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# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Stephen, John

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​STEPHEN. (Commander, 1846. f-p., 26; h-p., 26.)
John Stephen entered the Navy, 21 Dec. 1805, as Ordinary, on board the Starling 12, Lieut.-Commander Chas. Fred. Napier, stationed in the North Sea; where he became Midshipman, in Nov. 1807, of the Roebuck 44, flag-ship of Vice-Admiral Billy Douglas, and, in Oct. 1808, Master’s Mate of the Skylark 16, Capts. Henry Evelyn Pitfield Sturt and Jas. Boxer. From 27 Nov. in the latter year until 31 Dec. 1811 (during part of which period he was employed with the flotilla in the defence of Messina) he served on the Halifax and Mediterranean stations in the Termagant 18, Capts. H. E. P. Sturt, Geo. Wm. Hughes D’Aeth, Rich. Buck, Rich. Moorman, Fred. Chas. Squire, and Wm. Hamilton. He then joined the Repulse 74, Capt. Rich. Hussey Moubray, also on the Mediterranean station; and in June and Sept. 1814 he was received on board the Salvador del Mundo, flagship of Sir John Thos. Duckworth at Plymouth, and Basilisk 6, commanded in the Channel by Lieut. Abraham Pike. In Aug. 1815 he took up a commission bearing date 23 of the preceding Feb.; and he was subsequently appointed – 31 May, 1823, and (after 12 months of half-pay) 4 March, 1830, to the Ramillies and Talavera 74’s, Coast Blockade ships, both commanded by Capt. Hugh Pigot – 26 April, 1831, to the Coast Guard, in which service he continued until Jan. 1834 – 6 May, 1839, to the Ocean 80, guard-ship at Sheerness, Capts. Sir John Hill and Peter Fisher – and, 26 Jan. 1844, to the command, 10 months after he had left the Ocean, of the Raven cutter, also stationed at Sheerness. He was superseded from the latter vessel on the occasion of his promotion to the rank of Commander 9 Nov. 1846; and he is now on half-pay.
For his exertions, 1 Nov. 1823, in saving the crew and the remains of the Lady Popham, wrecked on Margate Sands, Commander Stephen received the thanks of the Committee at Lloyd’s, and a piece of plate valued at 202. His only daughter is the wife of Lieut. Thos. Woods, R.N.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Sterne, William

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​STERNE. (Lieut., 1813. f-p., 32; h-p., 11.)
William Sterne entered the Navy,- 7 March, 1804, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Leda 38, Capt. Robt. Honyman. Continuing in that frigate until wrecked at the entrance of Milford Haven 31 Jan. 1808, he was present as Midshipman at the reduction of the Cape of Good Hope (where he witnessed the surrender of the Rolla brig and Voluntaire frigate); likewise in all the operations in the Rio de la Plata which preceded the evacuation of Spanish America; and in the attack made by Admiral Gambier upon Copenhagen. On 9 Sept. 1805 he assisted as Midshipman at the destruction of an armed brig off Monte Video. Being nominated, in Oct. 1808, Master’s Mate of the Proselyte bomb, Capt. Henry Jas. Lyford, he was again, in that vessel, wrecked, 5 Jan. 1809, by the ice in the neighbourhood of Anholdt, which island he succeeded, with the rest of the officers and ship’s company, in reaching, after a most severe and hazardous walk of eight miles. He remained at Anholdt until relieved, six weeks later, by the Ranger sloop, Capt. Geo. Acklom, under whom we find him, during the next three years, employed in the Baltic. From 6 May, 1813, until 30 Sept. 1814, he served as Acting-Lieutenant and Lieutenant (commission dated 23 Aug. in the former year) in the Semiramis 36, at the Cape of Good Hope; and since 11 Oct. 1823 he has filled the appointment of Inspecting Commander in the Coast Guard.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Stephens, William Lukis

