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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... FALL OF QUEBEC 8. THE GREAT LORD HAWKE 9. THE BOSTON TEA - SHIPS 10. THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE 11. CAPTAIN COOK'S STORY I 7 • 11 16 20 24 27 " 2 34 39 44 50 * 12. JAMES BRUCE AND THE NILE 55 13. THE TRIAL OF WARREN HASTINGS 60 14 ...
... FALL OF QUEBEC 8. THE GREAT LORD HAWKE 9. THE BOSTON TEA - SHIPS 10. THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE 11. CAPTAIN COOK'S STORY I 7 • 11 16 20 24 27 " 2 34 39 44 50 * 12. JAMES BRUCE AND THE NILE 55 13. THE TRIAL OF WARREN HASTINGS 60 14 ...
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... FALL OF THE EMPIRE 43. STORY OF THE STEAM - ENGINE 44. THE CONGRESS OF VIENNA 45. THE EVE OF WATERLOO 46. WATERLOO 156 • 160 165 170 • 174 • 179 • 183 189 * 195 199 203 209 214 218 223 47. THE EXILE OF ST HELENA 230 TEACHER'S APPENDIX ...
... FALL OF THE EMPIRE 43. STORY OF THE STEAM - ENGINE 44. THE CONGRESS OF VIENNA 45. THE EVE OF WATERLOO 46. WATERLOO 156 • 160 165 170 • 174 • 179 • 183 189 * 195 199 203 209 214 218 223 47. THE EXILE OF ST HELENA 230 TEACHER'S APPENDIX ...
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... had established trading stations in the East . The Dutch headquarters was at Batavia ; the French at Pondicherry , on the east coast of India ; 1 See Book II . chapter 32 . 8 DUPLEIX . [ 1697-1763 . the English at Madras THE FALL OF QUEBEC.
... had established trading stations in the East . The Dutch headquarters was at Batavia ; the French at Pondicherry , on the east coast of India ; 1 See Book II . chapter 32 . 8 DUPLEIX . [ 1697-1763 . the English at Madras THE FALL OF QUEBEC.
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... Falls of Niagara , would flow out through the mouth of the Mississippi at New Orleans into the Gulf of Mexico . On the sea side of these rivers lay the thirteen English colonies , fronting the broad Atlantic Ocean .. These colonies were ...
... Falls of Niagara , would flow out through the mouth of the Mississippi at New Orleans into the Gulf of Mexico . On the sea side of these rivers lay the thirteen English colonies , fronting the broad Atlantic Ocean .. These colonies were ...
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... FALL OF QUEBEC . " They have fallen Each in his field of glory . Wolfe upon the lap Of smiling victory , that moment won . " -COWPER . WOLFE left England late in February 1759 , but the winds being contrary and the seas running 28 ...
... FALL OF QUEBEC . " They have fallen Each in his field of glory . Wolfe upon the lap Of smiling victory , that moment won . " -COWPER . WOLFE left England late in February 1759 , but the winds being contrary and the seas running 28 ...
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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.