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... ship's side on to a wharf ? Does it know that when heavy guns were sent in a moment of panic to Madras they could not be landed , and had then to be taken back to Bombay , so that they might be sent by train ? Are these things quite ...
... ship's side on to a wharf ? Does it know that when heavy guns were sent in a moment of panic to Madras they could not be landed , and had then to be taken back to Bombay , so that they might be sent by train ? Are these things quite ...
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... ships in those seas under the vicissitudes of victory or defeat . So long as the Dutch held Trin- comalee they were supreme in the Eastern seas ; when subsequently it fell into our hands , and France had no secure base nearer than the ...
... ships in those seas under the vicissitudes of victory or defeat . So long as the Dutch held Trin- comalee they were supreme in the Eastern seas ; when subsequently it fell into our hands , and France had no secure base nearer than the ...
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... ships to visit the Russian ports of the North Pacific , Port Hamilton , as a naval base , would be invaluable . The essential point aimed at being the protection of the coal supply for our ocean cruisers , it follows that a , system of ...
... ships to visit the Russian ports of the North Pacific , Port Hamilton , as a naval base , would be invaluable . The essential point aimed at being the protection of the coal supply for our ocean cruisers , it follows that a , system of ...
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... ships , there the charge and responsibility should be entirely Imperial . But when the coaling station is attached to a colony that would itself be the immediate object and reward for temporary , if not permanent , occupation by an ...
... ships , there the charge and responsibility should be entirely Imperial . But when the coaling station is attached to a colony that would itself be the immediate object and reward for temporary , if not permanent , occupation by an ...
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... ship system of naval strategy and substituting action by squadrons . There must be no frittering away of energy , effort , and execution . One heavy blow in the naval wars of the future will produce larger results than a number of puny ...
... ship system of naval strategy and substituting action by squadrons . There must be no frittering away of energy , effort , and execution . One heavy blow in the naval wars of the future will produce larger results than a number of puny ...
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Página 951 - Come wealth or want, come good or ill, Let young and old accept their part, And bow before the Awful Will, And bear it with an honest heart, Who misses or who wins the prize. — Go, lose or conquer as you can ; But if you fail, or if you rise, Be each, pray God, a gentleman.
Página 476 - More especially, we pray for the good estate of the Catholic Church ; that it may be so guided and governed by Thy good Spirit, that all who profess and call themselves Christians may be led into the way of truth, and hold the faith, in unity of spirit, in the bond of peace, and in righteousness of life.
Página 310 - That no person who has an office or place of profit under the King, or receives a pension from the crown, shall be capable of serving as a member of the house of commons.
Página 798 - Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses, whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings.
Página 525 - And I do solemnly in the presence of God profess, testify and declare, That I do make this declaration, and every part thereof, in the plain and ordinary sense of the words read unto me, as they are commonly understood by English protestants, without any evasion, equivocation or mental reservation whatsoever...
Página 310 - Commissions be made Quamdiu se bene gesserint, and their salaries ascertained and established ; but upon the Address of both Houses of Parliament it may be lawful to remove them.
Página 934 - Depend upon it, you would gain unspeakably if you would learn with me to see some of the poetry and the pathos, the tragedy and the comedy, lying in the experience of a human soul that looks out through dull grey eyes, and that speaks in a voice of quite ordinary tones.
Página 588 - Fatimites was invincible ; but the surrounding multitudes galled them from a distance with a cloud of arrows, and the horses and men were successively slain: a truce was allowed on both sides for the hour of prayer; and the battle at length expired by the death of the last of the companions of Hosein.
Página 934 - But we insignificant people with our daily words and acts are preparing the lives of many Dorotheas, some of which may present a far sadder sacrifice than that of the Dorothea whose story we know.
Página 310 - That in case the crown and imperial dignity of this realm shall hereafter come to any person not being a native of this kingdom of England this nation be not obliged to engage in any war for the defence of any dominions or territories which do not belong to the crown of England without the consent of Parliament.