incredible , and is said by Betagh to be absolutely untrue . In going round Cape Horn the Speedwell was driven as far south ...
... command of a French ship which had been in the Spanish service . The story , as told by Shelvocke , is utterly incredible , and is said by Betagh to be absolutely untrue . In going round Cape Horn the Speedwell was driven as far south ...
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Page 383 - I did not think he ought to be shut up. His infirmities were not noxious to society. He insisted on people praying with him ; and I'd as lief pray with Kit Smart as any one else. Another charge was, that he did not love clean linen : and I have no passion for it.
Page 216 - That though I lived with him and knew him from a child, yet I never knew him other than a man; with such staidness of mind, lovely and familiar gravity as carried grace and reverence above greater years. His talk ever of knowledge, and his very play tending to enrich his mind.
Page 48 - Tables for correcting the apparent Distance of the Moon and a Star from the effects of Refraction and Parallax,' which was published by order of the commissioners of longitude.
Page 82 - Why, sir, Sherry is dull, naturally dull; but it must have taken him a great deal of pains to become what we now see him. Such an excess of stupidity, sir, is not in Nature.
Page 195 - Yes, Sir, I know that Garrick has given away more money than any man in England that I am acquainted with, and that not from ostentatious views. Garrick was very poor when he began life; so when he came to have money, he probably was very unskilful in giving away, and saved when he should not.
Page 341 - Seabury on the other, the articles of which are to serve as a bond of union between the Catholic remainder of the ancient Church of Scotland, and the now rising Church in the United States of America.
Page 310 - Oct. 1766, lost his father at an early age, and was brought up by his uncle, William Singleton, a miniature-painter, who exhibited a few enamel portraits at the Society of Artists and Royal Academy from 1770 to 1790. Singleton showed very early promise as an artist, and in 1780 exhibited at the exhibition of the Society of Artists in Spring Gardens a pen-drawing of ' A Soldier returned to his Family,' being described as 'Master H. Singleton, aged ten years.
Page 194 - Power was seated on her brow, passion emanated from her breast as from a shrine. She was tragedy personified.
Page 145 - Considerations on the Practicability, Policy, and Obligation of communicating to the Natives of India the Knowledge of Christianity. With Observations on the "Prefatory Remarks" to a pamphlet published by Major Scott Waring.
Page 170 - The Consistency of the whole Scheme of Revelation with Itself and with Human Reason.