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​STEPHENS. (Lieutenant, 1821.)
William Lukis Stephens entered the Navy, 3 Feb. 1808, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Defiance 74, Capt. Hon. Henry Hotham, whom he followed as Midshipman, in 1810, into the Northumberland 74. In the former ship he co-operated with the patriots on the north coast of Spain; and assisted, in company with a squadron under Rear-Admiral Stopford, at the destruction, 24 Feb. 1809, of three French frigates under the batteries of Sable d’Olonne, on the coast of France, after a contest in which the Defiance, added to severe damage experienced in her sails and rigging, sustained a loss of 2 men killed and 25 wounded. In the Northumberland he was present, in company with the Growler gun-brig, at the destruction, at the entrance of L’Orient, of the French 40-gun frigates L’Arienne and L’Andromaque and 16-gun brig Mamelouck whose united fire, conjointly with that of a heavy battery, killed 5 and wounded 28 of the Northumberland’s people. In Jan. 1813 he was received as a Supernumerary on board the Puissant 74, Capt. Benj. Wm. Page, lying at Spithead; he was next, from the following Feb. until Sept. 1817, employed on the coast of North America in the Lacedaemonian and Niger frigates, both commanded by Capt. Saml. Jackson; and in May, 1818, after having served at Plymouth as Admiralty-Midshipman in the Impregnable 104, flag-ship of Lord Exmouth, and Ferret sloop, Capt. Pettman, he joined in that capacity the Topaze 38, Capt. John Rich. Lumley, on the East India station; where, ​in Aug. 1821, he was placed under the orders of Sir H. Blackwood, as Master’s Mate, in the Leander 60. He saw much boat-service in the Lacedaemonian and Niger; and in the Topaze he was wounded in an affair at Mocha. In 1822, having been promoted, at home, by a commission dated 9 Oct. in the preceding year, he returned to England in the ship last mentioned, then commanded by Capt. Price Blackwood. He served subsequently in the West Indies and Mediterranean, from 11 Dec. 1824 until 1827, in the Jasper 10, Capts. Chas. Howe Fremantle, Henry Martin Blackwood, and Leonard Chas. Rooke; and since 19 June, 1833, he has been in charge of a station in the Coast Guard.
Lieut. Stephens married, 13 May, 1840, Miss Anne Savage Reid, of Lukesland Grove, Ivybridge.
# A Letter to Her Husband, Absent upon Public Employment

My head, my heart, mine eyes, my life, nay, more, My joy, my magazine of earthly store, If two be one, as surely thou and I, How stayest thou there, whilst I at Ipswich lie? So many steps, head from the heart to sever, If but a neck, soon should we be together. I like the Earth this season, mourn in black, My Sun is gone so far in's zodiac, Whom whilst I 'joyed, nor storms, nor frost I felt, His warmth such frigid colds did cause to melt. My chilled limbs now numbed lie forlorn; Return; return, sweet Sol, from Capricorn; In this dead time, alas, what can I more Than view those fruits which through thy heat I bore? Which sweet contentment yield me for a space, True living pictures of their father's face. O strange effect! now thou art southward gone, I weary grow the tedious day so long; But when thou northward to me shalt return, I wish my Sun may never set, but burn Within the Cancer of my glowing breast, The welcome house of him my dearest guest. Where ever, ever stay, and go not thence, Till nature's sad decree shall call thee hence; Flesh of thy flesh, bone of thy bone, I here, thou there, yet but both one.
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# A Letter to Adam Smith LL.D. on the Life, Death, and Philosophy of his friend David Hume Esq./Advertisement

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# A Letter to Foreigners in Nanjing

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# A Letter on the Continuation of the National Emergency with Respect to Zimbabwe

