Analectic Magazine, and Naval Chronicle, Band 7James Maxwell, 1816 |
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... hundred and twen- ty - eight men , of whom eleven were killed , and fifteen wound- ed , according to the best information we could obtain - among the latter is her first lieutenant , who has lost an arm , and re- ceived a severe ...
... hundred and twen- ty - eight men , of whom eleven were killed , and fifteen wound- ed , according to the best information we could obtain - among the latter is her first lieutenant , who has lost an arm , and re- ceived a severe ...
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... hundred and twenty thousand dollars in specie , which we soon transferred to this ship . Every officer , seaman , and ma- rine did his duty , which is the highest compliment I can pay them . I am , & c . L. WARRINGTON . " Captain ...
... hundred and twenty thousand dollars in specie , which we soon transferred to this ship . Every officer , seaman , and ma- rine did his duty , which is the highest compliment I can pay them . I am , & c . L. WARRINGTON . " Captain ...
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... hundred and fifty barrels , and well found in every respect for so long a voyage . With regret , sir , I have to inform you , the frigate had not got clear of the Marquesas , before we discovered in the na- tives a hostile disposition ...
... hundred and fifty barrels , and well found in every respect for so long a voyage . With regret , sir , I have to inform you , the frigate had not got clear of the Marquesas , before we discovered in the na- tives a hostile disposition ...
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... hundred were employed in pulling down the houses , and plundering the en- campment , while others were in the fort , endeavouring ( assisted by Wilson who had received several casks of pow- der from the mutineers ) to get the spikes out ...
... hundred were employed in pulling down the houses , and plundering the en- campment , while others were in the fort , endeavouring ( assisted by Wilson who had received several casks of pow- der from the mutineers ) to get the spikes out ...
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... hundred and fifty prisoners into Batavia , and the fourth released , as from her we learned that a peace had been made . " From the different captures we obtained about fifteen thousand dollars in specie , and gold to the amount of four ...
... hundred and fifty prisoners into Batavia , and the fourth released , as from her we learned that a peace had been made . " From the different captures we obtained about fifteen thousand dollars in specie , and gold to the amount of four ...
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Seite 357 - Then stay'd the fervid wheels, and in his hand He took the golden compasses, prepared In God's eternal store, to circumscribe This universe, and all created things. One foot he centred, and the other turn'd Round through the vast profundity obscure, And said, Thus far extend, thus far thy bounds, This be thy just circumference, O world.
Seite 281 - ... intimate with the Indian character, customs, and principles; habituated to the hunting life; guarded, by exact observation of the vegetables and animals of his own country, against losing time in the description of objects already possessed; honest, disinterested, liberal, of sound understanding, and a fidelity to truth so scrupulous, that whatever he should report would be as certain as if seen by ourselves...
Seite 74 - BRIGHT be the place of thy soul ! No lovelier spirit than thine E'er burst from its mortal control, In the orbs of the blessed to shine. On earth thou wert all but divine, As thy soul shall immortally be ; And our sorrow may cease to repine, When we know that thy God is with thee.
Seite 199 - I have the honour to be, with the highest respect, Sir, Your most obedient, humble Servant, JAMES BRYCE The Honourable ROBERT BACON, Secretary of State.
Seite 281 - In 1803, the act for establishing trading houses with the Indian tribes being about to expire, some modifications of it were recommended to Congress by a confidential message of January 18, and an extension of its views to the Indians on the Missouri.
Seite 281 - ... of youth and a passion for more dazzling pursuits, he engaged as a volunteer in the body of militia which were called out by General Washington on occasion of the discontents produced by the excise taxes in the western parts of the United States, and from that situation he was removed to the regular service as a lieutenant in the line. At twenty-three he was promoted to a captaincy; and, always attracting the first attention where punctuality and fidelity were requisite, he was appointed paymaster...
Seite 293 - ' to provide for the more convenient organization of the courts of the United States...
Seite 234 - ... show; the miser, when he hugs his gold ; the courtier, who builds his hopes upon a smile : the savage, who paints his idol with blood ; the slave, who worships a tyrant, or the tyrant, who fancies himself a god ; — the vain, the ambitious, the proud, the choleric man, the hero and the coward, the beggar and the king, the rich and the poor, the young and the old, all live in a world of their own making ; and the poet does no more than describe what all the others think and act. If his art is...