The Annual Biography and Obituary for the Year ..., Tom 15Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1831 |
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... observation was manifested in catching , at a glance , the advantage of adopting the numerary signals , which he saw on board a Swedish frigate , instead of our tabular system . He constructed a similar code , and Captain Murray ...
... observation was manifested in catching , at a glance , the advantage of adopting the numerary signals , which he saw on board a Swedish frigate , instead of our tabular system . He constructed a similar code , and Captain Murray ...
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... Observations on Corporal Punishment , Impressment , and other Matters relative to the present State of His Majesty's Royal Navy . " From that short , but ably - written little work , we extract the following passages , as illustrative ...
... Observations on Corporal Punishment , Impressment , and other Matters relative to the present State of His Majesty's Royal Navy . " From that short , but ably - written little work , we extract the following passages , as illustrative ...
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... observed , that " he conceived the plain facts of the case to be better than the speculative reasonings of Adam Smith ; whose arguments , however substantial they might be , the public could not feed upon ; " that , " if the poorer ...
... observed , that " he conceived the plain facts of the case to be better than the speculative reasonings of Adam Smith ; whose arguments , however substantial they might be , the public could not feed upon ; " that , " if the poorer ...
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... observed , " it capacity of third Secretary of State . occasion in a style of asperity , " Mr. was not because be felt any personal dislike or private ani- mosity to the right honourable gentleman ; but that he thought the whole ...
... observed , " it capacity of third Secretary of State . occasion in a style of asperity , " Mr. was not because be felt any personal dislike or private ani- mosity to the right honourable gentleman ; but that he thought the whole ...
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... observation from a member on the treasury bench , he added , " that no part or action of his life could justify that ... observed- " That if the House should consider the words which had been used as conveying a personal reflection on ...
... observation from a member on the treasury bench , he added , " that no part or action of his life could justify that ... observed- " That if the House should consider the words which had been used as conveying a personal reflection on ...
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