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Virtue and Nobility in Monuments and Admiralty Valor
A critique of costly monuments to infamous figures and a defense of true honour as virtue. The piece praises Admiral Vernon for bravery and humanity, recounts his 1739 Porto Bello victory, 1741 Cartagena service, and 1747 Downs command, then denounces titles earned by vice. It laments modern courtly honours and asserts true esteem comes from virtuous deeds.
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Sydney
England
Cafar
Tacitus
Vernon
Porto
Bello
London
Porto Bello
Carthagena
Downs
France
Boulogne
Dover
Admiralty
Admiral Vernon
Spain
West Indies
Battel
Sussex
Hastings
Isleworth
Philip Symonds, Bart
Burleigh
Strettham
Wells
Little Pompey
Seward
Diomede
Piscataqua
Leeward Islands
Martinico
John Purnell
North Nibley
Gloucestershire
Purnell
Manchester School
Court of Common Council
Guildhall
William ¢ Blair
Ladyay
Allen Evans
Alexander Sheare
George Nelson
Francis Gollittg
Antigua
Catherine
Rochelle
St. Vallary
Fanny Riddell
Falmouth
Hopewell
Williams
Carnarvon
Rye
George Lee
Arches Court of Canterbury
Commons
Peter Calvert
William Wynne
James Marriot
Elyrs
York
Newton
Westminster
Terrick
Peterborough
Viscountess Gage
Firle
St. James’s Church
Thomas Bradshaw
War Office
Miss Wilson
Woodford
Essex
St. Mary’s
Rotherhith
George Sommerfell
Thames-Street
Brady
Capt
Keys
Cotton
Lambert
Littlebury
Cornhill
Otober
Ilford
Upton
India
South Sea
Ditta
Sal
Ditta India