The American Mariners: Or, The Atlantic Voyage. A Moral Poem ... Prefixed is A Vindication of the American Character ... To which are Added Naval Annals: Or, An Impartial Summary of the Actions Fought, During the Late War, at Sea, and on the Lakes, Between the Ships of Great Britain and Those of the United States of America ...Brodie and Dowding, 1822 - 384 páginas |
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... rocks nor shoals can bar , Nor the dread rage of elemental war . Sons of the storm ! with javelin wont to seek In icy ... rock'd yard dips low its pointed arm , They climb the shrouds - with breasts that scorn alarm- Cling to the cord ...
... rocks nor shoals can bar , Nor the dread rage of elemental war . Sons of the storm ! with javelin wont to seek In icy ... rock'd yard dips low its pointed arm , They climb the shrouds - with breasts that scorn alarm- Cling to the cord ...
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... rocks , on whose disastrous reef A gallant navy perish'd with their chief . ‡ 3820 * The rate of a ship's velocity through the sea is ascertained by the log - line , which is marked off by knots , and wound on a reel . + The term stiff ...
... rocks , on whose disastrous reef A gallant navy perish'd with their chief . ‡ 3820 * The rate of a ship's velocity through the sea is ascertained by the log - line , which is marked off by knots , and wound on a reel . + The term stiff ...
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... rocks to the number of 140 , lying ten leagues west of Cornwall . Six only are inhabited . St. Mary's , the largest ... rock , the northwesternmost of the whole . Sir Cloudesley Shovel's fleet got upon the reef called the Bishop and his ...
... rocks to the number of 140 , lying ten leagues west of Cornwall . Six only are inhabited . St. Mary's , the largest ... rock , the northwesternmost of the whole . Sir Cloudesley Shovel's fleet got upon the reef called the Bishop and his ...
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