...French model was introduced into the navy, and continued to be much used throughout the great wars at the close of the last and the commencement of the present century. The first British frigate of this rating was the Minerva, which measured 141 ft. in length of gun-deck...

...to history, and leave its teachings to the appreciation of a candid world. My sketch must be rapid. At the close of the last and the commencement of the present century Cuba was prosperous and happy. Subjected to a colonial system identical with that then generally prevalent...

...than for a beef breed. The weight of thc authorities, given by the writers on the subject of cattle at the close of the last, and the commencement of the present century was in favor of the Holderness breed as the best for milking and the Teeswater and Durham as having...

...manifested during recent years in the prosecution of antiquarian research is very remarkable. Towards the close of the last and the commencement of the present century, studies of this nature were confined to a very limited circle. The п-oords, however, which have been...

...its abundant reference to several men who occupied a distinguished place in the Christian church et the close of the last and the commencement of the present century. The poetical remains will be a pleasing memorial of the deceased in the circle of his private friends....

...history, and had existed in other forms to these in which we know them. It was, however, reserved for the close of the last, and the commencement of the present century, to trace them up to their true origin, or, at least, as near to it as the limits of human knowledge...

...history, and had existed in other forms to these in which we know them. It »ss, however, reserved for the close of the last, and the commencement of the present century, to trace them up to their true origin, or, "t least, as near to it as the limits of human knowledge...

...is the history of the human family running through all time. It convulsed the whole civilized world at the close of the last and the commencement of the present century. Its inauguration in France, under the first Napoleon, whose dynasty was established on the basis of...

...for a good beef breed. The weight of the authorities given by the writers on the subject of cattle at the close of the last and the commencement of the present century was in favor of the Holderness breed as the best for milking, and the Teeswater and Durham as having...

...carried on in market towns, were exempt from its limitations ; and in the development of factory industry at the close of the last and the commencement of the present century, manufacturers exhibited a wholesale disregard of the restrictions of apprenticeship. The efforts of...