The Naval Chronicle, Volume 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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James Stanier Clarke, Stephen Jones, John Jones. War KF479 HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY VERI TAS FROM THE FUND OF CHARLES MINOT CLASS OF 1828 NAVAL CHRONICLE . Vol . II . TOULON LUNE BASTI.
James Stanier Clarke, Stephen Jones, John Jones. War KF479 HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY VERI TAS FROM THE FUND OF CHARLES MINOT CLASS OF 1828 NAVAL CHRONICLE . Vol . II . TOULON LUNE BASTI.
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James Stanier Clarke, Stephen Jones, John Jones. i NAVAL CHRONICLE . TOULON BASTI LUNE 1794 HOOD HOWE BRIDPORT.
James Stanier Clarke, Stephen Jones, John Jones. i NAVAL CHRONICLE . TOULON BASTI LUNE 1794 HOOD HOWE BRIDPORT.
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... TOULON PAPERS , which have given so much satisfaction , will enable the historian of the present War , to form a correct idea of one of the most im- portant events , that has taken place ; and which before was too imperfectly considered ...
... TOULON PAPERS , which have given so much satisfaction , will enable the historian of the present War , to form a correct idea of one of the most im- portant events , that has taken place ; and which before was too imperfectly considered ...
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... TOULON , with a POLACRE in the fore- ground - 373 • 401 " 504 XXII . NASSAU , in the Island of NEW PROVIDENCE XXIII . Sir CHARLES KNOWLES'S Action on the 22d of July , 1780 , between the PORCUPINE and Two SPANISH XEBECS 517 XXIV . VIEW ...
... TOULON , with a POLACRE in the fore- ground - 373 • 401 " 504 XXII . NASSAU , in the Island of NEW PROVIDENCE XXIII . Sir CHARLES KNOWLES'S Action on the 22d of July , 1780 , between the PORCUPINE and Two SPANISH XEBECS 517 XXIV . VIEW ...
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... Toulon , and Corsica , we shall at present only touch upon some of the principal leading features , and , having drawn the outline with truth and accuracy , shall leave it to a more distant period , to fill up the shades , and to insert ...
... Toulon , and Corsica , we shall at present only touch upon some of the principal leading features , and , having drawn the outline with truth and accuracy , shall leave it to a more distant period , to fill up the shades , and to insert ...
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Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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!
Página 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.
Página 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
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.