The Life of NelsonClarke, Beeton and Company, 1885 - 261 страници |
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... fire to her while stealing rum out of the after - hold . Her crew were leaping into the water , when Nelson came up in his boats , made them . throw their powder overboard , and point their guns upward ; and , by his presence of mind ...
... fire to her while stealing rum out of the after - hold . Her crew were leaping into the water , when Nelson came up in his boats , made them . throw their powder overboard , and point their guns upward ; and , by his presence of mind ...
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... fire to the villages , and hung all the most able and active men who fell into their hands . A war of this kind may be carried on with success against a country so small and so thinly peopled as Corsica . Having reduced the island to ...
... fire to the villages , and hung all the most able and active men who fell into their hands . A war of this kind may be carried on with success against a country so small and so thinly peopled as Corsica . Having reduced the island to ...
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... fire . Providentially , the child escaped , and lived to relate , with becoming feeling , a fact so honourable to his father . That father conducted the affairs of the island till 1753 , 49 when he was assassinated by some wretches ...
... fire . Providentially , the child escaped , and lived to relate , with becoming feeling , a fact so honourable to his father . That father conducted the affairs of the island till 1753 , 49 when he was assassinated by some wretches ...
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... fire before he touched her stern ; but seeing how impossible it was that he should be supported , and how certainly the Agamemnon must be severely cut up if her masts were disabled , he altered his plan according to the occasion . As ...
... fire before he touched her stern ; but seeing how impossible it was that he should be supported , and how certainly the Agamemnon must be severely cut up if her masts were disabled , he altered his plan according to the occasion . As ...
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... fire . The Agamemnon passed them within half - pistol shot almost every shot passed over her ; for the French had elevated their guns for the rigging and for distant firing , and did not think of altering the elevation . As soon as the ...
... fire . The Agamemnon passed them within half - pistol shot almost every shot passed over her ; for the French had elevated their guns for the rigging and for distant firing , and did not think of altering the elevation . As soon as the ...
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