The Quarterly Review, Volume 120John Murray, 1866 |
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Page 53
... English crew , jumping on board with their cutlasses , cut down every one who came in their way , sparing only the unresisting galley - slaves . All that the French commander was able to do was to hoist , with his own hand , a signal of ...
... English crew , jumping on board with their cutlasses , cut down every one who came in their way , sparing only the unresisting galley - slaves . All that the French commander was able to do was to hoist , with his own hand , a signal of ...
Page 54
... English gunner approach the piece , and apply his match to the touch - hole . Stunned and insensible , he was thrown by the shock of the discharge as far as the length of his chain would allow across the gangway which divided the two ...
... English gunner approach the piece , and apply his match to the touch - hole . Stunned and insensible , he was thrown by the shock of the discharge as far as the length of his chain would allow across the gangway which divided the two ...
Page 56
... English . In consequence an English governor and a force of 4000 or 5000 men were established in the place . It was permitted , however , to the French Government to keep their galleys for a time in the harbour until the demolition of ...
... English . In consequence an English governor and a force of 4000 or 5000 men were established in the place . It was permitted , however , to the French Government to keep their galleys for a time in the harbour until the demolition of ...
Page 63
... English naval officer of distinction , Vice - Admiral Douglas . In 1785 their son , Mr. Douglas , and his wife came to Bergerac to visit their French relatives in Perigord . It is pleasing to find , ' says M. Coquerel , ' that the ...
... English naval officer of distinction , Vice - Admiral Douglas . In 1785 their son , Mr. Douglas , and his wife came to Bergerac to visit their French relatives in Perigord . It is pleasing to find , ' says M. Coquerel , ' that the ...
Page 64
... English metallurgists to the literature of the subject have been few and scanty in the extreme . This is pro- bably to be accounted for by the circumstance that miners , as a class , are industrial and practical rather than scientific ...
... English metallurgists to the literature of the subject have been few and scanty in the extreme . This is pro- bably to be accounted for by the circumstance that miners , as a class , are industrial and practical rather than scientific ...
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