Publications of the Navy Records Society, Volume 33Navy Records Society, 1908 - 391 pagina's |
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Pagina xxiv
... guns , cost 40,000l . to build and 25,000l . to arm . Mr. Oppenheim describes her as ' the largest , most ornate and most useless ship afloat , ' but after being cut down by the navy board of the commonwealth she did good service ...
... guns , cost 40,000l . to build and 25,000l . to arm . Mr. Oppenheim describes her as ' the largest , most ornate and most useless ship afloat , ' but after being cut down by the navy board of the commonwealth she did good service ...
Pagina xxxii
... guns of mighty strength , Whose low - laid mouths each mounting billow laves ; Deep in her draught and warlike in her length , She seems a sea - wasp flying on the waves . ' In another passage he contrasts the naval architec- ture and ...
... guns of mighty strength , Whose low - laid mouths each mounting billow laves ; Deep in her draught and warlike in her length , She seems a sea - wasp flying on the waves . ' In another passage he contrasts the naval architec- ture and ...
Pagina xxxviii
the Mary Rose , a forty - eight - gun ship , beat seven Algerines , and preserved the merchantmen under his charge ... guns and 220 men , and not only re- pulsed two desperate attacks , but captured four of the Turks who boarded him ...
the Mary Rose , a forty - eight - gun ship , beat seven Algerines , and preserved the merchantmen under his charge ... guns and 220 men , and not only re- pulsed two desperate attacks , but captured four of the Turks who boarded him ...
Pagina xxxix
... Guns run out , He then prepared for a bloody Bout , Like Thunder , Lightning , and a Tempest great ; Like Raging Waves , which on the Rocks do beat ; Ev'n so our Captain , at his drawing nigh , Vollies discharged at his proud Enemy ...
... Guns run out , He then prepared for a bloody Bout , Like Thunder , Lightning , and a Tempest great ; Like Raging Waves , which on the Rocks do beat ; Ev'n so our Captain , at his drawing nigh , Vollies discharged at his proud Enemy ...
Pagina xliii
... guns , and according to a note by Pepys the ballad was composed by Hovenden Walker ( subsequently Rear - Admiral of the White ) who was then serving on board her ( p . 92 ) . With the reign of William III . there was a INTRODUCTION xliii.
... guns , and according to a note by Pepys the ballad was composed by Hovenden Walker ( subsequently Rear - Admiral of the White ) who was then serving on board her ( p . 92 ) . With the reign of William III . there was a INTRODUCTION xliii.
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Pagina 293 - ... amidst that joy and uproar, Let us think of them that sleep, Full many a fathom deep, By thy wild and stormy steep, Elsinore ! Brave hearts ! to Britain's pride Once so faithful and so true, On the deck of fame that died, With the gallant good Riou ; Soft sigh the winds of Heaven o'er their grave ! While the billow mournful rolls, And the mermaid's song condoles, Singing glory to the souls Of the brave ! THOMAS CAMPBELL.
Pagina 289 - Like leviathans afloat, Lay their bulwarks on the brine; While the sign of battle flew On the lofty British line : It was ten of April morn by the chime : As they drifted on their path, There was silence deep as death; And the boldest held his breath, For a time. But the might of England flushed To anticipate the scene; And her van the fleeter rushed O'er the deadly space between. 'Hearts of oak!
Pagina 292 - By the festal cities blaze, Whilst the wine-cup shines in light ; And yet amidst that joy and uproar Let us think of them that sleep, Full many a fathom deep, By thy wild and stormy steep, Elsinore.
Pagina 54 - To all you ladies now at land We men at sea indite ; But first would have you understand How hard it is to write ; The Muses now, and Neptune too, We must implore to write to you, With a fa la, la la, la la.
Pagina vi - SOCIETY desire it to be understood that they are not answerable for any opinions or observations that may appear in the Society's publications; the Editors of the several Works being alone responsible for the same.
Pagina 289 - OF Nelson and the North Sing the glorious day's renown, When to battle fierce came forth All the might of Denmark's crown, And her arms along the deep proudly shone : By each gun the lighted brand In a bold determined hand. And the Prince of all the land Led them on.
Pagina 55 - Should foggy Opdam chance to know, Our sad and dismal story, The Dutch would scorn so weak a foe, And quit their fort at Goree : For what resistance can they find From men who've left their hearts behind? With a fa la, la la, la la.
Pagina 55 - Let wind and weather do its worst, Be you to us but kind, Let Dutchmen vapour, Spaniards curse, No sorrow we shall find : ' Tis then no matter how things go. Or who's our friend or who's our foe.
Pagina 346 - A FULL ACCOUNT of the Proceedings in relation to Capt. Kidd. In two letters. Written by a person of quality to a kinsman of the Earl of Bellomont in Ireland.
Pagina 29 - And yet these gallant shooters prevailed not a pin ; Though they were brass on the outside, brave Ward was steel within : Shoot on, shoot on, says Captain Ward, your sport well pleaseth me, And he that first gives over shall yield unto the sea.