A History of England from the Conclusion of the Great War in 1815, Volume 1Longmans, Green, and Company, 1907 - Great Britain |
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... Exmouth was gallantly winning new laurels for the British navy , and Lord Exmouth's father had commanded a Dover packet . Brindley was developing the country gentlemen's estates by showing them how to construct canals , and Brindley had ...
... Exmouth was gallantly winning new laurels for the British navy , and Lord Exmouth's father had commanded a Dover packet . Brindley was developing the country gentlemen's estates by showing them how to construct canals , and Brindley had ...
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... Exmouth , the son of Samuel Pellew , the commander of a Dover packet , was born in 1757 ; he entered the navy in 1770 ; and for more than forty years was actively engaged in his profession . He served with dis- tinction in every part of ...
... Exmouth , the son of Samuel Pellew , the commander of a Dover packet , was born in 1757 ; he entered the navy in 1770 ; and for more than forty years was actively engaged in his profession . He served with dis- tinction in every part of ...
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... Exmouth , both in recognition of his own services and of those of the navy ; and , when the ministry determined to punish the piratical states of Barbary , they naturally availed themselves of Lord Exmouth's services . Early in 1816 Exmouth ...
... Exmouth , both in recognition of his own services and of those of the navy ; and , when the ministry determined to punish the piratical states of Barbary , they naturally availed themselves of Lord Exmouth's services . Early in 1816 Exmouth ...
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... Exmouth effecting with a small force what Nelson had declined to undertake without a large one . There was this difference , however , between the opinions of Nelson and Exmouth : Exmouth had made himself personally acquainted with the ...
... Exmouth effecting with a small force what Nelson had declined to undertake without a large one . There was this difference , however , between the opinions of Nelson and Exmouth : Exmouth had made himself personally acquainted with the ...
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... Exmouth set sail for Gibraltar . Exmouth received at Gibraltar a reinforcement which he had not anticipated . Admiral Capellen , of the Dutch navy , asked leave to join in the dangers and honours of the expedition , and Exmouth readily ...
... Exmouth set sail for Gibraltar . Exmouth received at Gibraltar a reinforcement which he had not anticipated . Admiral Capellen , of the Dutch navy , asked leave to join in the dangers and honours of the expedition , and Exmouth readily ...
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