The Analectic Magazine ...: Comprising Original Reviews, Biography, Analytical Abstracts of New Publications, Translations from French Journals, and Selections from the Most Esteemed British Reviews : V. 1-14, 1813-19 : New Ser., V. 1-2, 1820, Tom 7M. Thomas, 1816 |
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... carried out despatches for government , returning in August 1812. He was then ordered to the frigate Congress , as her first lieutenant , and sailed in her on the declaration of war , in company with the squadron under commodore Rod ...
... carried out despatches for government , returning in August 1812. He was then ordered to the frigate Congress , as her first lieutenant , and sailed in her on the declaration of war , in company with the squadron under commodore Rod ...
Strona 11
... carry on their backs . Men indeed . must have something to be proud of , and the sources of that gratification are so various and whimsical , that we sometimes . see nations valuing themselves on the glory of a tyrant , whose reputation ...
... carry on their backs . Men indeed . must have something to be proud of , and the sources of that gratification are so various and whimsical , that we sometimes . see nations valuing themselves on the glory of a tyrant , whose reputation ...
Strona 12
... carried without the loss of a single man on the part of the infidels , while that of the Portuguese was upwards of seventy killed and wounded . People easily find excuses for being beaten , as we know by late experience , and the ...
... carried without the loss of a single man on the part of the infidels , while that of the Portuguese was upwards of seventy killed and wounded . People easily find excuses for being beaten , as we know by late experience , and the ...
Strona 13
... carried to sea , utterly destitute of every habit and qualification of a sailor . It is a fact well known at Cadiz , and supported by the testimony of half the city , that at the battle of Trafal- gar , a great portion of the Spanish ...
... carried to sea , utterly destitute of every habit and qualification of a sailor . It is a fact well known at Cadiz , and supported by the testimony of half the city , that at the battle of Trafal- gar , a great portion of the Spanish ...
Strona 22
... . We then bent the jib and spanker , cut the moorings , and luckily had a light breeze that carried us clear of the bay , with six car- tridges only remaining . It was then we found our situation most distressing . 22 NAVAL CHRONICLE .
... . We then bent the jib and spanker , cut the moorings , and luckily had a light breeze that carried us clear of the bay , with six car- tridges only remaining . It was then we found our situation most distressing . 22 NAVAL CHRONICLE .
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