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Side 14
... asked my father when he first became acquainted with him ; he answered- I was very intimate with his brother , Sir William Howe , the general , but had never seen the admiral , although he was a near neighbour of my uncle's , with whom ...
... asked my father when he first became acquainted with him ; he answered- I was very intimate with his brother , Sir William Howe , the general , but had never seen the admiral , although he was a near neighbour of my uncle's , with whom ...
Side 24
... asking if I had done wrong in firing without any immediate order , said , ' I could have kissed you for it ! ' Bowen said , ' In going through the helm was hard up , and we were thinking we should not clear her , and we quite forgot to ...
... asking if I had done wrong in firing without any immediate order , said , ' I could have kissed you for it ! ' Bowen said , ' In going through the helm was hard up , and we were thinking we should not clear her , and we quite forgot to ...
Side 25
... asked eagerly , ' What ship's that , sir ? ' and then , on hearing the name of the ' Russell , ' ' Marlborough , ' and ' Audacious , ' he ordered their particular signals to be made to the same effect with guns . The ' Gibraltar ...
... asked eagerly , ' What ship's that , sir ? ' and then , on hearing the name of the ' Russell , ' ' Marlborough , ' and ' Audacious , ' he ordered their particular signals to be made to the same effect with guns . The ' Gibraltar ...
Side 29
... asked Lord Howe whether we were to fire the starboard lower - deck guns . He said , ' No ; I think you had better not . ' We went down , so that the starboard guns only were engaged ; 1 and as we suffered more in going down than was ...
... asked Lord Howe whether we were to fire the starboard lower - deck guns . He said , ' No ; I think you had better not . ' We went down , so that the starboard guns only were engaged ; 1 and as we suffered more in going down than was ...
Side 33
... asked me if either of those signals had ever been made ! ' After the action was over and the firing had ceased , Larcom came down to us on the lower deck and said , ' Everything must be ready for renewing the action . ' I answered imme ...
... asked me if either of those signals had ever been made ! ' After the action was over and the firing had ceased , Larcom came down to us on the lower deck and said , ' Everything must be ready for renewing the action . ' I answered imme ...
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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.