Navy Office

More than this, men such as Pepys, who worked in the Navy Office and was a confidant of the king, would have had very frequent sight of the ever-proliferating portraits of Charles II that adorned the rooms and galleries of Whitehall, and would have been impressed by what they captured.

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Remarking that the wharf had already been repaired several times under the direction of the Inspector General of Naval Works, he suggested the architect at the Navy Office, Mr Holt, should be asked to advise.'

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Remarking that the wharf had already been repaired several times under the direction of the Inspector General of Naval Works, he suggested the architect at the Navy Office, Mr Holt, should be asked to advise.'

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At length I found myself at the Navy Office, which I entered, and saw crowds of young fellows walking below, many of whom made no better appearance than myself.

The Adventures of Roderick Random 2004

After the stranger (whose name was Thompson) had entertained me with this account of Jackson, he informed me that he himself had passed for third mate of a third-rate, about four months ago; since which time he had constantly attended at the Navy Office, in hope of a warrant, having been assured from the beginning, both by a

The Adventures of Roderick Random 2004

He told me, that being disappointed in his expectations of borrowing money to gratify the rapacious s — t — ry at the Navy Office, he found himself utterly unable to subsist any longer in town, and had actually offered his service, in quality of mate, to the surgeon of

The Adventures of Roderick Random 2004

This he had procured by his interest at the Navy Office; as also another for himself, by virtue of which he was removed into

The Adventures of Roderick Random 2004

That after he had waited at the Navy Office many months for a warrant to no purpose, he was fain to pawn some of his clothes, which raised a small sum wherewith he bribed the secretary, who soon procured a warrant for him, notwithstanding he had affirmed the same day, that there vas not one vacancy.

The Adventures of Roderick Random 2004

This mate was no other than my old friend Thompson, with whom I became acquainted at the Navy Office, as before mentioned.

The Adventures of Roderick Random 2004

Under Navy Office contract — can't press him, can't press his men, as they all have protections.

Hornblower And The Crisis Forester, C. S. 1967