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... command , were attacked , he and four of his men were killed on the fpot . " Capt Bennet is appointed to the command of his Majefty's fhip Ald- bourgh , in room of Capt Hawker . The Triple Alliance between Great Britain , France and ...
... command , were attacked , he and four of his men were killed on the fpot . " Capt Bennet is appointed to the command of his Majefty's fhip Ald- bourgh , in room of Capt Hawker . The Triple Alliance between Great Britain , France and ...
Page 57
... command , now removing with all their effects either into Germany or Holland . " Extract of a letter from Paris , dated March 15 . " The following remarkable inftance of the effects of fear was feen a few days fince in the perfon of ...
... command , now removing with all their effects either into Germany or Holland . " Extract of a letter from Paris , dated March 15 . " The following remarkable inftance of the effects of fear was feen a few days fince in the perfon of ...
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... command at this time : I have general inftructions to recommend to you at all times fuch measures as may tend to promote that peace and order upon which your own happiness , and profperity , as well as his majefty's fervice , very much ...
... command at this time : I have general inftructions to recommend to you at all times fuch measures as may tend to promote that peace and order upon which your own happiness , and profperity , as well as his majefty's fervice , very much ...
Page 91
... command , is therefore deter mined to make a difference in their half - pay . The ftate of the debt of the navy , as it ftood the 5th of January laft , was yefterday prefented to the Lower Af- sembly . M 2 fembly , and is to be ...
... command , is therefore deter mined to make a difference in their half - pay . The ftate of the debt of the navy , as it ftood the 5th of January laft , was yefterday prefented to the Lower Af- sembly . M 2 fembly , and is to be ...
Page 113
... command must have been in a manner at an end for want of a proper confidence in thofe who were to be obeyed . This was actually the cafe ; and , from the time we were con- fined to the defence of the fort itself , nothing was to be feen ...
... command must have been in a manner at an end for want of a proper confidence in thofe who were to be obeyed . This was actually the cafe ; and , from the time we were con- fined to the defence of the fort itself , nothing was to be feen ...
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