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# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Smith, William Robert

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​SMITH. (Retired Captain, 1840. f-p., 18; h-p., 36.)
William Robert Smith entered the Navy, 1 July, 1793, as A.B., on board the Concorde 36, Capts. Thos. Wells and Sir Rich. John Strachan. After serving with both those officers as Midshipman in the Melampus 36, stationed, as had been the Concorde, in the Channel, he joined, in 1795, the Defence 74, commanded at first by Capt. Wells and next by Capts. Wm. Brown and Joseph Peyton, off the port of Cadiz and in the Mediterranean, where he fought at the battle of the Nile 1 Aug. 1798. He was then nominated Acting-Lieutenant of the Tonnant 80, Capt. Robt. Lewis Fitzgerald; was confirmed, 14 Aug. 1799, into the Fairy sloop, Capt. Joshua Sydney Horton; and was subsequently, from Aug. 1800 until Sept. 1809, employed, on the West India and Home stations, in the Heureux 24, Capt. Loftus Otway Bland, Argo 44, Commodore Hon. Robt. Stopford, Euryalus 36, Capt. Hon. Henry Blackwood, Argo again, Capt. Geo. Parker, Melampus 36, Capt. Stephen Poyntz, Cambrian 40 and Hero 74, both commanded by Capt. John Poo Beresford, and Theseus 74, Capts. J. P. Beresford, Thos. Briggs, and Chas. Jones. On 6 Feb. 1800 he was present in the Fairy as First-Lieutenant, and in company with the Loire 38, Danaé 20, Harpy 18, and Railleur 1 6, at the capture of the Pallas of 46 guns and 362 men, with which frigate the Fairy and Harpy had previously sustained a very warm and spirited action of an hour and three-quarters, attended with a loss to the former of 4 men killed and 8 wounded. In the Melampus Mr. Smith appears to have assisted at the capture of two brigs, each carrying 2 long 24- pounders, 1 18-pounder, and 50 men, most of them ​soldiers; four luggers of 1 long 18-pounder and 25 men each, from Bordeaux, bound to Brest; and a Spanish privateer, the Hydra, of 28 guns and 192 men, 3 of whom were killed and several wounded before she surrendered. While serving as First of the Theseus (of which ship he acted for a short time as Captain) he commanded an explosion-vessel in Lord Cochrane’s celebrated attack upon the French shipping in Aix Roads 11 April, 1809. He was promoted in consequence to the rank of Commander by a commission bearing the same date. He left the Theseus, as above, in Sept. 1809; and was lastly, from 30 Oct. 1812, until he invalided, 26 April, 1814, employed in the Shearwater sloop in the Mediterranean. He accepted his present rank 19 Sept. 1840. Agents – Messrs. Halford and Co.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Smith, William Sidney

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​SMITH. (Captain, 1837. f-p., 19; h-p., 15.)
William Sidney Smith is second and youngest son of the late Spencer Smith, Esq., at one time a Page of Honour to Queen Charlotte, afterwards an officer in the Guards, and for many years Ambassador at Constantinople and Munich; and nephew of the late Admiral Sir Wm. Sidney Smith, G.C.B. His great-grandfather, Capt. Edw. Smith, R.N. was mortally wounded in command of the Burford in the attack on Laguira 19 Feb. 1743; and his grand-uncle. General Edw. Smith (who died at Bath 19 Jan. 1809), served with Wolfe at the reduction of Quebec, and became Colonel of the 43rd Regt., and Governor of Fort Charles, Jamaica. This officer entered the Navy, 21 Nov. 1813, as Midshipman, on board the Hibernia 120, commanded by his cousin, Capt. Chas. Thurlow Smith, as flag-ship to Sir W. S. Smith, on the Mediterranean station; where he removed, in March, 1814, to the San Josef 110, bearing the flag of Sir Rich. King. He served next, from July in the latter year until July, 1816, on the coast of North America, in the Channel, and at St. Helena, in the Havannah 36, Capt. Gawen Wm. Hamilton; he then joined the Heron 18, Capts. Geo. Bentham and Herbert Brace Powell, part of the force engaged at the ensuing bombardment of Algiers; and from Feb. 1817 until made Lieutenant, 25 April, 1823, into the Martin 20, Capt. Henry Eden, he was employed at Plymouth, at Newfoundland, and again in the Mediterranean, in the Superb 74, Capt. Chas. Ekins, Sir Francis Drake 46, flag-ship of Vice-Admiral Fras. Pickmore, Drake 10, Capt. Wm. Nugent Glascock, Egeria 26, Capts. Robt. Rowley and Henry Shiffner, Rochfort 80, bearing the flag of Sir Graham Moore, and Adventure surveying-vessel, Capt. Wm. Henry Smyth. His succeeding appointments were – 12 Sept. 1823, for about three years, to the Hind 20, Capt. Lord Henry John Spencer Churchill, also in the Mediterranean; and 19 Oct. 1828, to the Victor 18, Capt. Rich. Keane. He continued in the latter vessel on the Jamaica station until promoted to the rank of Commander, 22 July, 1830; and was lastly, from 24 Sept. 1832 until paid off, in June, 1836, employed in the North Sea and West Indies in the Larne 18, Towards the close of that period he was engaged in affording protection to the British mercantile interests on the coasts of New Grenada and Venezuela, then in a state of insurrection; and was present throughout the siege of Puerto Cahallo by General Paez. He attained his present rank 10 Jan. 1837.
Capt. Smith married, 10 July, 1832, at Dawlish, co. Devon, Lucy, daughter of J. Goss, Esq.
# A Garden (Marvell)

