 | 1787 - 512 pàgines
...(he appearance of gaining ; and afterwards, on the 24th of the fame month, he beat them ejL-ctually, purfued them to their own coaft, and blocked up their...youth, and beat the enemy in feveral engagements. ' From this time Prince Rupert led a quiet, and chiefly a retired life, moftly at Windfor-Caftle, of... | |
 | 1800 - 586 pàgines
...Hiftorians : but all thefe he richly deferved. It was indeed fo great, that it could fcarce be exaggerated. In the laft Dutch war, he feemed to retain all the...youth, and beat the enemy in feveral engagements. Prince Rupert is celebrated for the invention of mezzotinto, ot which he is faid to have taken the... | |
 | David Hughson - 1806 - 686 pàgines
...encomiums by poets and historians; but he richly deserved them. In the war with the Dutch, he seemed to retain all the activity and fire of his youth, and beat the enemy in several engagements. He was also celebrated for his ingenuity, and for the invention of mezzotinto,... | |
 | Edward Pugh - 1806 - 688 pàgines
...encomiums by poets and historians; but he richly deserved them. In the war with the Dutch, he seemed to retain all the activity and fire of his youth, and beat the enemy in several engagements. He was also celebrated for his ingenuity, and for the invention of mezzotinto,... | |
 | James Granger - 1824 - 446 pàgines
...deserved. It was indeed so great, that it could scarce be exaggerated. In the last Dutch war, he seemed to retain all the activity and fire of his youth, and beat the enemy in several engagements. He was succeeded in his command of vice-admiral, by the Duke of Grafton, in 1682.... | |
 | James Granger - 1824 - 704 pàgines
...deserved. It was indeed so great, that it could scarce be exaggerated. In the last Dutch war, he seemed to retain all the activity and fire of his youth, and beat the enemy in several engagements. He was succeeded in his command of vice-admiral, by the Duke of Grafton, in 1682.... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1770 - 620 pàgines
...hiftorians : but all thefe he richly defcrved. It was indeed fo great, that it could fcarce be exaggerated. In the laft Dutch war, he feemed to retain all the activity and fire of hi? youth, and beat the enemy in feveral engagements. Prince Rupert is celebrated for the invention... | |
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Duke of Albemarle, in 1666. His courage in this war is mentioned with high encomiums by our poets* and historians : but all these he richly deserved. 