Celebrated Naval and Military TrialsW.H. Allen, 1866 - 399 sider |
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... Mutiny of the " Bounty " The Mutiny at the Nore · The Trial of Governor Wall • • PAGE 1 21 49 60 • 93 118 158 200 229 264 The Trial of Colonel Despard • 307 The Court - Martial on Vice - Admiral Calder • 349 Trial of General Sir Robert ...
... Mutiny of the " Bounty " The Mutiny at the Nore · The Trial of Governor Wall • • PAGE 1 21 49 60 • 93 118 158 200 229 264 The Trial of Colonel Despard • 307 The Court - Martial on Vice - Admiral Calder • 349 Trial of General Sir Robert ...
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... for the society of vigorous life , we enjoy , the best balm to all wounds , the consolation of friendship , in those only whom we have lost for ever . " THE MUTINY OF THE " BOUNTY . " THE outrageous ADMIRAL KEPPEL . 199.
... for the society of vigorous life , we enjoy , the best balm to all wounds , the consolation of friendship , in those only whom we have lost for ever . " THE MUTINY OF THE " BOUNTY . " THE outrageous ADMIRAL KEPPEL . 199.
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Peter Burke. THE MUTINY OF THE " BOUNTY . " THE outrageous act of insubordination on open sea , known as " The Mutiny of the Bounty , " has proved , from the lasting interest it has excited and from its extraordinary results , one of the ...
Peter Burke. THE MUTINY OF THE " BOUNTY . " THE outrageous act of insubordination on open sea , known as " The Mutiny of the Bounty , " has proved , from the lasting interest it has excited and from its extraordinary results , one of the ...
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... mutiny , a word or two may be said biographically of the principal actors in the terrible transaction . To begin with Bligh , a giant spirit in difficulty . He was a scion of the family to which belong the Earls of Darnley , and he was ...
... mutiny , a word or two may be said biographically of the principal actors in the terrible transaction . To begin with Bligh , a giant spirit in difficulty . He was a scion of the family to which belong the Earls of Darnley , and he was ...
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... mutiny , and who , after being convicted and pardoned for it , redeemed his character and became a captain in the royal navy , was of a very respectable family , and was grandson of Mr. Heywood , Chief Justice of the Isle of Man . Peter ...
... mutiny , and who , after being convicted and pardoned for it , redeemed his character and became a captain in the royal navy , was of a very respectable family , and was grandson of Mr. Heywood , Chief Justice of the Isle of Man . Peter ...
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Admiral Buckner Admiral Byng Admiral Keppel admiral's Admiralty afterwards appeared Armstrong arrived asked battle Bligh board the Sandwich Bounty British fleet brought Captain Kidd Captain Lacy cavalry charge Colonel Despard command conduct court court-martial crime death defence deponent duty Earl Edward Marcus Despard enemy engagement England evidence execution favour Ferrol fire France French fleet frigates garrison gentlemen George Sack Governor Wall guilty guns heard honour indictment island John John Benbow John Byng jury justice king Lavallette letter Lord George Sackville lordship Majesty's ment Minorca morning murder mutiny naval navy o'clock occasion officers Palliser Parker passed persons pirates Pitcairn's Island Portsmouth President Prince prisoner proceeded punishment received regiment Robert Calder sail seaman sentence ship signal Silas Deane Sir Robert Calder soldiers squadron Thomas tion told took trial vessel Vice-Admiral whole William witnesses
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Side 313 - An Act to empower His Majesty to secure and detain such persons as His Majesty shall suspect are conspiring against his person and government.
Side 220 - I will arise and go to my father, and say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee, and am no more worthy to be called thy son : make me as one of thy hired servants.
Side 70 - Every person in the fleet, who through cowardice, negligence, or disaffection, shall in time of action withdraw or keep back, or not come into the fight or engagement, or shall not do his utmost to take or destroy every ship which it shall be his duty to engage, and to assist and relieve...
Side 337 - ... be taken to the place from whence you came, and from thence you are to be drawn on hurdles to the place of execution, where you are to be hanged by the neck, but not until you are dead...
Side 151 - ... that she had lived in credit, and wanted for nothing, till a press-gang came and stole her husband from her ; but, since then, she had no bed to lie on ; nothing to give her children to eat; and they were almost naked ; and perhaps she might have done something wrong, for she hardly knew what she did.
Side 198 - It was painted by an artist worthy of the subject, the excellent friend of that excellent man from their earliest youth, and a common friend of us both, with whom we lived for many years without a moment of coldness, of peevishness, of jealousy, or of jar, to the day of our final...
Side 204 - The gentle island, and the genial soil, The friendly hearts, the feasts without a toil, The courteous manners but from nature caught, The wealth unhoarded, and the love unbought ; Could these have cfcrms for rudest sea-boys, driven Before the mast by every wind of heaven ? And now, even now prepared with others' woes To earn mild Virtue's vain desire, repose?
Side 151 - It is a circumstance not to be forgotten, that she was very young (under nineteen), and most remarkably handsome. She went to a linen-draper's shop, took some coarse linen off the counter, and slipped it under her cloak ; the shop-man saw her, and she laid it down : for this she was hanged.
Side 128 - The noise subsided, and he was asked if he had anything to say why sentence of death should not be passed upon him.
Side 199 - ... and virtue in it, things had taken a different turn from what they did, I should have attended him to the quarter-deck with no less good will and more pride, though with far other feelings, than I partook of the general flow of national joy that attended the justice that was done to his virtue.