Published 2021-03-03. Cf. Notice on the Continuation of the National Emergency with Respect to Zimbabwe
TO THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES:
Section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)) provides for the automatic termination of a national emergency unless, within 90 days prior to the anniversary date of its declaration, the President publishes in the Federal Register and transmits to the Congress a notice stating that the emergency is to continue in effect beyond the anniversary date. In accordance with this provision, I have sent to the Federal Register for publication the enclosed notice stating that the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13288 of March 6, 2003, with respect to the actions and policies of certain members of the Government of Zimbabwe and other persons to undermine Zimbabwe’s democratic processes or institutions is to continue in effect beyond March 6, 2021.
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has not made the necessary political and economic reforms that would warrant terminating the existing targeted sanctions program. Throughout the last year, government security services routinely intimidated and violently repressed citizens, including members of opposition political parties, union members, and journalists. The absence of progress on the most fundamental reforms needed to ensure the rule of law, democratic governance, and the protection of human rights leaves Zimbabweans vulnerable to ongoing repression and presents a continuing threat to peace and security in the region.
The actions and policies of certain members of the Government of Zimbabwe and other persons to undermine Zimbabwe’s democratic processes or institutions continue to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the foreign policy of the United States. Therefore, I have determined that it is necessary to continue the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13288, as amended, with respect to Zimbabwe and to maintain in force the sanctions to respond to this threat.
JOSEPH R. BIDEN, JR.
THE WHITE HOUSE, March 3, 2021.
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# A Letter to Adam Smith LL.D. on the Life, Death, and Philosophy of his friend David Hume Esq.

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# A Mainsail Haul

A MAINSAIL HAUL
BY
JOHN MASEFIELD
FRONTISPIECE BY JACK B. YEATS
LONDON ELKIN MATHEWS, CORK STREET M CM XIII
| First Published | June 1st, 1905 |
| Second Edition, Revised and much Enlarged | July 1913 |
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I yarned with ancient shipmen beside the galley range And some were fond of women, but all were fond of change; They sang their quavering chanties, all in a fo'c's'le drone, And I was finely suited, if I had only known.
I rested in an ale-house that had a sanded floor, Where seamen sat a-drinking and chalking up the score; They yarned of ships and mermaids, of topsail sheets and slings, But I was discontented; I looked for better things.
I heard a drunken fiddler, in Billy Lee's Saloon, I brooked an empty belly with thinking of the tune: I swung the doors disgusted as drunkards rose to dance, And now I know the music was life and life's romance.
1904.
CONTENTS
NOTE
Nearly all these stories and one of the historical papers first appeared in the Manchester Guardian; one tale is reprinted from the Nation and one from the Pall Mall Magazine. The four remaining historical papers are reprinted from the Gentleman's Magazine.
I thank the Editors and Proprietors of all these periodicals for permission to include the papers in this volume.
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# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Murray, Lindley

Murray, Lindley (1745-1826). -- Grammarian, was b. in Pennsylvania, and practised as a lawyer. From 1785 he lived in England, near York, and was for his last 16 years confined to the house. His English Grammar (1795) was long a standard work, and his main claim to a place in literature. His other writings were chiefly religious.
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Napier, Sir William Francis Patrick

Napier, Sir William Francis Patrick (1785-1860). -- was one of the sons of Col. the Hon. George N. and Lady Sarah Lennox, dau. of the 2nd Duke of Richmond, and the object of a romantic attachment on the part of George III. One of his brothers was Sir Charles N., the conqueror of Scinde. Entering the army at 15, he served with great distinction in the Peninsula under Moore and Wellington. His experiences as a witness and participator in the stupendous events of the war combined with the possession of remarkable acumen and a brilliant style to qualify him for the great work of his life as its historian. The History of the War in the Peninsula and in the South of France from 1807-14page 284 (1828-40) at once took rank as a classic, and superseded all existing works on the subject. Though not free from prejudice and consequent bias, it remains a masterpiece of historical writing, especially in the description of military operations. It was translated into French, German, Spanish, Italian, and Persian. N. also pub. The Conquest of Scinde (1844-46), mainly a defence of his brother Charles, whose life he subsequently wrote. He became K.C.B. in 1848, and General 1859.
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Nairne, Carolina

