Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 256William Blackwood, 1944 - England |
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Page 197
... soon became , at the trifling and eccentric figure of £ 3285 , Captain Despard , and in that rank acquired golden opinions from no less personages than His Grace of Northumberland and General Meadows , his immediate superiors in the ...
... soon became , at the trifling and eccentric figure of £ 3285 , Captain Despard , and in that rank acquired golden opinions from no less personages than His Grace of Northumberland and General Meadows , his immediate superiors in the ...
Page 199
... soon Mr Pitt decided that while a joke might well be a joke , Colonel Despard was going too far . Accordingly , the provisions of Act 38 , George III . , cap . 36 were invoked , and the Colonel was lodged in Coldbath Fields Prison as ...
... soon Mr Pitt decided that while a joke might well be a joke , Colonel Despard was going too far . Accordingly , the provisions of Act 38 , George III . , cap . 36 were invoked , and the Colonel was lodged in Coldbath Fields Prison as ...
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... Soon after dinner a large ship appeared from the eastward , soon perceived to be none of those we expected , and Captn . Shieldam sent a lieutenant and a boat to get news from on board . He returned and brought an account . It was the ...
... Soon after dinner a large ship appeared from the eastward , soon perceived to be none of those we expected , and Captn . Shieldam sent a lieutenant and a boat to get news from on board . He returned and brought an account . It was the ...
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