Memorials of the Professional Life and Times of Sir William Penn ...: From 1644 to 1670, Volume 2J. Duncan, 1833 - Admirals |
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... command all our said subjects , according to their duty to God , their allegiance to us , their several oaths and protestations , and the love and affection they bear to the peace of their native country , that they do not betray their ...
... command all our said subjects , according to their duty to God , their allegiance to us , their several oaths and protestations , and the love and affection they bear to the peace of their native country , that they do not betray their ...
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... command , and if we do not improve these mercies to some settlement , such as may be to God's honour and the good of this commonwealth , we shall be very much blame - worthy . " Maj . - Gen . Harrison . " I think that which my lord ...
... command , and if we do not improve these mercies to some settlement , such as may be to God's honour and the good of this commonwealth , we shall be very much blame - worthy . " Maj . - Gen . Harrison . " I think that which my lord ...
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... command any sea - port in which it might assem- ble ; but Charles , having then no such means for availing himself of the offer , directed him to proceed on his expedition , and to wait for a more favourable opportunity to serve him ...
... command any sea - port in which it might assem- ble ; but Charles , having then no such means for availing himself of the offer , directed him to proceed on his expedition , and to wait for a more favourable opportunity to serve him ...
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... command of General Blake , to whom was joined Col. Edward Mountagu , now created general at sea.1 ' Colonel Edward Mountagu ( afterwards the first Earl of Sandwich ) was the only surviving son of Sir Sidney Mountagu , youngest brother ...
... command of General Blake , to whom was joined Col. Edward Mountagu , now created general at sea.1 ' Colonel Edward Mountagu ( afterwards the first Earl of Sandwich ) was the only surviving son of Sir Sidney Mountagu , youngest brother ...
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... command of Vice - Admiral Lawson . Previously to his taking the command of the fleet , General Penn preferred a claim , in the form of a petition , of indemnification for injuries sustained in his Irish estate ; in consequence of which ...
... command of Vice - Admiral Lawson . Previously to his taking the command of the fleet , General Penn preferred a claim , in the form of a petition , of indemnification for injuries sustained in his Irish estate ; in consequence of which ...
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Page 521 - Given under my hand and seal at this day of ' AD Form of Warrant of Committal.
Page 359 - Penn, and having regard to the memory and merits of his late father, in divers services, and particularly to his conduct, courage, and discretion, under our dearest brother James, duke of York, in that signal battle and victory fought and obtained against the Dutch fleet commanded by the Heer Van Opdam, in the year 1665...
Page 563 - Son William, if you and your Friends keep to your plain way of preaching, and keep to your plain way of living, you will make an end of the priests to the end of the world.
Page 352 - Commander-in-chief about the tenth ship from the van; the second in command about the twelfth from the rear, leaving the van of the enemy unoccupied ; the succeeding ships breaking through in all parts, astern of their leaders, and engaging the enemy at the muzzles of their guns.
Page 418 - I find the Duke of Albemarle at dinner with sorry company, some of his officers of the Army: dirty dishes and a nasty wife at table, and bad meat, of which I made but an ill dinner.
Page 421 - Barking steeple, and there saw the saddest sight of desolation that I ever saw; every where great fires, oyle-cellars, and brimstone, and other things burning. I became afraid to stay there long, and therefore down again as fast as I could, the fire being spread as far as I could see it; and to Sir W.
Page 286 - To church, where I found that my coming in a perriwigg did not prove so strange as I was afraid it would, for I thought that all the church would presently have cast their eyes all upon me, but I found no such thing.2 9th.
Page 422 - I home late to Sir W. Pen's, who did give me a bed; but without curtains or hangings, all being down. So here I went the first time into a naked bed, only my drawers on; and did sleep pretty well: but still both sleeping and waking had a fear of fire in my heart, that I took little rest.
Page 11 - The Laws of England are so interwoven with the power and practice of Monarchy, that to settle a Government without something of Monarchy...
Page 259 - Now, after all this, I can say, that, besides the pleasure of the sight of these glorious things, I may now shut my eyes against any other objects, nor for the future trouble myself to see things of state and show, as being sure never to see the like again in this world.