National Portrait Gallery of Illustrious and Eminent Personages of the Nineteenth Century, Količina 3Fisher, Son, & Jackson, 1832 |
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action Admiral afterwards appointed army attention Baron Baron Gardner British Captain career character Collingwood Colonel command conduct consequence court Croker Curran daughter death distinguished Donkin Duke of York duties Earl early enemy England English Engraved equally exertions father feeling fleet French George Grey guns honor House of Commons House of Lords India interest Ireland lady late Lawrence LENOX AND TILDEN letter Lieutenant-General literary Lord Collingwood Lord Eldon Lord Holland Lord Melville Lordship Majesty manner memoir midshipman military mind native never noble occasion opinion Parliament party passed period person Plumer political possession present President Prince profession PUBLIC LIBRARY ASTOR rank received remarkable returned to England Royal Highness Rufane Donkin ship Sir Alexander Sir Thomas Society spirit station succeeded success talents Thomas Plumer TILDEN FOUNDATIONS Painted tion took troops Warren Hastings William YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY youth
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Stran 1 - No matter in what language his doom may have been pronounced ;—no matter what complexion incompatible with freedom, an Indian or an African sun may have burnt upon him ;— no matter in what disastrous battle his liberty may have been cloven down -,—no matter with what solemnities he may have been devoted upon the altar of slavery; the first moment he touches the sacred soil of Britain, the altar and the god sink together in the dust...
Stran 1 - African sun may have burnt upon him ; no matter in what disastrous battle his liberty may have been cloven down ; no matter with what solemnities he may have been devoted upon the altar of slavery — the first moment he touches the sacred soil of Britain the altar and the god sink together in the dust — his soul walks abroad in...
Stran 1 - I speak in the spirit of the British law, which makes liberty commensurate with, and inseparable from, British soil ; which proclaims even to the stranger and the sojourner, the moment he sets his foot upon British earth, that the ground on which he treads is holy, and consecrated by the genius of universal emancipation.
Stran 5 - Eternal Hope ! when yonder spheres sublime Pealed their first notes to sound the march of Time, Thy joyous youth began — but not to fade. — When all the sister planets have decayed...
Stran 6 - But strew his ashes to the wind Whose sword or voice has served mankind, And is he dead, whose glorious mind Lifts thine on high ? To live in hearts we leave behind Is not to die.
Stran 4 - The women of Brixham, who travelled to Ashburton twice a week with fish, and who had known my parents, did not see me without kind concern, running about the beach in a ragged jacket and trousers.
Stran 4 - Scotland — a nation, cast in the happy medium between the spiritless acquiescence of submissive poverty, and the sturdy credulity of pampered wealth — cool and ardent, adventurous and persevering, winging her eagle flight against the blaze of every science, with an eye that never winks, and a wing that never tires...
Stran 5 - On the morning of the 7th there was a considerable swell, and his friend Captain Thomas, on entering his cabin, observed that he feared the motion of the vessel disturbed him. ' No, Thomas,' he replied, ' I am now in a state in which nothing in this world can disturb me more. I am dying; and I am sure it must be consolatory to you, and all who love me, to see how comfortably I am coming to my end.