The World of Man: Prose Passages, Chiefly from the Works of the Great Historians, Classical and EnglishThe University Press, 1933 - 313 páginas |
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... enemy before we had attained our object in America . As it was , the French , by preserving their fleet from a ... enemy strong . The prolongation of war at sea tends to raise up fresh enemies for the dominant power in a much higher ...
... enemy before we had attained our object in America . As it was , the French , by preserving their fleet from a ... enemy strong . The prolongation of war at sea tends to raise up fresh enemies for the dominant power in a much higher ...
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... enemy to expose himself to a decision as quickly as possible . One of the rare glimpses we have had into Anson's ... enemy's battleships into the open . TRAFALGAR ROBERT SOUTHEY , Life of Nelson . Chap . ix . 1813 A LONG swell was ...
... enemy to expose himself to a decision as quickly as possible . One of the rare glimpses we have had into Anson's ... enemy's battleships into the open . TRAFALGAR ROBERT SOUTHEY , Life of Nelson . Chap . ix . 1813 A LONG swell was ...
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... enemy .... The enemy continued to fire a gun at a time at the Victory , till they saw that a shot had passed through her main - top- gallant sail ; then they opened their broadsides , aiming chiefly at her rigging , in the hope of ...
... enemy .... The enemy continued to fire a gun at a time at the Victory , till they saw that a shot had passed through her main - top- gallant sail ; then they opened their broadsides , aiming chiefly at her rigging , in the hope of ...
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Praise of history | 3 |
Accident in history | 9 |
Sir Thomas Browne | 18 |
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