The Political Magazine and Parliamentary, Naval, Military, and Literary Journal, Volume 1J. Bew, 1780 - Europe |
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... taken by the French 54 XVII . Surprife of Fort Stanwix XVIII . Dutch Fleet of Storefhips taken 55 XIX . French Fleet taken in the Weft In- dies 56 XX . Murder of the celebrated Capt . Cook 56 31 XXI . Stocks , Corn , Bankrupts , & c ...
... taken by the French 54 XVII . Surprife of Fort Stanwix XVIII . Dutch Fleet of Storefhips taken 55 XIX . French Fleet taken in the Weft In- dies 56 XX . Murder of the celebrated Capt . Cook 56 31 XXI . Stocks , Corn , Bankrupts , & c ...
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... taken posses- fion of St. George's Key , having a number of armed pettiguas , and about 600 men . On this notice , having collected 60 Indians and enlifted fome volunteers on the fhore , we Lailed in the Porcupine floop of war with ...
... taken posses- fion of St. George's Key , having a number of armed pettiguas , and about 600 men . On this notice , having collected 60 Indians and enlifted fome volunteers on the fhore , we Lailed in the Porcupine floop of war with ...
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... taken amount in all to 365 , the ditch the evening before it was form elufive of officers as by the inclofed lift . Your lordship will obferve , that an agr ment has been made to exchange them for with their families Merida , and we ha ...
... taken amount in all to 365 , the ditch the evening before it was form elufive of officers as by the inclofed lift . Your lordship will obferve , that an agr ment has been made to exchange them for with their families Merida , and we ha ...
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... taken in the bay of Hon- Baras by the Spaniards fhall have the prefer- ence . And it is farther understood and a- greed between the parties to this agreement , at all the fubjects of the King of Great Britain , taken in the bay of ...
... taken in the bay of Hon- Baras by the Spaniards fhall have the prefer- ence . And it is farther understood and a- greed between the parties to this agreement , at all the fubjects of the King of Great Britain , taken in the bay of ...
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... taken Prifoners of War , at St , Fernando de Omoa , Oct. the 20th , 1779 . Don Simon Defnaux , Governor and Engineer in fecond to his Catholic Majesty , and Lieut . Colonel of Infantry , Don Antonio Fernandez , Lieut . Governor and ...
... taken Prifoners of War , at St , Fernando de Omoa , Oct. the 20th , 1779 . Don Simon Defnaux , Governor and Engineer in fecond to his Catholic Majesty , and Lieut . Colonel of Infantry , Don Antonio Fernandez , Lieut . Governor and ...
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Page 388 - Of praise a mere glutton, he swallow'd what came, And the puff of a dunce he mistook it for fame; Till his relish grown callous, almost to disease, Who pepper'd the highest was surest to please. But let us be candid, and speak out our mind, If dunces applauded, he paid them in kind. Ye Kenricks, ye Kellys, and Woodfalls so grave, What a commerce was yours while you got and you gave!
Page 388 - Twas only that when he was off he was acting. With no reason on earth to go out of his way, He turn'd and he varied full ten times a day...
Page 6 - ... adequate to repel every insult and attack, and to maintain and uphold the power and reputation of this country.
Page 387 - Without cause be he pleas'd, without cause be he cross ; Be sure, as I work, to throw in contradictions, A great love of truth, yet a mind turn'd to fictions : Now mix these ingredients, which , warm'd in the baking, Turn to learning and gaming, religion and raking.
Page 6 - In making this communication to the Court of London, the King is firmly persuaded...
Page 364 - These had no charms to please the sense, No graceful port, no eloquence To win the Muse's throng : Unknown, unsung, unmark'd they lie ; But Caesar's fate o'ercasts the sky, And Nature mourns his wrong.
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Page 360 - The inhabitants were by this time apprised of what was going forward, and flocked in crowds to be witnesses of the address and boldness of the English. The governor of Alexandria was told that these seamen were about to pull down Pompey's pillar.
Page 6 - America, who are in full possession of independence, as pronounced by .them on the fourth of July, 1776, having proposed to the king to consolidate by a formal convention, the connection begun to be established between the two nations, the respective plenipotentiaries have signed a treaty of friendship and commerce, designed to serve as a foundation for their mutual good correspondence.
Page 398 - The superiority of the fire from the Sandwich, and the gallant behaviour of her officers and men, enabled her to sustain so unequal a combat, though, before attacked by them, she had beat three ships out of their line of battle, had entirely broke it, and was to leeward of the wake of the French admiral.