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Page 118
... coast of France . A French man of war , which , thro ' miftake , ftood almoft in the middle of our fleet , was permitted to efcape into the Garonne . In the clear night of the nineteenth , the fleet was ordered ordered to lay too ...
... coast of France . A French man of war , which , thro ' miftake , ftood almoft in the middle of our fleet , was permitted to efcape into the Garonne . In the clear night of the nineteenth , the fleet was ordered ordered to lay too ...
Page 140
... coast of France . The miniftry impeached his conduct , courage and fidelity , in the houfe of commons ; and though he proved , by his actions , that he did not deferve fuch treatment , and was pub- lickly acquitted and thanked by that ...
... coast of France . The miniftry impeached his conduct , courage and fidelity , in the houfe of commons ; and though he proved , by his actions , that he did not deferve fuch treatment , and was pub- lickly acquitted and thanked by that ...
Page 186
... coast could be without difficulty and danger ? were not the particular difficulties , that might attend the landing of this force at , or near , Rochfort , de- fcribed and explained to thofe , who had the command before they embarked ...
... coast could be without difficulty and danger ? were not the particular difficulties , that might attend the landing of this force at , or near , Rochfort , de- fcribed and explained to thofe , who had the command before they embarked ...
Page 226
... coast of France , ( a coun- try from which our women import their fashions and our gentlemen their vices , at a monftrous expence ! ) be owing to the ignorance of our officers officers in the geographical part of the military science ...
... coast of France , ( a coun- try from which our women import their fashions and our gentlemen their vices , at a monftrous expence ! ) be owing to the ignorance of our officers officers in the geographical part of the military science ...
Page 267
... coast of France ; the particular reports , in Holland and fome other places , of a much greater force on that coaft , and a fuppofition that the town of Rochfort might be guarded by a powerful army of regulars , militia , and others ...
... coast of France ; the particular reports , in Holland and fome other places , of a much greater force on that coaft , and a fuppofition that the town of Rochfort might be guarded by a powerful army of regulars , militia , and others ...
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Page 275 - At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it; if that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.
Page 457 - Kefoludons which they had directed him to report to the Houfe, which he read in his Place, and afterwards delivered in at the Table, where the fame were read, and (with an Amendment to one of them) agreed unto by the Houfe, and are as follows.
Page 171 - All that pass by clap their hands at thee; they hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men call The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth?
Page 213 - We have also a more sure word of prophecy ; whereunto we do well that we take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the daystar arise in our hearts.
Page 456 - HOBART (according to order) reported from the Committee of the whole Houfe...
Page 393 - Also in such case where the inquest may give their verdict at large, if they will take upon them the knowledge of the law upon the matter, they may give their verdict generally as it is put in their charge...
Page 242 - ... on the French coast, at or near Rochefort, in order to attack, if practicable, and, by a vigorous impression, force that place, and to burn and destroy, to the utmost of your power, all shipping, docks, magazines and arsenals that should be found there, and exert such other efforts as shall be judged most proper for annoying the enemy.
Page 464 - April 1756, nor any greater reinforcement than the regiment which was sent, and the detachment equal to a battalion which was ordered to the relief of Fort of St.
Page 9 - the children of this world are wifer in their generation than the ** children of light...
Page 171 - Mine eyes do fail with tears, my bowels are troubled, my liver is poured upon the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my people; because the children and the sucklings swoon in the streets of the city.