The warriors of our wooden walls and their victories. With additions and emendations by the author of 'The historical finger-post'. |
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... guns were not then , as now , pointed through embrasures or port holes , but mounted en barbette , or so as to fire over the top side or gunwale of the vessel ; " so that the ships had but one deck and one mast , and would be considered ...
... guns were not then , as now , pointed through embrasures or port holes , but mounted en barbette , or so as to fire over the top side or gunwale of the vessel ; " so that the ships had but one deck and one mast , and would be considered ...
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... guns ; and accordingly this ship appears with two whole battery - decks , besides additional short decks or platforms , both ahead and astern . The nature or calibre of great guns was not , as at present , designated by the weight of ...
... guns ; and accordingly this ship appears with two whole battery - decks , besides additional short decks or platforms , both ahead and astern . The nature or calibre of great guns was not , as at present , designated by the weight of ...
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... guns were generally employed . The Cordelier carried 1200 soldiers . After the destruction of these two ships the fleets separated ; the French making their escape into Brest , but the ships of both had sustained considerable damage ...
... guns were generally employed . The Cordelier carried 1200 soldiers . After the destruction of these two ships the fleets separated ; the French making their escape into Brest , but the ships of both had sustained considerable damage ...
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... guns were run out ; but , misled by the calm which prevailed , the crew had insufficiently secured them . The wind came up with a sudden sweep , and as the Mary Rose was slightly heeled on one side , her windward tier of guns broke ...
... guns were run out ; but , misled by the calm which prevailed , the crew had insufficiently secured them . The wind came up with a sudden sweep , and as the Mary Rose was slightly heeled on one side , her windward tier of guns broke ...
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... guns on three decks , when she was quite becalmed under her huge hulk , and while thus entangled , four other ships boarded her , two on each side , and the fight thus beginning at 3 o'clock in the afternoon , continued very terrible ...
... guns on three decks , when she was quite becalmed under her huge hulk , and while thus entangled , four other ships boarded her , two on each side , and the fight thus beginning at 3 o'clock in the afternoon , continued very terrible ...
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action Admiral Admiralty afterwards appeared appointed arms arrived attack batteries battle became boats body brave British brought called Captain carried Charles close coast command courage crew deck directed Dutch duty early effect enemy enemy's engagement England English fell fire flag fleet force formed four French frigate gallant gave George give guns hand head hero honour hundred immediately island killed king land leaving letter Lieutenant Lord loss March matters month naval navy Nelson never observed occasion officer party passed period position possession present rank reader received remained returned royal sail says seamen sent served ship shore shot side signal Sir John soon Spaniards Spanish spirit squadron standing taken tons took vessels victory West whole wind wounded
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Страница 29 - Night sank upon the dusky beach, and on the purple sea, Such night in England ne'er had been, nor e'er again shall be. From Eddystone to Berwick bounds, from Lynn to Milford Bay, That time of slumber was as bright and busy as the day; For swift to east and swift to west the ghastly warflame spread, High on St.
Страница 31 - Peak unfurled the flag o'er Darwin's rocky dales Till like volcanoes flared to heaven the stormy hills of Wales, Till twelve fair counties saw the blaze on Malvern's lonely height, Till streamed in crimson on the wind the Wrekin's crest of light, Till broad and fierce the star came forth on Ely's stately fane, And tower and hamlet rose in arms o'er all the boundless plain ; Till Belvoir's lordly terraces the sign to Lincoln sent, And Lincoln sped the message on o'er the wide vale of Trent ; Till...
Страница 17 - In her days every man shall eat in safety Under his own vine what he plants, and sing The merry songs of peace to all his neighbours. God shall be truly known ; and those about her From her shall read the perfect ways of honour, And by those claim their greatness, not by blood.
Страница 31 - Hampstead's swarthy moor they started for the north. And on, and on, without a pause, untired they bounded still; All night from tower to tower they sprang, they sprang from hill to hill...
Страница 110 - His sword was in its sheath, His fingers held the pen, When Kempenfelt went down With twice four hundred men.
Страница 145 - How sleep the Brave who sink to rest By all their country's wishes blest! When Spring, with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck their hallowed mould, She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's feet have ever trod. By fairy hands their knell is rung; By forms unseen their dirge is sung; There Honor comes, a pilgrim gray, To bless the turf that wraps their clay; And Freedom shall awhile repair, To dwell a weeping hermit there!
Страница 28 - It was about the lovely close of a warm summer day, There came a gallant merchant-ship full sail to Plymouth Bay; Her crew hath seen Castile's black fleet, beyond Aurigny's isle, At earliest twilight, on the waves lie heaving many a mile.
Страница 30 - Then bugle's note and cannon's roar the deathlike silence broke, And with one start, and with one cry, the royal city woke.
Страница 30 - For swift to east and swift to west the ghastly warflame spread, High on St. Michael's Mount it shone: it shone on Beachy Head. Far on the deep the Spaniard saw, along each southern shire, % Cape beyond cape, in endless range, those twinkling points of fire.
Страница 30 - And the broad streams of pikes and flags rushed down each roaring street ; And broader still became the blaze, and louder still the din, As fast from every village round the horse came spurring in : And eastward straight from wild Blackheath the warlike errand went, And roused in many an ancient hall the gallant squires of Kent.