The Naval Chronicle, Bind 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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... half past twelve , but at too great a distance , and then adds : " never was more powder and shot thrown away in one day before ; but it was with Monsieur de Grasse the option of distance lay , it was not possible for me to go nearer ...
... half past twelve , but at too great a distance , and then adds : " never was more powder and shot thrown away in one day before ; but it was with Monsieur de Grasse the option of distance lay , it was not possible for me to go nearer ...
Side 10
... half past six on the evening of the 29th of April , Admiral Hood made her signal to come within hail ; when Captain Sutherland , who commanded her , received his orders , if he could pos- sibly keep the ship afloat , to proceed ...
... half past six on the evening of the 29th of April , Admiral Hood made her signal to come within hail ; when Captain Sutherland , who commanded her , received his orders , if he could pos- sibly keep the ship afloat , to proceed ...
Side 11
... half of the French fleet , before it could have been succoured by the other . Fortune , however , failed in her usual favour to bold enterprise . This movement totally changed the appearance of things , and the British fleet , in- stead ...
... half of the French fleet , before it could have been succoured by the other . Fortune , however , failed in her usual favour to bold enterprise . This movement totally changed the appearance of things , and the British fleet , in- stead ...
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... half the number were sent which he had so earnestly requested by letter early in September . Lord Hood , finding his fleet much weakened by such a number of seamen who were sent on shore to defend the various posts , judged it expedient ...
... half the number were sent which he had so earnestly requested by letter early in September . Lord Hood , finding his fleet much weakened by such a number of seamen who were sent on shore to defend the various posts , judged it expedient ...
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... half past nine , the enemy finding our centre , and rear , mostly becalmed and sepa rated , bore down to attack the Van . Forty five minutes past nine , the signal was made to engage , and three minutes after , the action began with the ...
... half past nine , the enemy finding our centre , and rear , mostly becalmed and sepa rated , bore down to attack the Van . Forty five minutes past nine , the signal was made to engage , and three minutes after , the action began with the ...
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Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 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!
Side 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.
Side 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
Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 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.