Nairne, Carolina (OLIPHANT), Baroness (1766-1845). -- B. at the House of Gask ("the auld house"), m. in 1806 her second cousin, Major Nairne, who on reversal of attainder became 5th Lord Nairne. On his death, after residing in various places in England, Ireland, and on the Continent, she settled at the new house of Gask (the old one having been pulled down in 1801). Of her songs -- 87 in number -- many first appeared anonymously in The Scottish Minstrel (1821-24); a collected ed. with her name, under the title of Lays' from Strathearn, was pub. after her death. Although the songs, some of which were founded on older compositions, had from the first an extraordinary popularity, the authoress maintained a strict anonymity during her life. For direct simplicity and poetic feeling Lady N. perhaps comes nearer than any other Scottish song-writer to Burns, and many of her lyrics are enshrined in the hearts of her fellow-countrymen. Among the best of them are The Land of the Leal (1798), Caller Herrin', The Laird o' Cockpen, The Auld House, The Rowan Tree, The Hundred Pipers, and Will ye no come back Again? The Jacobitism of some of these and many others was, of course, purely sentimental and poetical, like that of Scott. She was a truly religious and benevolent character, and the same modesty which concealed her authorship withdrew from public knowledge her many deeds of charity.
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Myers, Frederic William Henry

Myers, Frederic William Henry (1843-1901). -- Poet and essayist, s. of a clergyman, was b. at Keswick, and ed. at Cheltenham and Camb. He became an inspector of schools, and was the author of several vols. of poetry, including St. Paul (1867). He page 283also wrote Essays Classical and Modern, and Lives of Wordsworth and Shelley. Becoming interested in mesmerism and spiritualism he aided in founding the Society for Psychical Research, and was joint author of Phantasms of the Living. His last work was Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death (1903).
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Nabbes, Thomas

Nabbes, Thomas (fl. 1638). -- Dramatist, was at Oxf. in 1621. He lived in London, and wrote comedies, satirising bourgeois society. He was most successful in writing masques, among which are Spring's Glory and Microcosmus. He also wrote a continuation of Richard Knolles' History of the Turks.
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Napier, Mark

Napier, Mark (1798-1879). -- Historian, s. of a lawyer in Edinburgh, was called to the Bar, practised as an advocate, and was made Sheriff of Dumfries and Galloway. He pub. Memoirs of the Napiers, of Montrose, and of Graham of Claverhouse, the last of which gave rise to much controversy. N. wrote from a strongly Cavalier and Jacobite standpoint, and had remarkably little of the judicial spirit in his methods. His writings, however, have some historical value.
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Nayler, James

Nayler, James (1617?-1660). -- Quaker theologian, s. of a Yorkshire yeoman, who, after serving in the Parliamentary army, joined the Quakers in 1651, became one of Foxe's most trusted helpers, and exercised a powerful influence. By some of the more enthusiastic devotees of the sect he was honoured with such blasphemous titles as "the Lamb of God," which, however, he did not arrogate to himself, but asserted that they were ascribed to "Christ in him." He was found guilty of blasphemy, pilloried, whipped, and branded, and cast into prison, from which he was not released until after the death of Cromwell, when he made public confession and resumed preaching. He was the author of a number of short works both devotional and controversial. He ranks high among the Quakers for eloquence, insight, and depth of thought.
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Nash, Thomas

Nash, Thomas (1567-1601). -- Satirist, etc., b. at Lowestoft, ed. at Camb. A reckless life kept him in perpetual poverty, and a bitter and sarcastic tongue lost him friends and patrons. He cherished an undying hatred for the Puritans, and specially for Gabriel Hervey, with whom he maintained a lifelong controversy, and against whose attacks he defended Robert Greene (q.v.). Among his writings are Anatomy of Absurdities (1589), Have with you to Saffron Walden, and Pierce Pennilesse, his Supplication to the Divell (1592), all against the Puritans. In Summer's (a jester of Henry VIII.) Last Will and Testament occurs the well-known song, "Spring, the sweet Spring, is the year's pleasant King." Christ's Tears over Jerusalem (1593) may have indicated some movement towards repentance. Another work in a totally different style, The Unfortunate Traveller, or the Life of Jack Wilton (1594), a wild tale, may be regarded as the pioneer of the novel of adventure. It had, however, so little success that the author never returned to this kind of fiction. A comedy, The Isle of Dogs (now lost), adverted so pointedly to abuses in the state that it led to his imprisonment. His last work was Lenten Stuffe (1599), a burlesque panegyric on Yarmouth and its red herrings. N.'s verse is usually hard and monotonous, but he was a man of varied culture and great ability.