Fights for the Flag ...: With Portraits and PlansSmith, Elder, & Company, 15 Waterloo Place, 1906 - Всего страниц: 333 |
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... sight from Santa Cruz . For a great fleet to keep the sea through the winter was , at that period , a thing undreamed of . Yet , practically for twenty - seven months , in spite of scurvy and tempest , Blake maintained his iron blockade ...
... sight from Santa Cruz . For a great fleet to keep the sea through the winter was , at that period , a thing undreamed of . Yet , practically for twenty - seven months , in spite of scurvy and tempest , Blake maintained his iron blockade ...
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... sight again . The ships ' hulls grew thick with barnacles and sea grass , their rigging rotted , their supplies were exhausted , and scurvy raged through the crews . The men , for two months , ate their vegetables boiled in sea water ...
... sight again . The ships ' hulls grew thick with barnacles and sea grass , their rigging rotted , their supplies were exhausted , and scurvy raged through the crews . The men , for two months , ate their vegetables boiled in sea water ...
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... sight of Plymouth . The green hills of Devonshire , the spires and roofs of the smoky city , the masts of the ships were in full view . The piers and shores were crowded with thousands waiting to welcome the greatest sailor of his ...
... sight of Plymouth . The green hills of Devonshire , the spires and roofs of the smoky city , the masts of the ships were in full view . The piers and shores were crowded with thousands waiting to welcome the greatest sailor of his ...
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... sight of Juan Fernandez . And during those nine days his men died so fast that " out of two hundred and odd men which remained alive we could not , taking all our watches together , muster hands enough to work the ship on an emergency ...
... sight of Juan Fernandez . And during those nine days his men died so fast that " out of two hundred and odd men which remained alive we could not , taking all our watches together , muster hands enough to work the ship on an emergency ...
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... sight of land . Brett pulled with cool daring through the dark night , and almost reached the fort before the alarm was given . Then lights flashed through the awakening town , the church bells rang , the garrison ran to arms , the guns ...
... sight of land . Brett pulled with cool daring through the dark night , and almost reached the fort before the alarm was given . Then lights flashed through the awakening town , the church bells rang , the garrison ran to arms , the guns ...
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