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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... present strength of the British Navy closes the work . Meanwhile , the pages as they originally stood are , with a few trifling exceptions , left intact ; so that , while adding narrative and incident , historic fact and useful ...
... present strength of the British Navy closes the work . Meanwhile , the pages as they originally stood are , with a few trifling exceptions , left intact ; so that , while adding narrative and incident , historic fact and useful ...
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... present , designated by the weight of shot they discharged : one reason for which may have been that the balls were not all made of the same materials ; some being of iron , some of stone , and some of lead - three sub- stances very ...
... present , designated by the weight of shot they discharged : one reason for which may have been that the balls were not all made of the same materials ; some being of iron , some of stone , and some of lead - three sub- stances very ...
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... present , to carry the reader along with us , unveiling at every step the records of British heroism , as bound up with the annals of sea warfare . Perhaps of all the individual instances where we find in history that a young princess ...
... present , to carry the reader along with us , unveiling at every step the records of British heroism , as bound up with the annals of sea warfare . Perhaps of all the individual instances where we find in history that a young princess ...
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... of Vice - Admiral for life ; and after the arrange- ments were completed , the Duke of Buckingham made his countess a present of £ 3000 ( a considerable gift ADMIRAL HOWARD . 15 Her foes shake like a field of beaten corn, ...
... of Vice - Admiral for life ; and after the arrange- ments were completed , the Duke of Buckingham made his countess a present of £ 3000 ( a considerable gift ADMIRAL HOWARD . 15 Her foes shake like a field of beaten corn, ...
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J Bradshawe Walker. countess a present of £ 3000 ( a considerable gift in those days ) , and ever after styled his predecessor " father , " and even bent his knee when he approached him . By the writers of that day we learn , that he was ...
J Bradshawe Walker. countess a present of £ 3000 ( a considerable gift in those days ) , and ever after styled his predecessor " father , " and even bent his knee when he approached him . By the writers of that day we learn , that he was ...
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