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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... yards - our spiry masts so tall , Our sides black frowning as a castle wall— The countless numbers of our frolic ... yard to reef a sail when it blows fresh , the place of distinction is the weather - earing . Dire is thy ocean , dread ...
... yards - our spiry masts so tall , Our sides black frowning as a castle wall— The countless numbers of our frolic ... yard to reef a sail when it blows fresh , the place of distinction is the weather - earing . Dire is thy ocean , dread ...
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... yards , and mast , 2975 And I could linger here , and not be gone Till the day fade and stars wake one by one . Youth ! on Decatur's glory * fix thine eye With steadfast glance - as , rapid through the sky , * Stephen Decatur first ...
... yards , and mast , 2975 And I could linger here , and not be gone Till the day fade and stars wake one by one . Youth ! on Decatur's glory * fix thine eye With steadfast glance - as , rapid through the sky , * Stephen Decatur first ...
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... yard across the larboard fore and fore - top - sail braces , rendered her head yards of no avail during the remainder of the action . A constant fire was now kept up on both sides , and the sea was so rough , that the muzzles of the ...
... yard across the larboard fore and fore - top - sail braces , rendered her head yards of no avail during the remainder of the action . A constant fire was now kept up on both sides , and the sea was so rough , that the muzzles of the ...
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