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Pagina xxix
... head and strong hand of the Protector himself , in part to the ' winged navy ' which makes the English Lords of the world's great waste , the ocean . ' This dominion , which Charles I. had claimed , the victories of the Protector's ...
... head and strong hand of the Protector himself , in part to the ' winged navy ' which makes the English Lords of the world's great waste , the ocean . ' This dominion , which Charles I. had claimed , the victories of the Protector's ...
Pagina xxxix
... Heads , Arms , and Legs bestrewed upon the Deck . This was their fate , which then they could not shun , Their blood did off the Deck , like water , run . Our Men between Decks with the great Guns tore And rent the Hull of the Turks ...
... Heads , Arms , and Legs bestrewed upon the Deck . This was their fate , which then they could not shun , Their blood did off the Deck , like water , run . Our Men between Decks with the great Guns tore And rent the Hull of the Turks ...
Pagina xlii
... heads of their men - of - war ' ( Cal . State Papers , Dom . 1671 , p . 249 ) . Dryden , in some lines addressed in 1677 to Nat Lee on his play of Alexander the Great , refers to these two exploits of Harman's to prove the proposition ...
... heads of their men - of - war ' ( Cal . State Papers , Dom . 1671 , p . 249 ) . Dryden , in some lines addressed in 1677 to Nat Lee on his play of Alexander the Great , refers to these two exploits of Harman's to prove the proposition ...
Pagina xlv
... Head . Both the admirals , ' says says Burnet , were equally blamed - ours for not fighting and the French for not pursuing . ' Torrington was sent to the Tower , and accused by the popular voice of want of courage as well as of want of ...
... Head . Both the admirals , ' says says Burnet , were equally blamed - ours for not fighting and the French for not pursuing . ' Torrington was sent to the Tower , and accused by the popular voice of want of courage as well as of want of ...
Pagina lii
... Head ( p . 137 ) . The author's conclusion is that tarpaulins should rule at sea . He refers also to the desire of captains to line their pockets by carrying plate for merchants instead of fighting , and he might also have mentioned the ...
... Head ( p . 137 ) . The author's conclusion is that tarpaulins should rule at sea . He refers also to the desire of captains to line their pockets by carrying plate for merchants instead of fighting , and he might also have mentioned the ...
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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.