The Naval Chronicle, Том 2James Stanier Clarke, Stephen Jones, John Jones J. Gold, 1799 Contains a general and biographical history of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom, with a variety of original papers on nautical subjects, under the guidance of several literary and professional men. |
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... British fleet , in- stead of being on the defensive , carried the face of being the aggressor during the rest of the day . " That he might not lose any more time in tempting the enemy to a close engagement , Sir Samuel Hood at length ...
... British fleet , in- stead of being on the defensive , carried the face of being the aggressor during the rest of the day . " That he might not lose any more time in tempting the enemy to a close engagement , Sir Samuel Hood at length ...
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... British only , as to be able to amuse them with a distant cannonade , while their merchant ships and transports might , with sufficient security , get into port . From this battle we may judge of the propriety of cannonading , even ...
... British only , as to be able to amuse them with a distant cannonade , while their merchant ships and transports might , with sufficient security , get into port . From this battle we may judge of the propriety of cannonading , even ...
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... British fleet approached , the French immediately + slipped their cables , turned out from their anchorage in some con- fusion , and formed without any particular regard to pre- scribed order , as they could come up . - Wind at N. N. E. ...
... British fleet approached , the French immediately + slipped their cables , turned out from their anchorage in some con- fusion , and formed without any particular regard to pre- scribed order , as they could come up . - Wind at N. N. E. ...
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... British squadron , this daring project to their astonish- ment was accomplished . Mr. John Clerk , of Eldin , in his able Essay on Naval Tactics , and while under the immediate impression of the enthusiasm excited by the merit of this ...
... British squadron , this daring project to their astonish- ment was accomplished . Mr. John Clerk , of Eldin , in his able Essay on Naval Tactics , and while under the immediate impression of the enthusiasm excited by the merit of this ...
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... British fleet lay for some time becalmed ; but the breeze at length reached the Van , under Sir Samuel Hood , whose squadron soon began to close with the French Centre . The Comte de Grasse immediately fell with the whole weight of his ...
... British fleet lay for some time becalmed ; but the breeze at length reached the Van , under Sir Samuel Hood , whose squadron soon began to close with the French Centre . The Comte de Grasse immediately fell with the whole weight of his ...
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Стр. 329 - Higher and higher every day, Till over the mast at noon—" The Wedding-Guest here beat his breast, For he heard the loud bassoon. The bride hath paced into the hall, Red as a rose is she; Nodding their heads before her goes The merry minstrelsy.
Стр. 419 - I looked to heaven, and tried to pray; But or ever a prayer had gusht, A wicked whisper came, and made My heart as dry as dust.
Стр. 330 - Nor shapes of men nor beasts we ken — The ice was all between. The ice was here, the ice was there, The ice was all around; It cracked and growled, and roared and howled. Like noises in a swound!
Стр. 419 - The cold sweat melted from their limbs, Nor rot nor reek did they: The look with which they looked on me Had never passed away. An orphan's curse would drag to hell A spirit from on high; But oh! more horrible than that Is the curse in a dead man's eye! Seven days, seven nights, I saw that curse, And yet I could not die.
Стр. 330 - It ate the food it ne'er had eat, And round and round it flew. The ice did split with a thunder-fit; The helmsman steered us through! And a good south wind sprung up behind; The Albatross did follow, And every day, for food or play, Came to the mariners
Стр. 372 - Cromwell, I charge thee, fling away ambition : By that sin fell the angels; how can man, then, The image of his Maker, hope to win by it ? Love thyself last: cherish those hearts that hate thee ; Corruption wins not more than honesty.
Стр. 420 - O happy living things! no tongue Their beauty might declare: A spring of love gushed from my heart, And I blessed them unaware: Sure my kind saint took pity on me, And I blessed them unaware.
Стр. 231 - To all you ladies now at land We men at sea indite; But first would have you understand How hard it is to write: The Muses now, and Neptune too, We must implore to write to you — With a fa, la, la, la, la.
Стр. 232 - Should foggy Opdam chance to know, Our sad and dismal story, The Dutch would scorn so weak a foe, And quit their fort at Goree : For what resistance can they find From men who've left their hearts behind? With a fa la, la la, la la.
Стр. 16 - And, reassembling our afflicted Powers, Consult how we may henceforth most offend Our Enemy ; our own loss how repair ; How overcome this dire calamity ; What reinforcement we may gain from hope ; If not, what resolution from despair.