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Pagina xvi
... commission ; but , fearing half - pay and inactivity , he rested content , like his fore- bears , with the warrant of a gunner . His abilities , it is certain , would in any case have claimed INTRODUCTION xvii eventual recognition ; but ...
... commission ; but , fearing half - pay and inactivity , he rested content , like his fore- bears , with the warrant of a gunner . His abilities , it is certain , would in any case have claimed INTRODUCTION xvii eventual recognition ; but ...
Pagina xlvii
... its exercise was least interrupted . But the victor of Blenheim was not the only Churchill . At the accession of Queen Anne the office of Lord High Admiral , which it had been found necessary to put into commission as long ago as the.
... its exercise was least interrupted . But the victor of Blenheim was not the only Churchill . At the accession of Queen Anne the office of Lord High Admiral , which it had been found necessary to put into commission as long ago as the.
Pagina xlviii
necessary to put into commission as long ago as the reign of James I , was restored and conferred upon Her Majesty's ... commissions were paper com- missions only , and that , like many other of INTRODUCTION xlix Charles II's captains ...
necessary to put into commission as long ago as the reign of James I , was restored and conferred upon Her Majesty's ... commissions were paper com- missions only , and that , like many other of INTRODUCTION xlix Charles II's captains ...
Pagina lxvii
... commission ; and at the age of twenty - two threw himself with eager abandon into the more congenial excitement of the political arena . It was the hour when the great Exclusion Bill was cleaving society into Whigs and Tories ; and ...
... commission ; and at the age of twenty - two threw himself with eager abandon into the more congenial excitement of the political arena . It was the hour when the great Exclusion Bill was cleaving society into Whigs and Tories ; and ...
Pagina xciii
... commission made Peterborough his superior officer . He did not forget the penalties attaching to direct disobedience . He did not forget what a dangerous and implacable enemy the Earl could be to those who dared to cross his path . But ...
... commission made Peterborough his superior officer . He did not forget the penalties attaching to direct disobedience . He did not forget what a dangerous and implacable enemy the Earl could be to those who dared to cross his path . But ...
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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