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Page 79 - It is not, however, the grandeur of military success which has alone fixed our admiration, or commanded our applause! It has been that generous and lofty spirit which inspired your troops with unbounded confidence, and taught them to know that the day of battle was always a day of victory
Page 317 - of state in 1763 ; secretary to the treasury in 1766 ; a lord of the admiralty in 1767 ; a lord of the treasury in 1786; chancellor of the duchy of Lancaster, president of the board of trade, collector of the customs in the port of London, clerk of the Pells, in Ireland, a privy councillor, and LL.
Page 79 - conceded the pre-eminence! And when the will of heaven, and the common destinies of our nature shall have swept away the present generation, you will have left your great name, an imperishable monument, exciting others to like deeds of glory, and serving at once to adorn, defend, and perpetuate the existence of this country amongst the rising
Page lx - tender us and our honour, and the safety and defence of the said kingdom and church, and the dispatch of the said affairs." The ceremony of the admission of a baron, as well as of all other orders of the temporal peerage, into the house of peers, is thus: He is brought into the
Page lxvii - and all Peerages of Great Britain and Ireland shall in all other respects be considered as Peerages of the United Kingdom; and the Peers of Ireland shall enjoy the same privileges, except those depending upon sitting in the House of Lords." The priority of signing any treaty or public instrument, by public
Page 79 - grace upon the high and important mission on which you are about to proceed. And we doubt not that the same splendid talents, so conspicuous in war, will maintain, with equal authority, firmness, and temper, our national honour, and interests in peace.
Page lvii - Upon the increase of earls, their revenue ceased, and their powers were much abridged, and it became the custom of the monarchs of England to assign some stated pension to the person whom he ennobled, for the better support of his dignity, and it was commonly done in the following proportion:
Page 211 - and some other officers of the guards, were ordered to waylay him, and to set a mark upon him. He defended himself with bravery, and after wounding several of the assailants, was disarmed with some difficulty. They cut his nose to the bone, in order, as they said, to
Page 496 - on the memorable 12th of April 1782, in which the admiral and several of his ships were captured; in remuneration of this gallant and other services, he was advanced to the dignity of the peerage, by the title of baron Rodney, of RodneyStoke, co. Somerset,
Page 481 - per annum on sir Edward and his two sons, or the survivor of them; he also received the thanks of the house of commons, and the freedom of the city of Cork in a gold box. In 1765, he was appointed vice-admiral of- Great Britain, and first lord of the Admiralty; and in 1776 raised to the