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... continued to actively engaged throughout the wars with Napoleon . On the death of his father , in 1812 , he succeeded to master general of the ordnance in 1846 can scarcely be regarded in a political light . In 1842 he was made colonel ...
... continued to actively engaged throughout the wars with Napoleon . On the death of his father , in 1812 , he succeeded to master general of the ordnance in 1846 can scarcely be regarded in a political light . In 1842 he was made colonel ...
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... continued to hold it till Novem- ber , 1855 , when he exchanged it for the office of Postmaster General ; but , however ardently he pursues certain political questions , he never forgets to bestow much of his time upon literary and ...
... continued to hold it till Novem- ber , 1855 , when he exchanged it for the office of Postmaster General ; but , however ardently he pursues certain political questions , he never forgets to bestow much of his time upon literary and ...
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... continued to be actively engaged till he was appointed to the Penelope , of thirty - six guns , serving under Lords Keith and Nelson , Sir Sidney Smith , and other distinguished com- manders . At Trafalgar he was captain of the Euryalus ...
... continued to be actively engaged till he was appointed to the Penelope , of thirty - six guns , serving under Lords Keith and Nelson , Sir Sidney Smith , and other distinguished com- manders . At Trafalgar he was captain of the Euryalus ...
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... continued to issue cantos of his " Don Juan , " which , notwith- standing its moral defects , is the most wonder- ful of all his poems . At the end of December , 1823 , he sailed for Cephalonia , to take part with the Greeks in the ...
... continued to issue cantos of his " Don Juan , " which , notwith- standing its moral defects , is the most wonder- ful of all his poems . At the end of December , 1823 , he sailed for Cephalonia , to take part with the Greeks in the ...
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... continued to write , but in 1803 removed to London , where he began to pursue literature as a profession . In 1806 he received from the Fox ministry a pension of £ 200 a year , which he enjoyed for life . In 1809 he published his ...
... continued to write , but in 1803 removed to London , where he began to pursue literature as a profession . In 1806 he received from the Fox ministry a pension of £ 200 a year , which he enjoyed for life . In 1809 he published his ...
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Sida 194 - Journal of a Voyage to the Northern Whale Fishery; including researches and discoveries on the Eastern Coast of West Greenland, made in the Summer of 1822, in the ship Baffin, of Liverpool.
Sida 135 - A General Dictionary of Geography, Descriptive, Physical, Statistical, and Historical ; forming a complete Gazetteer of the World. By A. KEITH JOHNSTON, FRSE 8vo. 31s. 6d. M'Culloch's Dictionary, Geographical, Statistical, and Historical, of the various Countries, Places, and principal Natural Objects in the World.
Sida 201 - Buccleugh-place, the elevated residence of the then Mr. Jeffrey. I proposed that we should set up a Review ; this was acceded to with acclamation. I was appointed Editor, and remained long enough in Edinburgh to edit the first number of the Edinburgh Review. The motto I proposed for the Review was, " Tenui musam meditamur avena." " We cultivate literature upon a little oatmeal.
Sida 228 - HISTORICAL VIEW OF THE PROGRESS OF DISCOVERY ON THE MORE NORTHERN COASTS OF NORTH AMERICA.
Sida 46 - I have begun several times many things, and I have often succeeded at last. I shall sit down now ; but the time will come when you will hear me.
Sida 116 - Specimens of English Dramatic Poets who lived about the time of Shakspeare...
Sida 32 - An Account of the Abipones, an Equestrian People of Paraguay From the Latin of Martin Dobrizhoffer, eighteen years a Missionary in that country.
Sida 160 - France he devoted himself to the study of the law, and was called to the bar in 1825. As a lawyer he was almost entirely employed in peerage cases before the House of Lords. He compiled a History of the Battle of Agincourt, a Life of Chaucer, The Dispatches and Letters of Lord Nelson, History of the British Navy, and other equally important works.
Sida 138 - the most powerful, the most constant, and the most generous of his enemies.
Sida 32 - Gentleman,' 8vo, London, first and second editions, 1857. On the 6th of June, 1860, he was called to the bar...