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Side 150 - Made to his mistress' eyebrow. Then a soldier, Full of strange oaths and bearded like the pard, Jealous in honour, sudden and quick in quarrel, Seeking the bubble reputation Even in the cannon's mouth.
Side xii - THE THANATOPHIDIA OF INDIA; being a Description of the Venomous Snakes of the Indian Peninsula. With an Account of the Influence of their Poison on Life, and a Series of Experiments.
Side 461 - Mediterranean would fall into her hands, and she would command " the canal through the Isthmus of Suez. " Whatever the commercial value of the Suez Canal to Central " Europe, there is no doubt that it is secondary in importance to the " Euphrates Railway, which affords the only means of stemming " Russian advances in Central Asia, and which directly covers the
Side 458 - We must establish wharves and docks in the Euxine, and by degrees make ourselves masters of that sea as well as of the Baltic, which is a doubly important element in the success of our plan.
Side 234 - Inscription maritime,' on the lists of which are the names of all male individuals of the ' maritime population ; ' that is, men and youths devoted to a seafaring life, from the 18th to the 50th year of age. The number of men thus inscribed fluctuates from 150,000 to 180,000.
Side 449 - Glory of Kingdoms," the great capital of the Chaldean Empire — now a desolation among the nations, her broad walls utterly broken, her high gates burnt with fire. With Babylon are associated the names of Nebuchadnezzar and Belshazzar, of Daniel and Darius, of Cyrus and Alexander. The grand prophet of the captivity, and the energetic apostle of the new era, had their dwelling within her walls.
Side 52 - ... then suspecting something of what had happened, galloped to the other road, and found the would-be commanders stopped by that flood which his arrangements had been made to avoid. The insubordination...
Side 77 - ... for want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse was lost; and for want of a horse the rider was lost...
Side 89 - ... to its numerous inmates. After one or two unsuccessful attempts to place the little frail bark fairly upon the surface of the water, the command was at length given to unhook ; the tackle at the stern was in consequence immediately cleared ; but the ropes at the bow having got foul, the sailor there found it impossible to obey the order.
Side 476 - ... near me shows that I was in a situation to judge. I was once in the Ironsides in an attack on Moultrie and Sumter. I have also watched the behavior of the Monitors at anchor through all the phases of winter weather in this exposed situation. The completeness with which four little Monitors, supported by an iron-clad frigate, have closed this port, is well worth noting. Very soon after entering the roads I advanced one Monitor well up towards the inner debouches of the northern channels, supported...