 | John Murray (Firm) - 1895 - 384 pàgines
...Admiral of the Blue, March 14, 1757, fell a martyr to political persecution, at a time when bravery nn:l loyalty were insufficient securities for the life and honour of a naval officer." Can this inscription havo been composed by Johnson, who was certainly active in defending the Admiral... | |
 | Sir William Laird Clowes, Sir Clements Robert Markham, Alfred Thayer Mahan, Herbert Wrigley Wilson, Theodore Roosevelt, Leonard George Carr Laughton - 1898 - 668 pàgines
...Esq., Admiral of the Blue, fell a Martyr to Political Persecution, March 14th, in the year MDCCLVII ; when Bravery and Loyalty were insufficient Securities for the Life and Honour of a Naval Officer." The tragedy, viewed from nearly every aspect, is to be most heartily regretted. Byng was neither traitor... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1898 - 700 pàgines
...March, 1778."* General Burgoyne surrendered on the I7th of October, 1777. " Nothing," says Mr. Croker, " can be more unfounded than the assertion that Byng fell a martyr to political party. By a strange coincidence of circumstances, it happened that there was a total change of administration... | |
 | James Boswell - 1900 - 638 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...Magazine, and indeed any where, is his review of Soame Jennings's " Inquiry into the Origin of Evil." Jennings was possessed of lively talents, and a style... | |
 | James Boswell - 1900 - 928 pàgines
...BYNG, ESQ. ADMIRAL OF THE BLUE, FELL A MARTYR TO POLITICAL PERSECUTION, MARCH 14, IN THE YEAR 1757 ; " " " OK A NAVAL OFFICER." Johnson's most exquisite critical essay in the "Literary Magazine," and indeed... | |
 | James Boswell - 1901 - 404 pàgines
...BYNG, ESQ., ADMIRAL OT THE BLUE, FILL A MARTYR TO POLITICAL PERSECUTION, MARCH 14, IN THE THAR 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. 1 Jenyns was possessed of... | |
 | James Boswell - 1904 - 1590 pàgines
...LOYALTY WERE INSUFFICIENT SECURITIES FOR THE LlFE AND HONOUR OF A NAVAL OFFICER.' 210 SOAME JENYNS [1756 sign a sentence for his transportation, Jenyns was possessed of lively talents, and a style eminently pure and easy, and could very happily... | |
 | Sir Charles Edward Callwell - 1905 - 508 pàgines
...1 Father of the unfortunate admiral who in 1756 " fell a martyr to political persecution at a time when bravery and loyalty were insufficient securities for the life and honour of a naval officer." by Byng's fleet. When the crisis came, and when the portents all pointed to the speedy fall of the... | |
 | Mary Eyre Matcham - 1905 - 376 pàgines
...Byug, 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.' in the service of my friends, so hope you will forgive me. I have taken the liberty to send up by the... | |
 | James Boswell - 1907 - 626 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...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... | |
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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. 
