The Struggle for Sea Power, Book IV of the Story of the WorldCosimo, Inc., 1 янв. 2013 г. - Всего страниц: 248 "Covers the history of the world from the American Revolution to Waterloo--from 1745-1815--and includes tales of: the black hole of Calcutta; George Washington, solider and patriot; how Pitt saved England; The Declaration of Independence and much more."--Cover back. |
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... EMPIRE AT ITS HEIGHT 38. THE SHANNON AND THE CHESAPEAKE 39. NAPOLEON'S RETREAT FROM MOSCOW 40. WELLINGTON'S VICTORIES IN SPAIN 41. SPAIN FOR THE SPANIARDS . . 42. THE FALL OF THE EMPIRE 43. STORY OF THE STEAM - ENGINE 44. THE CONGRESS ...
... EMPIRE AT ITS HEIGHT 38. THE SHANNON AND THE CHESAPEAKE 39. NAPOLEON'S RETREAT FROM MOSCOW 40. WELLINGTON'S VICTORIES IN SPAIN 41. SPAIN FOR THE SPANIARDS . . 42. THE FALL OF THE EMPIRE 43. STORY OF THE STEAM - ENGINE 44. THE CONGRESS ...
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... empire far and wide , this England was still sleeping on the waves of the boundless sea . It was not till after the Roman Empire had fallen , not till the Portuguese had found their way across the Sea of Darkness to India , not till the ...
... empire far and wide , this England was still sleeping on the waves of the boundless sea . It was not till after the Roman Empire had fallen , not till the Portuguese had found their way across the Sea of Darkness to India , not till the ...
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... empire " on which the sun never sets . " Her first great conquest was that of India or Hindostan the land of the Hindoos . It is a country cut off from Asia by a lofty range of mountains known as the Hima - laya , or snow abode . Here ...
... empire " on which the sun never sets . " Her first great conquest was that of India or Hindostan the land of the Hindoos . It is a country cut off from Asia by a lofty range of mountains known as the Hima - laya , or snow abode . Here ...
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... Empire until it became the most extensive and splendid empire in the world . In no European kingdom was so large a population subject to a single ruler , or so large a revenue poured into the treasury . The beauty and magnificence of ...
... Empire until it became the most extensive and splendid empire in the world . In no European kingdom was so large a population subject to a single ruler , or so large a revenue poured into the treasury . The beauty and magnificence of ...
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... Empire in Africa . I was made to believe that Holland was a great empire , and that England was bigger than France . " When his birthday came round the Great Mogul was weighed in state , and if he was found to weigh more than on the ...
... Empire in Africa . I was made to believe that Holland was a great empire , and that England was bigger than France . " When his birthday came round the Great Mogul was weighed in state , and if he was found to weigh more than on the ...
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JAMES BRUCE AND THE NILE | 55 |
MARIE ANTOINETTE | 65 |
THE FLIGHT TO VARENNES | 75 |
A REIGN OF TERROR | 81 |
HORATIO NELSON | 90 |
THE TRAVELS OF BARON HUMBOLDT | 101 |
THE BEGINNING OF THE STRUGGLE | 107 |
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Стр. 170 - I hope the people of England will be satisfied!" "I hope my country will do me justice!
Стр. 170 - We thought, as we hollowed his narrow bed, And smoothed down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread o'er his head, And we far away on the billow ! Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him, — But little he'll reck, if they let him sleep on In the grave where a Briton has laid him.
Стр. 130 - May the great God whom I worship, grant to my country, and for the benefit of Europe in general, a great and glorious victory, and may no misconduct in any one tarnish it, and may humanity after victory be the predominant feature in the British fleet!
Стр. 142 - Where he greatly stood at bay, Whence he issued forth anew, And ever great and greater grew, Beating from the wasted vines Back to France...
Стр. 166 - Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame fresh and gory; We carved not a line, and we raised not a stone, But we left him alone with his glory.
Стр. 25 - Resolved, That a committee, in conjunction with one from the Senate, be appointed to consider on the most suitable manner of paying honor to the memory of the man, first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his fellow-citizens.
Стр. 23 - Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire, called conscience.
Стр. 170 - By the struggling moonbeam's misty light And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Nor in sheet nor in shroud we wound him; But he lay like a warrior taking his rest With his martial cloak around him. Few and short were the prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow, But we steadfastly gazed on the face of the dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow.
Стр. 139 - Burke, moved even to tears, exclaimed, "It is not a chip of the old block; it is the old block itself.