Recollections of Forty Years' ServiceW. Blackwood and sons, 1903 - 386 sider |
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... getting to the top had passed the age for entry to the navy . I recollect being taken on board the guardship lying off Woolwich dockyard , an old 40 - gun frigate , the Fisguard . The flintlocks on the guns were the only thing I ...
... getting to the top had passed the age for entry to the navy . I recollect being taken on board the guardship lying off Woolwich dockyard , an old 40 - gun frigate , the Fisguard . The flintlocks on the guns were the only thing I ...
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... getting him into a wild state of excitement by being very slow in throwing the grenade after lighting the fuse . Mathematics , Fortification , and Surveying were very well taught ; but as for the rest , unless a cadet had a special gift ...
... getting him into a wild state of excitement by being very slow in throwing the grenade after lighting the fuse . Mathematics , Fortification , and Surveying were very well taught ; but as for the rest , unless a cadet had a special gift ...
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... getting a living before they took to soldiering . Several were certainly over forty years of age , one was actually said to have a son a commander in the navy . The waist - girth of some of these ancients was astonishing , and their ...
... getting a living before they took to soldiering . Several were certainly over forty years of age , one was actually said to have a son a commander in the navy . The waist - girth of some of these ancients was astonishing , and their ...
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... getting about , sentries being posted to prevent any one going into those streets which lay straight open to the fire of the forts on the north side , but by a little dodging we got where we wanted . The sensa- tion , however , of ...
... getting about , sentries being posted to prevent any one going into those streets which lay straight open to the fire of the forts on the north side , but by a little dodging we got where we wanted . The sensa- tion , however , of ...
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... getting up behind him . As we were cantering along , laughing at our appearance , two on one horse , he suddenly said , " I am choking ! " I was off in an instant , and just caught him in my arms as he fell dead . Two days afterwards my ...
... getting up behind him . As we were cantering along , laughing at our appearance , two on one horse , he suddenly said , " I am choking ! " I was off in an instant , and just caught him in my arms as he fell dead . Two days afterwards my ...
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