 | Belgravia - 1882 - 548 pàgines
...HON. JOHN BYNO, Admiral of the Blue, Fell a martyr to political persecution, March 14, 1757, at a time When bravery and loyalty were insufficient Securities for the life and- honour of a naval officer. If, as some have thought, this is rather a bitter legend to appear in a place where the wicked ought... | |
 | Alfred Rimmer - 1882 - 378 pàgines
...HON. JOHN BYNG, Admiral of the Blue, Fell a martyr to political persecution, March 14, 1757, at a time When bravery and loyalty were insufficient Securities for the life and honour of a naval officer. If, as some have thought, this is rather a bitter legend to appear in a place where the wicked ought... | |
 | 1882 - 726 pàgines
...JOHN BYNG, Admiral of tlie Blue, Fell a martyr to political persecution, March 14, 1757, at a time When bravery and loyalty were insufficient Securities for the life and honour of a naval ofiicer. If, as some have thought, this is rather a bitter legend to appear in a place where the wicked... | |
 | 1863 - 412 pàgines
...of public justice, The honourable JOHN BYNG feil a martyr to political persecution, March 14, 1757; when bravery and loyalty were insufficient securities for the life and honour of a naval officer. C. VAN MAANEN. Het kmisvertreden in Japan (vgl. A. R.; XII. bl. 162, 225, 358). Het kruistrappen der... | |
 | James Boswell - 1884 - 742 pàgines
...BYNG, ESQ. ADMIRAL OF THE BLUE, FELL A MARTYR TO POLITICAL PERSECUTION,1 MARCH 14. IN THE YEAR 1757; WHEN BRAVERY AND LOYALTY WERE INSUFFICIENT SECURITIES...critical essay in the " Literary Magazine," and indeed anywhere, is his review of Soame Jenyns's " Inquiry into the Origin of Evil." Jenyns was possessed... | |
 | James Boswell - 1884 - 722 pàgines
...Voltaire " un mdmoire justificatif qu'il a donnd ordre en mourant de me faire parvenir." — Editor. 1 Nothing can be more unfounded than the assertion that Byng fell a martyr to " political persecution." It is impossible to read the trial without being convinced that he had misconducted himself;... | |
 | James Boswell - 1885 - 490 pàgines
...BYNG, ESQ. ADMIRAL OF THE BLUE, FELL A MARTYR TO POLITICAL PERSECUTION, MARCH 14, IN THE YEAR 1757 ; WHEN BRAVERY AND LOYALTY WERE INSUFFICIENT SECURITIES...Soame Jenyns's " Inquiry into the Origin of Evil." Jenyns was 1 [Losing, he wins, because his name will be Ennobled by defeat, who durst contend with... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1885 - 916 pàgines
...March, 1 778."t General Burgoyne surrendered on the 17th of October, 1777. "Nothing," says Mr. Croker, h all the turns of his eventful career, was never ahandoned. He would recover the est By a strange coincidence of circumstances, it happened that there was a total change of administration... | |
 | Frederic Augustus Blaydes - 1886 - 484 pàgines
...The Honble. John Byng, Esq. Admiral of the Blue Fell a Martyr to POLITICAL PERSECUTION March 14. 1757 when BRAVERY and LOYALTY were insufficient Securities For the Life and Honour of a NAVAL OFFICER. LOCAL ALLUSION. — In scanning the pages of " Musarum Dcliciae," Vol. I., p. 216, ed. 1817, I lighted... | |
 | James Boswell - 1887 - 576 pàgines
...PERSECUTION, MARCH 14, IN THE YEAR, 1757; WHEN BRAVERY AND LOYALTY WERE INSUFFICIENT SECURITIES FOR THE LlFE AND HONOUR OF A NAVAL OFFICER.' Johnson's most exquisite...the Literary Magazine, and indeed any where, is his review2 of Soame Jenyns's Inquiry into the Origin of Evil. Jenyns was possessed of lively talents,... | |
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ESQ. ADMIRAL OF THE BLUE, FELL A MARTYR TO POLITICAL PERSECUTION, MARCH 14, IN THE YEAR, 1757 ; WHEN BRAVERY AND LOYALTY WERE INSUFFICIENT SECURITIES FOR THE LIFE AND HONOUR OF A NAVAL OFFICER. 
