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... English fleet under him , he would choose to do so by night ; giving as his reason , that the greater the difficulties to be encountered , the more would the superiority of discipline and seamanship tell in the encounter ; and he ...
... English fleet under him , he would choose to do so by night ; giving as his reason , that the greater the difficulties to be encountered , the more would the superiority of discipline and seamanship tell in the encounter ; and he ...
Side 21
... English crew still left on board the prize , a course was adopted for the French fleet instead of for Admiral Montagu's squadron.1 ( On the morning of the 28th , at daylight , I counted and reported from the masthead the French fleet of ...
... English crew still left on board the prize , a course was adopted for the French fleet instead of for Admiral Montagu's squadron.1 ( On the morning of the 28th , at daylight , I counted and reported from the masthead the French fleet of ...
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... , " Téméraire ' ( English ) , and ' Bucentaure ' ( French ) , all abreast or aboard each other , each firing her broadside and boarding the other at the same time . In this situation the two French ships were soon settled.
... , " Téméraire ' ( English ) , and ' Bucentaure ' ( French ) , all abreast or aboard each other , each firing her broadside and boarding the other at the same time . In this situation the two French ships were soon settled.
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... ( English and all ) as soon as the weather moderated , with bread and water for their immediate relief ; but when the boat in which the master of the ship was sent had got into Cadiz harbour , a carriage was backed into the water for him ...
... ( English and all ) as soon as the weather moderated , with bread and water for their immediate relief ; but when the boat in which the master of the ship was sent had got into Cadiz harbour , a carriage was backed into the water for him ...
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... English merchant . Mr. Gordon , with whom we all dined yesterday ( for it is the fashion of the place to take all your officers if you please , and all captains are thus asked as of course ) , described himself in his address to me at ...
... English merchant . Mr. Gordon , with whom we all dined yesterday ( for it is the fashion of the place to take all your officers if you please , and all captains are thus asked as of course ) , described himself in his address to me at ...
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Side 148 - See, what a grace was seated on this brow; Hyperion's curls; the front of Jove himself; An eye like Mars, to threaten and command; A station like the herald Mercury, New-lighted on a heaven-kissing hill; A combination, and a form, indeed, Where every god did seem to set his seal, To give the world assurance of a man : This was your husband.