The life of Augustus, viscount Keppel, Volume 1 |
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Admiral Keppel Admiralty afterwards Algiers anchor appointed army arrived attack attend batteries Belleisle boats British Captain Hervey Captain Keppel Centurion chase coast Colonel command Commodore Keppel convoy court court-martial cruise DEAR LORD,-I desired Duke of Bedford Duke of Cumberland Earl of Albemarle enemy enemy's engaged England English expedition favour fire fleet following letter force French frigates Governor Grace guns harbour Havannah honour hope House humble servant hundred island King Lady land lieutenant Lisbon Lord Albemarle Lord Anson Lord Rockingham Lordship Maidstone Majesty Majesty's ment morning Moro Moysey naval navy obliged occasion officers opinion orders Pitt port Portsmouth present received regiments respect Royal sail Saumarez says sent shew ships shore Sir Edward Hawke Sir George Pocock Sir John Mordaunt Sir Peter soon Spaniards Spanish squadron tion told Torbay town troops vessels Walpole wind wish
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Page 162 - I heard the bullets whistle, and, believe me, there is something charming in the sound.
Page 351 - We boast some rich ones whom the Gospel sways, And one who wears a coronet and prays ; Like gleanings of an olive-tree they show" Here and there one upon the topmost bough.
Page 188 - I may complete the poor man's history in a few words: he once had a duel with Colonel Gumley, Lady Bath's brother, who had been his great friend: as they were going to engage, Gumley, who had good humour and wit (Braddock had the latter), said, ' Braddock, you are a poor dog! here, take my purse; if you kill me, you will be forced to run away, and then you will not have a shilling to support you.
Page 203 - May last, he did withdraw or keep back, and did not do his utmost to take, seize, and destroy, the ships of the French King, which it was his duty to have engaged, and to assist such of his Majesty's ships as were engaged in fight with the French ships, which it was his duty to have assisted ; and for that he did not do his utmost to relieve St. Philip's Castle, in his Majesty's island of Minorca, then besieged by the forces of the French King...
Page 88 - Banishment ensued ; and lest he should ever be restored, the mistress persuaded the King that he had poisoned her predecessor Madame de Chateauroux. Maurepas is very agreeable, and exceedingly cheerful ; yet I have seen a transient silent cloud when politics are talked of.
Page 14 - ... as our provision consisted of putrid salt beef, to which the sailors gave the name of Irish horse ; salt pork of New England, which, though neither fish nor flesh, savoured of both ; bread from the same country, every biscuit whereof, like a piece of clock-work, moved by its own internal impulse, occasioned by the myriads of insects that dwelt within it ; and butter served out by the gill, that tasted like train-oil thickened with salt.
Page 203 - Every Person in the Fleet, who through Cowardice, Negligence or Disaffection, shall in time of Action withdraw or keep back, or not come into the Fight or Engagement, or shall not do his utmost to take or destroy every Ship which it shall be his Duty to engage, and to assist and relieve...
Page 326 - Perhaps there never arose in this country, nor in any country, a man of a more pointed and finished wit ; and (where his passions were not concerned) of a more refined, exquisite, and penetrating judgment.
Page 253 - War or other Vessels, acting by immediate Commission or Warrant from our Commissioners for executing the office of our High Admiral of Great Britain for the time being, under the Seal of Our Admiralty...
Page 9 - Guards : his figure was genteel ; his manner noble and agreeable : the rest of his merit (for he had not even an estate) was the interest my Lady Albemarle had with the King through Lady Yarmouth ; and his son, Lord Bury, being the Duke's chief...