The Struggle for Sea Power, Book IV of the Story of the WorldCosimo, Inc., 1. jan. 2013 - 248 sider "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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... faces and long beards , dressed in turbans and flowing robes - men for the most part Mo- hammedans , praying at intervals throughout the day , with their faces toward Mecca . At the time that Alexander the Great 1 entered India , -327 ...
... faces and long beards , dressed in turbans and flowing robes - men for the most part Mo- hammedans , praying at intervals throughout the day , with their faces toward Mecca . At the time that Alexander the Great 1 entered India , -327 ...
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... face and holding out the hatchet , which he knew he must forfeit ; " I did it with my new hatchet . " " Come to my arms , brave boy , " said his father , drawing George to him ; " I would rather every tree I possess were killed , than ...
... face and holding out the hatchet , which he knew he must forfeit ; " I did it with my new hatchet . " " Come to my arms , brave boy , " said his father , drawing George to him ; " I would rather every tree I possess were killed , than ...
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... face haggard with lines of pain and anxiety . " But he struggled back to life , and planned his great attack on Quebec . In one of his many expeditions he had discovered a tiny cove , now called Wolfe's Cove , five miles beyond Quebec ...
... face haggard with lines of pain and anxiety . " But he struggled back to life , and planned his great attack on Quebec . In one of his many expeditions he had discovered a tiny cove , now called Wolfe's Cove , five miles beyond Quebec ...
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... face of the steep cliff . Wolfe was among the first , weakened though he was with fever and anxiety . It was an anxious time . Like a chain of ants the men crawled up the steep cliff in the darkness , until , with the first streak of ...
... face of the steep cliff . Wolfe was among the first , weakened though he was with fever and anxiety . It was an anxious time . Like a chain of ants the men crawled up the steep cliff in the darkness , until , with the first streak of ...
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... face of a common danger . The colonists held a great Congress . Each colony was represented , and they resolved to resist the Stamp Act . England was startled by the news : it called Pitt to the front again . He understood the American ...
... face of a common danger . The colonists held a great Congress . Each colony was represented , and they resolved to resist the Stamp Act . England was startled by the news : it called Pitt to the front again . He understood the American ...
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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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Admiral Africa America army arrived attack Austria battle Blücher Book brave British broke Bruce Cape Captain Captain Cook chapter Clive coast colonies colonists command Conflans Cook Corsica cried darkness dauphin dead death declared Dupleix Dutch East Emperor empire enemy England English escape Europe famous father fell fight fire flag fought France French empire governor guns harbour Hawke heart hero honour Horatio Nelson hour Humboldt India island king land Louis Louis XVI Marie Antoinette miles morning Mungo Park Napoleon nation native Nelson never Niger night Nile palace Paris passed peace Pitt Portugal Quebec queen Raja reached retreat returned river Robert Clive Russia sailed sailor sent slaves snow soldiers soon South Spain Stamp Act stood storm story struggle throne Toulon Trafalgar triumph troops Tuileries Versailles victory Warren Hastings Waterloo Wellesley Wellington wild wind Wolfe young
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Side 170 - I hope the people of England will be satisfied!" "I hope my country will do me justice!
Side 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.
Side 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!
Side 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...
Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 23 - Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire, called conscience.
Side 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.
Side 139 - Burke, moved even to tears, exclaimed, "It is not a chip of the old block; it is the old block itself.