This poem was written after the (English) Civil War. An excerpt from “Appleton House” (published as such). Published in, e.g., Miscellaneous Poems (1681).
See how the flowers, as at parade, Under their colours stand display'd: Each regiment in order grows, That of the tulip, pink, and rose. But when the vigilant patrol Of stars walks round about the pole, Their leaves, that to the stalks are curl'd, Seem to their staves the ensigns furl'd. Then in some flower's belovèd hut Each bee, as sentinel, is shut, And sleeps so too; but if once stirr'd, She runs you through, nor asks the word. O thou, that dear and happy Isle, The garden of the world erewhile, Thou Paradise of the four seas Which Heaven planted us to please, But, to exclude the world, did guard With wat'ry if not flaming sword; What luckless apple did we taste To make us mortal and thee waste! Unhappy! shall we never more That sweet militia restore, When gardens only had their towers, And all the garrisons were flowers; When roses only arms might bear, And men did rosy garlands wear?
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# A Garden (Lovecraft)

There's an ancient, ancient garden that I see sometimes in dreams, Where the very Maytime sunlight plays and glows with spectral gleams; Where the gaudy-tinted blossoms seem to wither into grey, And the crumbling walls and pillars waken thoughts of yesterday. There are vines in nooks and crannies, and there's moss about the pool, And the tangled weedy thicket chokes the arbour dark and cool: In the silent sunken pathways springs an herbage sparse and spare, Where the musty scent of dead things dulls the fragrance of the air. There is not a living creature in the lonely space around, And the hedge~encompass'd quiet never echoes to a sound. As I walk, and wait, and listen, I will often seek to find When it was I knew that garden in an age long left behind; I will oft conjure a vision of a day that is no more, As I gaze upon the grey, grey scenes I feel I knew before. Then a sadness settles o'er me, and a tremor seems to start - For I know the flow'rs are shrivell'd hopes - the garden is my heart.
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# A Game of Fives

* "A Game of Fives" in Rhyme? and Reason? (1883)
* "A Game of Fives" in The Complete Works of Lewis Carroll (1920)
# A Garland for Girls, 1893

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Garland for Girls
BY
LOUISA M. ALCOTT,
AUTHOR OF
"LITTLE WOMEN," "LITTLE MEN," "JO'S BOYS," ETC., ETC.
BOSTON:
ROBERTS BROTHERS.
1893.
Copyright, 1887,
By Louisa M. Alcott.
University Press;
John Wilson and Son, Cambridge.
TO
R. A. LAWRENCE,
THIS LITTLE BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED
BY HER GRATEFUL FRIEND,
L. M. ALCOTT.
PREFACE.
THESE stories were written for my own amusement during a period of enforced seclusion. The flowers which were my solace and pleasure suggested titles for the tales and gave an interest to the work.
If my girls find a little beauty or sunshine in these common blossoms, their old friend will not have made her Garland in vain.
L. M. ALCOTT.
September, 1887.
"Alice, with both elbows on the table, listened with wide-awake eyes."—Page 80.
CONTENTS.
PAGE
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# A discourse upon the origin and foundation of the inequality among mankind/ToC

* Dedication
* Preface
* Advertisement
* Question
* Introduction
* First Part
* Second Part
* Notes
# A fairy skipd upon my knee

