The national portrait gallery of illustrious and eminent personages, chiefly of the nineteenth century, Volúmenes3-4P. Jackson, 1846 |
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... rank among its heroes , and for his eminent services received the hearty thanks of Lord Collingwood . He also received the Order of the Bath from his sovereign ; votes of thanks from both Houses of Parliament ; a sword and civic freedom ...
... rank among its heroes , and for his eminent services received the hearty thanks of Lord Collingwood . He also received the Order of the Bath from his sovereign ; votes of thanks from both Houses of Parliament ; a sword and civic freedom ...
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... rank and influence . The pay was £ 146 per annum ; and as Mr. Heaviside enjoyed it about fifty - eight years , he not only repaid himself both principal and interest , but cleared £ 5,000 at least by the purchase ; while , at the same ...
... rank and influence . The pay was £ 146 per annum ; and as Mr. Heaviside enjoyed it about fifty - eight years , he not only repaid himself both principal and interest , but cleared £ 5,000 at least by the purchase ; while , at the same ...
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... rank of brigadier - general , which he accepted ; not anticipating the glorious career upon which Sir Arthur Wellesley's army was so soon to enter . However , at that moment , service was going on in the Mediterranean , and Murat was ...
... rank of brigadier - general , which he accepted ; not anticipating the glorious career upon which Sir Arthur Wellesley's army was so soon to enter . However , at that moment , service was going on in the Mediterranean , and Murat was ...
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... rank of Lieutenant - General . Not very long after this , his Majesty was pleased to confer on him the Grand Cross of the Royal Hanoverian Guelphic order ; and the official letter which accom- panied it , stated , that this honour was ...
... rank of Lieutenant - General . Not very long after this , his Majesty was pleased to confer on him the Grand Cross of the Royal Hanoverian Guelphic order ; and the official letter which accom- panied it , stated , that this honour was ...
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... rank of Lieutenant in the same regiment ; and in the January of the next year he was gazetted Captain in the 75th , or Prince of Wales's regiment of foot , and immediately returned to England . This was to him very speedily a subject of ...
... rank of Lieutenant in the same regiment ; and in the January of the next year he was gazetted Captain in the 75th , or Prince of Wales's regiment of foot , and immediately returned to England . This was to him very speedily a subject of ...
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Página 86 - Or WYNDHAM, just to Freedom and the Throne, The Master of our Passions, and his own.
Página 92 - A course of Lectures, containing a description and systematic arrangement of the several branches of Divinity, accompanied with an account both of the principal authors, and of the progress which has been made at different periods, in Theological learning.
Página 26 - Witty and well employ'd, and, like thy Lord, Speaking in parables his slighted word; I name thee not, lest so despised a name Should move a sneer at thy deserved fame; Yet...
Página 73 - Jenner was given to understand, that he should be cautious and prudent; that he had already gained some credit by his communications to the Royal Society, and ought not to risk his reputation by presenting to the learned body anything which appeared so much at variance with established knowledge, and withal so incredible.
Página 27 - Brompton,) he had collected," says Sir Everard Home, " many kinds of animals and birds ; and it was to him a favourite amusement in his walks to attend to their actions and their habits, and to make them familiar with him. The fiercer animals were those to which he was most partial, and he had several of the bull kind from different parts of the world. Among these was a beautiful small bull he had received from the Queen, with which he used to wrestle in play, and entertain himself with its exertions...
Página 39 - Eustatia, he executed the difficult and dangerous enterprise in such a manner as to produce the most sanguine expectations of' his future services. In 1745 Lieutenant Howe was with Admiral Vernon in the Downs, but was in a short time raised to the rank of commander, in the Baltimore sloop of war, which joined the squadron then cruising on the coast of Scotland under the command of Admiral Smith.
Página 36 - On the return of Napoleon from Elba, his Lordship proceeded to his command in the Mediterranean ; assisted in the restoration of Joachim, King of Naples ; in reducing the rebellious Toulonese ; and concluded treaties with Algiers, Tunis, and Tripoli, for the abolition of Christian slavery. On his return to England, he found that the Algerines had violated the treaty in the most flagrant manner.
Página 71 - DEAR JENNER, — I received yours, as also the cuckoo's stomach : I should like to have a few more, for they do not all show the same thing. If possible, I wish you could remove the cuckoo's egg into another bird's nest, and tame the young one, to see what note it has. There is employment for you, young man ! If you collect eggs, you should also collect the nests, and I do not care how many you send. I wanted a crow's nest, as also a magpie's, in the branches of the trees where they are built, but...
Página 61 - neglect, or delay," was pronounced " not proved ; " but that his conduct had been "marked by zeal, judgment, and ability, and an anxious attention to the welfare of his majesty's service," His lordship was consequently " most honourably acquitted ; '' and received in addition the thanks of both Houses of Parliament.
Página 15 - In the year 1810 he arrived, through the assistance of his hygrometer, at the discovery of that singularly beautiful process of artificial congelation which enabled him to convert water and mercury into ice. Mr. Leslie was removed to the Chair of Natural Philosophy in 1819, on the death of Professor Playfair.