Life and Heroic Deeds of Admiral Dewey Including Battles in the PhilippinesAdvance Publishing House, 1899 - 546 sider |
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Life and Heroic Deeds of Admiral Dewey Including Battles in the Philippines Louis Stanley Young Ingen forhåndsvisning - 2015 |
Life and Heroic Deeds of Admiral Dewey Including Battles in the Philippines Louis Stanley Young Ingen forhåndsvisning - 2015 |
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Admiral Dewey advance Aguinaldo American ammunition Antonio de Ulloa arms army artillery Asiatic squadron attack Baltimore battalion batteries battle boat boys brave brigade bullets Calumpit Captain captured Cavite cheer Colonel command Commodore Dewey Concord crew cruiser Cuba dead deck Dewey's enemy enemy's engagement Farragut fight Filipinos flag flagship force forts front Funston George Dewey glory gunboats guns harbor hero Hong Kong honor Infantry insurgents islands killed Laguna de Bay land Lieutenant Luzon Malate Manila Bay ment miles morning nation natives naval navy never night o'clock officers Olympia opened fire Pasig Pasig River passed peace Petrel Philippines port prisoners Raleigh rebels regiment returned rifles river sailors sent shell ships shore shot side signal soldiers Spain Spaniards Spanish fleet squadron steamed surrender took town trenches troops United vessels victory volleys wounded yards young
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Side 418 - By the wolf-scaring faggot that guarded the slain, At the dead of the night a sweet Vision I saw; And thrice ere the morning I dreamt it again.
Side 377 - Hats off ! Along the street there comes A blare of bugles, a ruffle of drums, A flash of color beneath the sky : Hats off ! The flag is passing by ! Blue and crimson and white it shines Over the steel-tipped, ordered lines. Hats off! The colors before us fly; But more than the flag is passing by.
Side 391 - HUSH ! my dear, lie still and slumber, Holy angels guard thy bed ! Heavenly blessings without number Gently falling on thy head. Sleep, my babe, thy food and raiment, House and home, thy friends provide ; All without thy care or payment, All thy wants are well supplied. How much better thou'rt attended Than the Son of God could be ; When from heaven he descended...
Side 401 - THE maid who binds her warrior's sash With smile that well her pain dissembles, The while beneath her drooping lash One starry tear-drop hangs and trembles, Though Heaven alone records the tear, And Fame, shall never know her story, Her heart has shed a drop as dear As e'er bedewed the field of glory...
Side 418 - The Soldier's Dream OUR bugles sang truce, for the night-cloud had lowered, And the sentinel stars set their watch in the sky; And thousands had sunk on the ground over-powered The weary to sleep, and the wounded to die.
Side 401 - The mother who conceals her grief While to her breast her son she presses, Then breathes a few brave words and brief, Kissing the patriot brow she blesses, With no one but her secret God To know the pain that weighs upon her, Sheds holy blood as e'er the sod Received on Freedom's field of honor ! THOMAS BUCHANAN READ.
Side 401 - Mid little ones who weep or wonder, And bravely speaks the cheering word, What though her heart be rent asunder, Doomed nightly in her dreams to hear The bolts of death around him rattle, Has shed as sacred blood as e'er Was poured upon the field of battle.
Side 67 - What foe shall assail thee, Bearing the standard of Liberty's van? Think not the God of thy fathers shall fail thee, Striving with men for the birthright of man.
Side 443 - DEAR SIR : I have the pleasure to acknowledge the receipt of your letter...
Side 233 - This city, Its Inhabitants, Its churches and religious worship, Its educational establishments and Its private property of all descriptions, are placed under the special safeguard of the faith and honor of the American army.