Book VII

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The English general Elliott commanded the post of Gibraltar, against which the combined forces of France and Spain made a vigorous but fruitless attack in the year 1781. This attack furnished the subjects for two celebrated pictures alluded to in the eighth book: _The burning of the Floating Batteries_ painted by Copley; and _The Sortie_, painted by Trumbull.

No. 44.

_To guide the sailor in his wandering way, See Godfrey's glass reverse the beams of day._

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