The Quarterly Review, Volume 120John Murray, 1866 |
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... side . One of these converts was Jean Bion , the chaplain of the ' La Superbe ' galley , who has recorded in his touching narrative , published in London and at Amsterdam in 1708-9 , the circumstances which impelled him ' to preach the ...
... side . One of these converts was Jean Bion , the chaplain of the ' La Superbe ' galley , who has recorded in his touching narrative , published in London and at Amsterdam in 1708-9 , the circumstances which impelled him ' to preach the ...
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... side of the galleys ; while , on the other hand , there were considerable drawbacks . In the first place , their great force of oarsmen gave them much advantage of speed and facility of manoeuvring . In a time of dead calm , when a ...
... side of the galleys ; while , on the other hand , there were considerable drawbacks . In the first place , their great force of oarsmen gave them much advantage of speed and facility of manoeuvring . In a time of dead calm , when a ...
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... side . A powerful Turk , stripped to the waist , scourged with all his force the bare back of the prostrate victim , the Comite , thong in hand , standing by and stimulating the Turk in his turn , if he detected any relaxation in the ...
... side . A powerful Turk , stripped to the waist , scourged with all his force the bare back of the prostrate victim , the Comite , thong in hand , standing by and stimulating the Turk in his turn , if he detected any relaxation in the ...
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... side , he could hardly disregard the fact that , to disable those who constituted the motive power of the vessel was in fact to place the galley at his mercy . A striking illustration of the dangers to which the galley - slaves were ...
... side , he could hardly disregard the fact that , to disable those who constituted the motive power of the vessel was in fact to place the galley at his mercy . A striking illustration of the dangers to which the galley - slaves were ...
Page 53
... side the galley . At the same moment , and before the enemy could recover from the shock , the Englishman let down his grapnels , with which he had been previously prepared , and made the galley fast to the frigate's side . Holding his ...
... side the galley . At the same moment , and before the enemy could recover from the shock , the Englishman let down his grapnels , with which he had been previously prepared , and made the galley fast to the frigate's side . Holding his ...
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