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Pagina xxii
... Lord High Admiral ; and Prince George , purring over him , presented him to Queen Anne , who adroitly con- ferred on him the accolade before he could utter a protest . It is almost superfluous to mention that he joined Sir George Rooke ...
... Lord High Admiral ; and Prince George , purring over him , presented him to Queen Anne , who adroitly con- ferred on him the accolade before he could utter a protest . It is almost superfluous to mention that he joined Sir George Rooke ...
Pagina xl
... Lord High Admiral , Prince George of Denmark , anxious to bestow a signal mark of his royal favour , welcomed Sir John in his bedchamber , and to many kind expressions of regard added a gold - hilted sword and a diamond ring . He then ...
... Lord High Admiral , Prince George of Denmark , anxious to bestow a signal mark of his royal favour , welcomed Sir John in his bedchamber , and to many kind expressions of regard added a gold - hilted sword and a diamond ring . He then ...
Pagina xlvii
... Admiral's self- effacement need cause regret . The reason that induced him to decline the honour was the very motive ... Lord High Admiral , which it had been found necessary to put into commission as long ago as the.
... Admiral's self- effacement need cause regret . The reason that induced him to decline the honour was the very motive ... Lord High Admiral , which it had been found necessary to put into commission as long ago as the.
Pagina xlviii
... Lord High Admiral could not be nominated without depriving the Prince of his position , an expedient , quite ... Admiral ' Churchill , as our biographer calls him , had John's besetting sins without the brilliance with which the great ...
... Lord High Admiral could not be nominated without depriving the Prince of his position , an expedient , quite ... Admiral ' Churchill , as our biographer calls him , had John's besetting sins without the brilliance with which the great ...
Pagina ciii
... Lord High Admiral ; the egoist who to nine talents had added an incomparable tenth - the knack of declining , in hell's despite , any seat but the loftiest avail- able . While Peterborough had been plotting to reap where he had not sown ...
... Lord High Admiral ; the egoist who to nine talents had added an incomparable tenth - the knack of declining , in hell's despite , any seat but the loftiest avail- able . While Peterborough had been plotting to reap where he had not sown ...
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acquainting Admiral's afterwards anchored appointed arrived ashore Barcelona BATTLE OF MALAGA boats brave Brest Burchett Cadiz Cape Captain Leake Charles Charles Galley coast command Confederates convoy council council of war Court Martial cruise detached dispatched Duke Dutch Earl endeavour enemy enemy's ships engagement England English expedition fireships Flag Officers flag on board forces French fleet frigates galleys garrison Gibraltar Grand Fleet Gunner guns harbour Highness's honour King land Leake's letter likewise Lisbon Lord High Admiral Majesty Majesty's marines Mediterranean men-of-war merchant ships morning naval Navy night orders Peterborough port Portugal Portuguese Prince George Prince of Hesse proceed proceeded provisions Queen ready Rear-Admiral received rendez-vous resolution resolved Royal sail seamen sent shore siege Sir Clowdisley Shovell Sir George Rooke Sir John Leake soon Spain Spithead squadron Stanhope Straits Third Rates thither Torbay Torrington Toulon town Vice-Admiral Leake weather whilst wind