The Ocean, the River, and the Shore: Navigation, Parte1Routledge, Warne, and Routledge, 1863 - 471 páginas |
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... commerce . 70. War and conquest are supposed to ennoble , but tend only to alter and destroy . 71. The history of commerce is far too extensive to admit even the lightest sketch in the pages of this book . The only portions of it which ...
... commerce . 70. War and conquest are supposed to ennoble , but tend only to alter and destroy . 71. The history of commerce is far too extensive to admit even the lightest sketch in the pages of this book . The only portions of it which ...
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... commerce of Tyre authenticate the antiquity of nations in those regions beyond the pre- scribed term . 78. Why are we to believe the Achæan nation had no capital , and the Etruscan no existence , beyond a limit in- consistent with the ...
... commerce of Tyre authenticate the antiquity of nations in those regions beyond the pre- scribed term . 78. Why are we to believe the Achæan nation had no capital , and the Etruscan no existence , beyond a limit in- consistent with the ...
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... as they proceed to the Syrian harbours , or further southward across the deserts to the Nile . 83. OF THE ANTIQUITY OF ORIENTAL COMMERCE we can perceive no limit . Through the records of history we 18 HISTORICAL SKETCH .
... as they proceed to the Syrian harbours , or further southward across the deserts to the Nile . 83. OF THE ANTIQUITY OF ORIENTAL COMMERCE we can perceive no limit . Through the records of history we 18 HISTORICAL SKETCH .
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... commerce between Japan and China appears to have been considerable , and in articles of a character indica- tive of great progress in the useful and ornamental arts . 94. The Japanese shipping , though varying in particular forms , were ...
... commerce between Japan and China appears to have been considerable , and in articles of a character indica- tive of great progress in the useful and ornamental arts . 94. The Japanese shipping , though varying in particular forms , were ...
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... commerce than to the huge shipping of modern times . So far as history enables us to see it , her character was rather that of an industrious and manufacturing nation , or assem- blage of nations , furnishing her useful and gorgeous ...
... commerce than to the huge shipping of modern times . So far as history enables us to see it , her character was rather that of an industrious and manufacturing nation , or assem- blage of nations , furnishing her useful and gorgeous ...
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Página 221 - Lord ! methought what pain it was to drown ! What dreadful noise of water in mine ears ! What sights of ugly death within mine eyes ! Methought, I saw a thousand fearful wrecks ; A thousand men, that fishes gnawed upon ; Wedges of gold, great anchors, heaps of pearl, Inestimable stones, unvalued jewels, All scattered in the bottom of the sea.
Página 210 - Every steam ship, when approaching another ship, so as to involve risk of collision, shall slacken her speed, or, if necessary, stop and reverse ; and every steam ship shall, when in a fog, go at a moderate speed.
Página 194 - A vessel under one hundred and fifty feet in length when at anchor shall carry forward, where it can best be seen, but at a height not exceeding twenty feet above the hull, a white light, in a lantern so constructed as to show a clear, uniform, and unbroken light visible all around the horizon at a distance of at least one mile.
Página 48 - Lord cometh, for it is nigh at hand ; a day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains : a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the years of many generations.
Página 307 - Privateering is, and remains abolished. 2. The neutral flag covers enemy's goods, with the exception of contraband of war. 3. Neutral goods, with the exception of contraband of war, are not liable to capture under the enemy's flag.
Página 266 - ... has ascertained that she has no need of further assistance, and to render to the other vessel, her master, crew, and passengers (if any) such assistance as may be practicable and as may be necessary in order to save them from any danger caused by the collision...
Página 237 - ... (4) Where any loss or damage is by reason of the improper navigation of such ship as aforesaid caused to any other ship or boat...
Página 209 - When two steam vessels are meeting end on, or nearly end on, so as to involve risk of collision, each shall alter her course to starboard so that each may pass on the port side of the other.
Página 286 - January one thousand eight hundred and twenty-five, upon the high seas, or in any haven, river, creek, or place where the admiral has jurisdiction knowingly and wilfully carry away, convey, or remove, or aid...
Página 308 - The present Declaration is not and shall not be binding, except between those Powers who have acceded, or shall accede, to it.