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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Side 8
... took precedence of the native court . He was de- clared Governor of India from Hyderabad to Cape Comorin , a country the same size as France itself ; he was given command of seven thousand men ; he ruled over thirty millions of people ...
... took precedence of the native court . He was de- clared Governor of India from Hyderabad to Cape Comorin , a country the same size as France itself ; he was given command of seven thousand men ; he ruled over thirty millions of people ...
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... took Calcutta with ease , making 146 prisoners . But the treasury did not yield the vast riches he had been led to expect , and he wreaked his revenge on the luckless prisoners . It was a hot night in June when the 146 English captives ...
... took Calcutta with ease , making 146 prisoners . But the treasury did not yield the vast riches he had been led to expect , and he wreaked his revenge on the luckless prisoners . It was a hot night in June when the 146 English captives ...
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... took up his quarters in a grove of mango- trees , within a mile of the enemy . He could not sleep . All night long he heard the sound of drums . and cymbals from the vast camp of the Nawab . He knew but too well the fearful odds against ...
... took up his quarters in a grove of mango- trees , within a mile of the enemy . He could not sleep . All night long he heard the sound of drums . and cymbals from the vast camp of the Nawab . He knew but too well the fearful odds against ...
Side 25
... took hold of English statesmen . " We are no longer a nation , " cried one English minister . He did not know that England was on the eve of her greatest triumphs in America as well as in India . It was this dark hour that called forth ...
... took hold of English statesmen . " We are no longer a nation , " cried one English minister . He did not know that England was on the eve of her greatest triumphs in America as well as in India . It was this dark hour that called forth ...
Side 29
... sailors dashed down upon it and broke it into fragments . August arrived , with storms and cold . Fever took hold of Wolfe . Always frail in body , he lay 1 30 PREPARING FOR THE ATTACK . [ 1759 . THE RISE OF WELLINGTON.
... sailors dashed down upon it and broke it into fragments . August arrived , with storms and cold . Fever took hold of Wolfe . Always frail in body , he lay 1 30 PREPARING FOR THE ATTACK . [ 1759 . THE RISE OF WELLINGTON.
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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.