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Written on loose scrap of paper, was in the possession of D. G. Rossetti. See also: Songs and Ballads
[FRAGMENT]
Written about 1793
A fairy skipd upon my knee
Singing & dancing merrily I said Thou thing of patches rings Pins Necklaces & such like things Disguiser of the Female Form
Thou paltry gilded poisnous worm Weeping he fell upon my thigh And thus in tears did soft reply Knowest thou not O Fairies Lord How much by us Contemnd Abhorrd
Whatever hides the Female form That cannot bear the Mental storm Therefore in Pity still we give Our lives to make the Female live And what would turn into disease
We turn to what will joy & please
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# A discourse upon the origin and foundation of the inequality among mankind/Question

Question
proposed by the
Academy of Dijon.
What is the Origin of the Inequality among Mankind; and whether such Inequality is authorized by the Law of Nature?
# A face devoid of love or grace

A face devoid of love or grace, A hateful, hard, successful face, A face with which a stone Would feel as thoroughly at ease As were they old acquaintances — First time together thrown.
# A famous prediction of Merlin, the British wizard

A famous prediction of Merlin, the British wizard, a hoax by Jonathan Swift:
* A famous prediction of Merlin, the British wizard. The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, Vol. V, 1801.
* A famous prediction of Merlin, the British wizard. The Works of Jonathan Swift, 2d edition, Vol. VIII, 1824.
# Adolf Berle to Franklin D. Roosevelt (March 5, 1940)

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE ASSISTANT SECRETARY
MEMORANDUM TO THE PRESIDENT
Concerning the reply to the message from the "Naval Person", Secretary Hull asks me to suggest the attached cable. It merely buys us another forty-eight hours to work on the situation.
The principal point at issue is the Moore McCormick run to Bergen. If that line keeps its contract with Brazil, and turns over its ships to the Brazilian government, the Gergen run probably would automatically cease. If it is retained, arrangements could be worked out covering the situation: but they will take a few days.
/s/A. A. B., Jr.
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# Admonition

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* Admonition, a poem by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
* Admonition, a poem by William Wordsworth
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Clavell, Charles

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​CLAVELL. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
Charles Clavell died in 1846.
This officer entered the Navy 28 May, 1830; passed his examination 7 Sept. 1836; and, on 28 July, 1841, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, while serving in the Winchester 50, flag-ship in North America and the West Indies of Sir Thos. Harvey. His after-appointments were – 27 Aug. 1841, to the Racer 16, Capt. Thos. Harvey, on the latter station – and, 5 June, 1843, to the Modeste 18, Capt. Thos. Baillie, with whom he was employed in the Pacific until the close of 1845. Agent – Joseph Woodhead.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Clay, Edward Sneyd

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​CLAY. (Rear-Admiral of the Red, 1837. f-p., 23; h-p., 40.)
Edward Sneyd Clay died 3 Feb. 1846, at Southwell, co. Nottingham, aged 78.
This officer entered the Navy, 15 April, 1783, as Midshipman, on board the Hector 74, Capt. Sir Jas. Hamilton, and, until March, 1794, served, on the Home, West India, and Mediterranean stations, in the Europa 50, flag-ship of Vice-Admiral Jas. Gambier, Catherine yacht, Capt. Sir Geo. Young, Phaeton 38, Capt. Geo. Dawson, Solebay 32, Capt. Wm. Squire, and Alcide 74, Capt. Robt. Linzee, in which latter ship he was present at the occupation of Toulon and capture of St. Fiorenza, in 1793-4. Attaining the rank of Lieutenant on 19 March in the latter year, he joined, in succession, the Mulette 20, Capts. Joseph Bullen and Rich. Goddard, Magnificent 74, Capt. W. Squire, Montagu 74, Capt. John Knight, and Venerable and Kent 74’s, flagships of Lord Duncan. In the Venerable Mr. Clay was wounded in the battle off Camperdown, 11 Oct. 1797; and, from the Kent, was sent home. In Aug. 1799, in compliment to his intelligence and merit, with the despatches announcing the successful issue of the expedition to the Helder. He obtained command of the Zebra sloop, 3 Dec. 1799; paid that vessel off, after intermediately serving in the North Sea and participating in the battle of Copenhagen, 29 Oct. 1801; and, on 29 April, 1802, was raised to Post-rank. From 20 July, 1805, until May, 1808, Capt. Clay was next employed as Regulating Officer at Belfast. He then joined the St. George 98; and was afterwards appointed – 6 Feb. 1809, to the Téméraire 98, in the Baltic – 14 May, 1810, to the Nymphe 36, in which frigate he took the Danish privateer Norwegian Girl, of 2 guns and 19 men, 26 Oct. following, and was eventually wrecked at the entrance of the Frith of Forth on 18 Dec. in the same year – and 16 July, 1812, to the Raisonnable 64, at Sheerness. Rear-Admiral Clay, who had not been afloat since June, 1814, and was in receipt of a pension for wounds of 250l., attained Flag-rank 10 Jan. 1837.
He died a widower, having lost his wife 20 April, 1837. Agents – Messrs. Halford and Co.
* ↑ Vide Gaz. 1797, p. 986.
* ↑ Vide Gaz. 1799, p. 857.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Clay, William Noble

