 | 1869 - 852 pàgines
...the Duke privateer, 12lh February, 1709. He died Lieutenant of HMS Weymoulh, AD 1723, aged 47 year«. This Tablet is erected near Selkirk's look-out, By COMMODORE POWELL and the OFFICBRS of HM 8. Topear, л. D. 1868. A VERY pretty quarrel has arisen between M. Victorien Sardou... | |
 | Society of Antiquaries of Scotland - 1871 - 594 pàgines
...PRIVATEER, 12TH FEHUUARY 1709. HE DIED LIEUTENANT OF HMS WEYMOUTH, AD 1728, AGED 47 YEARS. THIS TABLET IB ERECTED NEAR ' SELKIRK'S LOOKOUT,' BY COMMODORE POWELL AND THE OFFICERS OF HMS TOPAZE, AD 1868. The following Notices of Alexander Selkirk are taken from " Willis' Current Notes"... | |
 | William Ballingall - 1872 - 242 pàgines
...was taken off in the Duke Privateer, I2th February 1709. He died Lieutenant of HMS Weymouth, AD 1728, aged 47 years. This Tablet is erected near " Selkirk's...Look-out," by Commodore Powell and the Officers of HMS Topase, AD 1868.' In the garden of Largo House there still stands a round tower which formed part of... | |
 | Epitaphs - 1875 - 192 pàgines
...the Cinque Ports galley, 96 tons, 18 guns, AD 1704, and was taken off in the Duke, privateer, I2th February, 1709. He died Lieutenant of HMS Weymouth,...look-out, By Commodore Powell and the Officers of HMS Topaze, AD 1868. On a Tomb in a Garden in Birmingham : — Stranger, beneath this cone, in unconsecrated... | |
 | William James Joseph Spry - 1877 - 746 pàgines
...16 guns, AD 1704, and was taken off in the Duke privateer, 12 Feb. 1709. He died Lieutenant of the Weymouth, AD 1723, Aged 47 years. This tablet is erected near Selkirk's look-out by Commodore Powell and Officers of HMS Topaze, AD 1868. Naturalists and others were busily engaged collecting birds and specimens,... | |
 | William James Joseph Spry - 1877 - 468 pàgines
...taken off in the Dulte privateer, I2 Feb. 1709. He died Lieutenant of the Wegmaufh, AP I723, A get! 47 years. This tablet is erected near Selkirk's look-out by Commodore Powell and Officers of HMS Topa-e, AD I808. Naturalists and others were busily engaged collecting birds and specimens,... | |
 | James Macaulay - 1879 - 418 pàgines
...96 tons, 16 guns, AD 1704, and was taken off in the Duke privateer, February I2th, 1709. He died a Lieutenant of HMS Weymouth, AD 1723, aged 47 years....look-out, by Commodore Powell and the officers of HMS Topaze, AD 1868. Most readers of English poetry, and even of our best schoolbooks, are familiar with... | |
 | 1882 - 592 pàgines
...17(H, and was taken off in the Duke Privateer, 12th February, 1709. He died Lieutenant of the Weynwuth, AD 1723, Aged 47 years. This Tablet is erected near Selkirk's Look-out by Commodore Powell and Officers of HMS Topaze, AD 1868. It is generally believed that Selkirk, on his return to England, placed... | |
 | 1897 - 876 pàgines
...in the Duke privateer, 12th February, 1709. He died lieutenant of the Weymouth in 1723 AD, aged -17 years. This tablet is erected near Selkirk's Lookout by Commodore Powell and officers of HMS Topaze, 1S68 AD Some years ago there was talk of unveiling a statue of Robinson Crusoe... | |
 | Josiah Gilbert Holland, Richard Watson Gilder - 1899 - 1110 pàgines
...the Duke, privateer, 12th February, 1709. He died Lieutenant of HMS Weymauth, A. tf. 1723,' aged 47. This tablet is erected near Selkirk's lookout, by Commodore Powell and the officers of HMS Topaze, A. a 1868. Thus, while Defoe himself remains undistinguished by statue or mark of public favor... | |
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Cinque Ports" galley, 96 tons, 18 guns. AD 1704, and was taken off in the "Duke," privateer, 12th February, 1709. He died Lieutenant of HMS "Weymouth, 
