The Wooden Walls of Old England, Or, The Lives of Celebrated AdmiralsJ. Hatchard & Son, 1847 - 331 Seiten |
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... ment , anchored in Barbadoes . In April of the same year , 1780 , he encountered the French fleet of twenty - three sail of the line , and by a masterly piece of seamanship gained the wind of the enemy , thus obtaining the advantage of ...
... ment , anchored in Barbadoes . In April of the same year , 1780 , he encountered the French fleet of twenty - three sail of the line , and by a masterly piece of seamanship gained the wind of the enemy , thus obtaining the advantage of ...
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... ment that followed . Had the French fleet at that time borne down on the English , they would in all probability have remained con- querors of the day ; but still intent on joining the Spanish force , after a sharp cannonade . which did ...
... ment that followed . Had the French fleet at that time borne down on the English , they would in all probability have remained con- querors of the day ; but still intent on joining the Spanish force , after a sharp cannonade . which did ...
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... ment , but they were as yet little aware of their extent or magnitude . The reconquest of that fortress would have given the French and Spaniards entire com- mand of the Mediterranean , and Lord Howe proceeded accordingly to the relief ...
... ment , but they were as yet little aware of their extent or magnitude . The reconquest of that fortress would have given the French and Spaniards entire com- mand of the Mediterranean , and Lord Howe proceeded accordingly to the relief ...
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... ment a poor imprisoned cock made his escape from the shattered coop , and overjoyed at regaining his liberty , perched himself on the broken main - mast , clapping his wings and crowing aloud . It was received as a good omen by the ...
... ment a poor imprisoned cock made his escape from the shattered coop , and overjoyed at regaining his liberty , perched himself on the broken main - mast , clapping his wings and crowing aloud . It was received as a good omen by the ...
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... worth- less , by whoever , in short , could at a mo- ment's warning be pressed into the service ; and such was their aversion to it , and such the terror with which they were seized , that again 112 EARL ST . VINCENT .
... worth- less , by whoever , in short , could at a mo- ment's warning be pressed into the service ; and such was their aversion to it , and such the terror with which they were seized , that again 112 EARL ST . VINCENT .
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Seite 5 - A little neglect may breed great mischief; for want of a nail the shoe was lost ; for want of a shoe the horse was lost ; and for want of a horse the rider was lost, being overtaken and slain by the enemy ; all for want of a little care about a horseshoe nail.
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Seite 11 - THE PEEP OF DAY, or a series of the earliest religious Instruction, the Infant Mind is capable of receiving, with verses illustrative of the subjects, 1 vol. 18mo. with engravings, $0 50 LINE UPON LINE, by the author of
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Seite 6 - FINCHER, Esq. With a Testimony to the Work by James Montgomery, Esq. of Sheffield. Third Edition. 12mo. cloth, 6s. — THE INTERPOSITION of DIVINE PROVIDENCE. Selected exclusively from the Holy Scriptures.
Seite 18 - Plays of William Shakspeare, accurately printed from the Text of the Corrected Copies, a History of the Stage, and a Life of Shakspeare. By ALEXANDER CHALMERS, FSA 8 vols.
Seite 1 - A PRACTICAL EXPOSITION of the GOSPELS of ST. MATTHEW and ST. MARK, in the form of Lectures, intended to assist the practice of domestic instruction and devotion. By JOHN BIRD SUMMER, DD, Lord Bishop of Chester. Sixth Edi
Seite 6 - Christ as Prophet, Priest, and King ; being a Vindication of the Church of England from Theological Novelties. In Eight Lectures, preached before the University of Oxford at Canon Bampton's Lecture, 1842.
Seite 9 - They are, in truth, as appears to us, compositions of very rare merit, and realise a notion we have always entertained, that a sermon for our rural congregations there somewhere was, if it could be hit off, which in language should be familiar without being plain, and in matter solid without being abstruse."— Quarterly Review.