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​CLAY. (Lieutenant, 1822. f-p., 15; h-p., 19.)
William Noble Clay entered the Navy, 17 March, 1813, as Midshipman, on board the Raisonnable 64, Capt. Edw. Sneyd Clay, lying at Sheerness; proceeded, soon afterwards, to Greenland, in the Princess Caroline 74, Capt. Hugh Downman; joined, towards the close of the same year, the Glasgow 50, Capt. Hon. Henry Duncan, in the Channel; sailed, in 1815, for the East Indies, on board the Orlando 36, Capt. John Clavell; came home, in 1818, in the Melville 74, Capt. Henry Chas. Pemberton; returned to India, a few months afterwards, in the Topaze 38, Capt. John Rich. Lumley, under whom he was wounded in the operations against Mocha in 1820; and, until promoted, 26 Dec. 1822, served, further, in the Alligator 28, Capt. Jas. Wilkie, Bulwark 74, Capt. Thos. Dundas, and Tartar, Capt. Thos. Brown. He was subsequently appointed, 30 May, 1825, and 22 Jan. 1829, to the Aurora 46, and Warspite 76, Capts. John Maxwell and Wm. Henry Shirreff, on the Lisbon and South American stations; and, from 28 Nov. 1832, until 1836, he served in the Coast Guard. Since the latter date he has been unemployed.
Lieut. Clay is married and has issue. Agents – Messrs. Halford and Co.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Cleaveland, George

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​CLEAVELAND. (Lieut., 1842. f-p., 14; h-p., 1.)
George Cleaveland, born 9 Sept. 1818, is nephew of Capt. Sir Robt. Oliver, R.N., K.H.
This officer entered the Navy, 25 June, 1832, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Dee steam-vessel, commanded by his uncle, Capt. Robt. Oliver, in the North Sea; became Midshipman, 27 June, 1834, of the Britannia 120, flag-ship of Sir Pulteney Malcolm, in the Mediterranean; and, until July, 1841, continued to serve, on the latter station, on board the Medea steamer, Capt. Horatio Thos. Austin, Malabar 74, Capt. Sir Wm. Aug. Montagu, and, the last three years as Mate, on board the Princess Charlotte 104, bearing the flag of Sir Robt. Stopford, under whom he shared, including the bombardment of St. Jean d’Acre, in the various operations of the Syrian campaign. He then joined, at Portsmouth, the Queen 110, fitting for the flag of Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen; and, on 7 Feb. 1842, obtained his commission. His appointments have since been – 18 March, 1842, to the Styx steam-vessel, Capt. Alex. Thos. Emeric Vidal, employed in surveying the Azores – 8 Feb. 1843, and 28 March, 1844, to the Tartarus and Hecate steam surveying-vessels, commanded on the coast of Ireland by Capts. Fred. Bullock and Jas. Paterson Bower – and, 4 March, 1845, to the Hibernia 104, now flag-ship of Sir Wm. Parker in the Mediterranean. Agents – Messrs. Ommanney.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Clayton, John Lloyd

