Fights for the Flag ...: With Portraits and PlansSmith, Elder, & Company, 15 Waterloo Place, 1906 - Всего страниц: 333 |
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... British ship . Be- hind that question of sea etiquette lay the whole claim to naval supremacy and the trade of the ... British admiral . But Nelson himself never showed swifter decision or cooler daring as a leader than did Blake when he ...
... British ship . Be- hind that question of sea etiquette lay the whole claim to naval supremacy and the trade of the ... British admiral . But Nelson himself never showed swifter decision or cooler daring as a leader than did Blake when he ...
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... British gunnery had those qualities of speed and fierceness which , somehow , seem to belong to it by right of nature ; and , as night fell , the stubborn Dutch gave up their attempt to force the strait , and , leaving two of their ...
... British gunnery had those qualities of speed and fierceness which , somehow , seem to belong to it by right of nature ; and , as night fell , the stubborn Dutch gave up their attempt to force the strait , and , leaving two of their ...
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... British sailors of that day there is no room to doubt . They were the descendants of Drake , of Frobisher , of Hawkins ; as much at home on the sea as an aquatic bird ; familiar with surf and storm ; familiar , too , with perils of ...
... British sailors of that day there is no room to doubt . They were the descendants of Drake , of Frobisher , of Hawkins ; as much at home on the sea as an aquatic bird ; familiar with surf and storm ; familiar , too , with perils of ...
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... British history scarcely shows a nobler character . He was loyal , unselfish , humane . He possessed the indefinable art that makes the true leader — a spell that made his men trust him , believe he could never fail , and be willing to ...
... British history scarcely shows a nobler character . He was loyal , unselfish , humane . He possessed the indefinable art that makes the true leader — a spell that made his men trust him , believe he could never fail , and be willing to ...
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... British , but won the triumph that belongs to overwhelming num- bers ; and it was after this combat that , according to a popular but utterly unfounded tradition , Van Tromp sailed through the narrow seas with a broom at his masthead ...
... British , but won the triumph that belongs to overwhelming num- bers ; and it was after this combat that , according to a popular but utterly unfounded tradition , Van Tromp sailed through the narrow seas with a broom at his masthead ...
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