The Edinburgh Annual Register, for 1808-26, Volumen3J. Ballantyne and Company, 1812 |
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... Captain Warwick Lake , of his majesty's ship Ulysses , for having , when commander of his majesty's ship Recruit ... Captain Lake then desired him to send Jeffery up to him ; the man soon came up , and Captain Lake said , 22 86 EDINBURGH ...
... Captain Warwick Lake , of his majesty's ship Ulysses , for having , when commander of his majesty's ship Recruit ... Captain Lake then desired him to send Jeffery up to him ; the man soon came up , and Captain Lake said , 22 86 EDINBURGH ...
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... Captain Lake , and sent him to take the man off the island . Some of the officers of the Recruit landed , and explored the island , but they found nothing on it ; it was a barren spot , covered in the middle with a kind of rough grass ...
... Captain Lake , and sent him to take the man off the island . Some of the officers of the Recruit landed , and explored the island , but they found nothing on it ; it was a barren spot , covered in the middle with a kind of rough grass ...
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... Captain Englefield in the Centaur , together with a few others of this extensive collection , were not saved without extreme difficulty . The loss cannot yet be ascertained , but from appear- ances it must be very great . About half of ...
... Captain Englefield in the Centaur , together with a few others of this extensive collection , were not saved without extreme difficulty . The loss cannot yet be ascertained , but from appear- ances it must be very great . About half of ...
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... Captain Columbine of the navy , had found it necessary to put under arrest a Mr Grant , who demanded a seat in the council ; and also the Honourable Captain Forbes , who supported his claim . The dispatches were brought by Lieutenant ...
... Captain Columbine of the navy , had found it necessary to put under arrest a Mr Grant , who demanded a seat in the council ; and also the Honourable Captain Forbes , who supported his claim . The dispatches were brought by Lieutenant ...
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... Captain Brenton ordered all the crew above to give three cheers . The intrepid coolness of the proceeding had the immediate effect of damping the ardour of the enemy . A tremendous and well - directed volley from the Spartan drove below ...
... Captain Brenton ordered all the crew above to give three cheers . The intrepid coolness of the proceeding had the immediate effect of damping the ardour of the enemy . A tremendous and well - directed volley from the Spartan drove below ...
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