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Side 17
... sailing and best repeating ship , and beat us hollow . I determined to do all I could by zeal , and set to work , taking two youngsters who had known nothing of signals , and men the same ( except one yeoman ) . We got to great ...
... sailing and best repeating ship , and beat us hollow . I determined to do all I could by zeal , and set to work , taking two youngsters who had known nothing of signals , and men the same ( except one yeoman ) . We got to great ...
Side 18
... sail of the line , were in constant danger from a suc- cession of S.W. gales of wind and thick weather , cruising between the rocks of Scilly on one side and the very dan- gerous coast of France on the other . Under these circum ...
... sail of the line , were in constant danger from a suc- cession of S.W. gales of wind and thick weather , cruising between the rocks of Scilly on one side and the very dan- gerous coast of France on the other . Under these circum ...
Side 19
... sail she could bear ; some of the smaller two - deckers dropping astern with signals that they were overpressed with sail . At about 4 o'clock P.M. the ' Black Joke ' was seen to haul short up on the starboard tack , having run very ...
... sail she could bear ; some of the smaller two - deckers dropping astern with signals that they were overpressed with sail . At about 4 o'clock P.M. the ' Black Joke ' was seen to haul short up on the starboard tack , having run very ...
Side 21
... sail , a frigate , and one I could not make out . On the ' Russell , ' up to windward , making signal of a different number , I was told I must be wrong ; I repeated I was right . I was called down from the masthead to be told I must be ...
... sail , a frigate , and one I could not make out . On the ' Russell , ' up to windward , making signal of a different number , I was told I must be wrong ; I repeated I was right . I was called down from the masthead to be told I must be ...
Side 25
... sail , when Lord Howe made the signal to harass the enemy's rear . Upon this , Admiral Pasley in the ' Bellerophon ... sail and outsailing the rest of the fleet , had reached the position of Pasley's flying squadron , and was shortening ...
... sail , when Lord Howe made the signal to harass the enemy's rear . Upon this , Admiral Pasley in the ' Bellerophon ... sail and outsailing the rest of the fleet , had reached the position of Pasley's flying squadron , and was shortening ...
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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.