Memoir of the life of admiral sir Edward Codrington, with selections from his correspondence, ed. by lady Bourchier, Volum 1 |
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Side vii
... passed away , it is not , I think , too late to bring before others the character and services of one who was himself an ornament to the profession he so truly loved and honoured and so devotedly served . To that character , and those ...
... passed away , it is not , I think , too late to bring before others the character and services of one who was himself an ornament to the profession he so truly loved and honoured and so devotedly served . To that character , and those ...
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... passed on . Its form was oblong , and its length about three miles ; its sides smoothly irregular , occasionally broken by bold rocky projections covered with pine trees , and the whole embosomed in one immense mass of different firs ...
... passed on . Its form was oblong , and its length about three miles ; its sides smoothly irregular , occasionally broken by bold rocky projections covered with pine trees , and the whole embosomed in one immense mass of different firs ...
Side 7
... figure and the boisterous mode of our calling after him . Upon examination we found ourselves checkered over , both face and clothes , by the branches of burned trees among which we had passed near the spot where we then stood.
... figure and the boisterous mode of our calling after him . Upon examination we found ourselves checkered over , both face and clothes , by the branches of burned trees among which we had passed near the spot where we then stood.
Side 8
sir Edward Codrington Jane Barbara lady Bourchier. we had passed near the spot where we then stood ; and neither the man nor his horse would consent to approach us until they had surveyed us more minutely . After explaining our situation ...
sir Edward Codrington Jane Barbara lady Bourchier. we had passed near the spot where we then stood ; and neither the man nor his horse would consent to approach us until they had surveyed us more minutely . After explaining our situation ...
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... passing . May 28 and 29 . After missing the French fleet , the first thing done by Lord Howe was to steer a course after Admiral Montagu who had gone with the convoys , in order to protect him and his convoy from the French fleet ; and ...
... passing . May 28 and 29 . After missing the French fleet , the first thing done by Lord Howe was to steer a course after Admiral Montagu who had gone with the convoys , in order to protect him and his convoy from the French fleet ; and ...
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Side 186 - See, what a grace was seated on this brow; Hyperion's curls; the front of Jove himself; An eye like Mars, to threaten and command; A station like the herald Mercury, New-lighted on a heaven-kissing hill; A combination, and a form, indeed, Where every god did seem to set his seal, To give the world assurance of a man : This was your husband.