Works, Volumen12,Tema 2G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1897 |
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... gun - boat , and swallows down navies at a draught , until , overpowered with victory and wine he sinks upon the field of battle - dead drunk in his country's cause . Sword of the puissant Khalid ! what a display of valor is here ! -the ...
... gun - boat , and swallows down navies at a draught , until , overpowered with victory and wine he sinks upon the field of battle - dead drunk in his country's cause . Sword of the puissant Khalid ! what a display of valor is here ! -the ...
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... gun ; the Shannon then hove to . The vessels manoeuvred in awful silence , until within pistol - shot , when the Shannon opened her fire , and both vessels almost at the same moment poured forth tremendous broadsides . The execution in ...
... gun ; the Shannon then hove to . The vessels manoeuvred in awful silence , until within pistol - shot , when the Shannon opened her fire , and both vessels almost at the same moment poured forth tremendous broadsides . The execution in ...
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... guns could not be brought to bear upon the enemy , while the latter was enabled to fire raking shots from her foremost guns , which swept the upper decks of the Chesapeake , kill- ing or wounding the greater portion of the A hand ...
... guns could not be brought to bear upon the enemy , while the latter was enabled to fire raking shots from her foremost guns , which swept the upper decks of the Chesapeake , kill- ing or wounding the greater portion of the A hand ...
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Washington Irving. Britannic Majesty's brig Boxer , of 14 guns . The number of her crew is a matter of conjec- ture and dispute . Sixty - four prisoners were taken , seventeen of whom were wounded . How many of the dead were thrown into ...
Washington Irving. Britannic Majesty's brig Boxer , of 14 guns . The number of her crew is a matter of conjec- ture and dispute . Sixty - four prisoners were taken , seventeen of whom were wounded . How many of the dead were thrown into ...
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... gun - boat service , however , is at best but an irksome employ . Nothing can be more dispiriting for ardent and daring minds than to be obliged to skulk about harbors and rivers , cramped up in these diminutive vessels , with- out the ...
... gun - boat service , however , is at best but an irksome employ . Nothing can be more dispiriting for ardent and daring minds than to be obliged to skulk about harbors and rivers , cramped up in these diminutive vessels , with- out the ...
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