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​CLAYTON. (Lieut., 1818. f-p., 7; h-p., 30.)
John Lloyd Clayton, born in Aug. 1796, is third son of the late Sir Wm. Clayton, Bart., of Harleyford, Bucks, by Mary, only daughter of Sir Wm. East, Bart., of Hall Place, Berks; and brother of the present Sir Wm. Robt. Clayton, Bart., as also of Sir East Geo. Clayton East, Bart., LL.D.
This officer entered the Navy, 27 April, 1810, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Poictiers 74, Capt. Sir John Poo Beresford, under whom he attained the rating of Midshipman 19 May, 1811, and served, on the Home and American stations, until Feb. 1814. He then successively joined the Tonnant 80, Capt. Lord Cochrane, and Devonshire 74, Capt. Ross Donnelly; was in the Royal Sovereign yacht, Capt. Sir J. P. Beresford, when she conveyed Louis XVII. to Calais; and, on his return from Quebec, whither he had gone in the Liffey 50, Capt. John Hancock, became attached, in Feb. 1815, to the Ajax 74, Capt. Geo. Mundy, on the Mediterranean station; where, having removed to the Queen Charlotte 100, bearing the flag of Lord Exmouth, he appears to have taken part in the battle of Algiers, 27 Aug. 1816, and to have received, on the quarter-deck, the thanks of his Chief for his gallantry in sinking a burning vessel which had been rapidly approaching the flag-ship. After an interval of 16 months Mr. Clayton, in Feb. 1818, rejoined Lord Exmouth in the Impregnable 104, at Plymouth; subsequently to which we find him appointed to the Royal Sovereign and Royal George yachts, Capts. Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen and Hon. Chas. Paget – under the former of whom, in the Royal Sovereign, he escorted to this country the present Queen Dowager, the Dukes and Duchesses of Kent, Cumberland, Cambridge, and Hesse Homburg, and the Grand Duke Michael of Russia. Since 9 Nov. 1818, the date of his promotion, he has not been afloat.
Lieut. Clayton is a magistrate for co. Middlesex and the liberties of Westminster. He married, in April, 1832, Louisa Sophia, only daughter of Chas. Littledale, Esq., of Portland Place, and by that lady, who died in March, 1841, has one son. Agents – Messrs. Ommanney.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Clavell, John (b)

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​CLAVELL. (Commander, 1843.)
John Clavell, is son of the late Capt. John Clavell, R.N.
This officer passed his examination in 1831; obtained his first commission 28 June, 1838; and was afterwards appointed – 4 Aug. in the same year, to the Rose 18, Capt. Peter Christie, whom he accompanied to South America – 20 May, 1841, to the Dublin 50, as Flag-Lieutenant to Rear-Admiral Rich. Thomas, Commander-in-Chief in the Pacific – and, 24 Feb. 1843, to the acting-command of the Champion 18, which sloop he brought home and paid off towards the close of 1844. He was then officially promoted to his present rank by commission dated back to 4 Feb. 1843; and, since 20 Feb. 1846, has been employed in the Coast Guard. Agent – Joseph Woodhead.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Claxton, Christopher

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​CLAXTON. (Commander, 1842. f-p. 14; h-p., 29.)
Christopher Claxton entered the Navy, 28 Nov. 1804, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Melampus 36, Capt. Stephen Poyntz, and, continuing in that frigate until the close of 1806, assisted at the capture of two armed brigs, four luggers, and a Spanish privateer, the Hydra, of 28 guns and 192 men, as also at the destruction, off Cape Henry, of L’Impétueux, a French 74. He then joined the Cambrian 38, Capt. John Poo Beresford, and, next, the Leopard 50, Capt. Salusbury Pryce Humphreys, on the North American station, where he beheld the surrender to that ship, on 22 June, 1807, of the United States frigate Chesapeake. After a further servitude of a few months in the Triumph 74, Capt. Sir Thos. Masterman Hardy, Mr. Claxton, in May, 1809, joined Vice-Admiral Berkeley, off Lisbon, in the Barfleur 98, of which ship he was created a Lieutenant 9 Dec. 1810. During the latter year he appears to have been much employed on detached service in the Tagus, where he rendered appreciated co-operation to the troops occupying the lines of Torres Vedras, and had command of the gun-boats attached to the army. On the retreat of the French from Santarem he crossed the river, and communicated the intelligence to Lord Wellington; after which be seized, on his return, three rough-built pontoons, two rafts, and 12 .or 14 heavy cannon, the relics of the enemy. While belonging next, from Oct. 1812, to March, 1815, to the Ramillies 74, Capt. Sir T. M. Hardy, Lieut. Claxton distinguished himself in command of the small-arm men at the attack upon Baltimore in Sept. 1814; and was likewise present at the capture of the islands in Passamaquoddy Bay, and the bombardment of Stonington. He returned home on board the Nymphe 36, Capt. Hugh Pigot, in Aug. 1815; and afterwards commanded, on the Yarmouth station, from May, 1816, until 24 May, 1819, the Tartar Revenue-cutter, the first vessel of the kind given to a naval officer. He has not since been afloat. His present rank was conferred on him 20 June, 1842.
Commander Claxton (who has been the means on several different occasions of saving the lives of others, and has in consequence received numerous medals) was appointed in 1834 Harbour-Master of Bristol, and is the officer under whose surveillance were built those celebrated steam-vessels the Great Western and Great Britain. He is married and has issue seven children. Agents – Messrs. Ommanney.
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