Analectic Magazine, and Naval Chronicle, Volumen 2James Maxwell, 1813 |
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... enemies will be as unavailing as their arms . For the surplus of an army , when war shall be at an end , there is , indeed , no such immediate employment as would be offered for our seamen ; but the same means which would , above all ...
... enemies will be as unavailing as their arms . For the surplus of an army , when war shall be at an end , there is , indeed , no such immediate employment as would be offered for our seamen ; but the same means which would , above all ...
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... enemy , and now the wanton aggressor in a war undertaken in obsequiousness to that enemy ; still in America , whatever is civili- zed , whatever is intellectual , whatever is ennobling , whatever is good or great , is , and must ever be ...
... enemy , and now the wanton aggressor in a war undertaken in obsequiousness to that enemy ; still in America , whatever is civili- zed , whatever is intellectual , whatever is ennobling , whatever is good or great , is , and must ever be ...
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... enemy , the critic in time acquires great fame , and gains as much glory by demolishing a man of straw , as if he were a real Jack the Giant Killer . A great critic of the present age pronounced that books were made for no other purpose ...
... enemy , the critic in time acquires great fame , and gains as much glory by demolishing a man of straw , as if he were a real Jack the Giant Killer . A great critic of the present age pronounced that books were made for no other purpose ...
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... enemy haled down the Spanish colours , hoisted the British ensign , and opened a fire of cannon and musketry . This the Wasp instantly returned ; and coming nearer to the enemy , the action became close , and without intermission . In ...
... enemy haled down the Spanish colours , hoisted the British ensign , and opened a fire of cannon and musketry . This the Wasp instantly returned ; and coming nearer to the enemy , the action became close , and without intermission . In ...
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... enemy , the vessels struck each other , the Wasp's side rubbing along the Frolic's bow so that her jib - boom came in between the main and mizen rigging of the Wasp , directly over the heads of Capt . Jones and the first lieutenant , Mr ...
... enemy , the vessels struck each other , the Wasp's side rubbing along the Frolic's bow so that her jib - boom came in between the main and mizen rigging of the Wasp , directly over the heads of Capt . Jones and the first lieutenant , Mr ...
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Página 80 - A little neglect may breed great mischief; 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, being overtaken and slain by the enemy ; all for want of a little care about a horseshoe nail.
Página 389 - Tis Greece, but living Greece no more ! So coldly sweet, so deadly fair, We start, for soul is wanting there. Hers is the loveliness in death, That parts not quite with parting breath ; But beauty with that fearful bloom, That hue which haunts it to the tomb ; Expression's last receding ray, A gilded halo hovering round decay, The farewell beam of Feeling past away!
Página 388 - The sting she nourished for her foes, Whose venom never yet was vain, Gives but one pang, and cures all pain, And darts into her desperate brain...
Página 387 - O'er emerald meadows of Kashmeer Invites the young pursuer near, And leads him on from flower to flower A weary chase and wasted hour, Then leaves him, as it soars on high, With panting heart and tearful eye : So Beauty lures the full-grown child, With hue as bright, and wing as wild ; A chase of idle hopes and fears, Begun in folly, closed in tears.
Página 451 - I desire to enjoy it with your love and consent, that we may always live together as neighbors and friends ; else what would the great God do to us, who hath made us not to devour and destroy one another but to live soberly and kindly together in the world?
Página 28 - In years of plenty many thousands of them meet together in the mountains, where they feast and riot for many days; and at country weddings, markets, burials, and other the like public occasions, they are to be seen, both men and women, perpetually drunk, cursing, blaspheming, and fighting together.
Página 389 - Such is the aspect of this shore; 'Tis Greece, but living Greece no more! So coldly sweet, so deadly fair, We start, for soul is wanting there. Hers is the loveliness in death, That parts not quite with parting breath...
Página 469 - All that could be done was to fan him with paper, and frequently to give him lemonade to alleviate his intense thirst. He was in great pain, and expressed much anxiety for the event of the action, which now began to declare itself. As often as a ship struck, the crew of the Victory...
Página 470 - I have called two or three of our fresh ships round, and have no doubt of giving them a drubbing." "I hope," said Nelson, "none of our ships have struck?" Hardy answered, "There was no fear of that.
Página 469 - Hardy ; and as that officer, though often sent for, .could not leave the deck, Nelson feared that some fatal cause prevented him, and repeatedly cried ; " Will no one bring Hardy to me ? He must be killed ! He is surely dead !". An hour and ten minutes elapsed from the time when Nelson received his wound, before Hardy could come to him.