The Quarterly Review, Volume 4William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) John Murray, 1810 - English literature |
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Page 321
... officers ; ' and to consider their being received into our ships of war for naval instruction , as a proof of the contemptible light in which naval skill is viewed by the rulers of this insular empire , ' while it shows , he says , ' in ...
... officers ; ' and to consider their being received into our ships of war for naval instruction , as a proof of the contemptible light in which naval skill is viewed by the rulers of this insular empire , ' while it shows , he says , ' in ...
Page 328
... officers to important commands ; and for entrusting the naval force of this country to men completely ignorant of both the theory and the practice of maritime defence ; as well as incompetent to judge of the characters of the officers ...
... officers to important commands ; and for entrusting the naval force of this country to men completely ignorant of both the theory and the practice of maritime defence ; as well as incompetent to judge of the characters of the officers ...
Page 331
... officers ' situa- tions are not attractive . ' any Another object of his plan is to increase the number and pay of petty officers ; to give them the preference of admission into Greenwich Hospital , or to the out - pension , and , in ...
... officers ' situa- tions are not attractive . ' any Another object of his plan is to increase the number and pay of petty officers ; to give them the preference of admission into Greenwich Hospital , or to the out - pension , and , in ...
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Alicia Tindal Palmer | 61 |
Reasons for declining to become a Subscriber to | 68 |
Travels in various Countries of Europe Asia | 111 |
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