United Service Magazine and Naval Military Journal, Partie 2H. Colburn, 1844 |
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... sailing being fired , and the agent for the owner of the Java sending us word the ship was ready for sea , and would sail in the afternoon . The heat quite overpowering , a hot wind prevailing -- what a day for em- barking at half ...
... sailing being fired , and the agent for the owner of the Java sending us word the ship was ready for sea , and would sail in the afternoon . The heat quite overpowering , a hot wind prevailing -- what a day for em- barking at half ...
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... sailing in the morning ; he replied , " Because the ship and the troops were quite ready for sea . " The Malabar has just got underweigh , and is clearing the harbour with a fine breeze . Sunday , February 26th . - Cold and wet - the ...
... sailing in the morning ; he replied , " Because the ship and the troops were quite ready for sea . " The Malabar has just got underweigh , and is clearing the harbour with a fine breeze . Sunday , February 26th . - Cold and wet - the ...
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... sails at sunset , mend sails at the time they are most wanted , or repair topmasts in light but steady breezes ; meanwhile , it may be added , that this last arrangement is a very safe one , inasmuch , as few ropes or spars in troop ...
... sails at sunset , mend sails at the time they are most wanted , or repair topmasts in light but steady breezes ; meanwhile , it may be added , that this last arrangement is a very safe one , inasmuch , as few ropes or spars in troop ...
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... sail on the 21st , leaving only a small squadron at the mouth of the Canton river . The astonished Amoyans were told , that the terms proposed by Capt . Elliot last year at Tientsin must be complied with , and that the garrison of Amoy ...
... sail on the 21st , leaving only a small squadron at the mouth of the Canton river . The astonished Amoyans were told , that the terms proposed by Capt . Elliot last year at Tientsin must be complied with , and that the garrison of Amoy ...
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... sailing vessels in the desired posi- tions , not by towing them astern , but by being lashed alongside of them ... sail along the Yangtze towards Nankin , a distance of 170 miles from Woosung , and were told that we had no farther ...
... sailing vessels in the desired posi- tions , not by towing them astern , but by being lashed alongside of them ... sail along the Yangtze towards Nankin , a distance of 170 miles from Woosung , and were told that we had no farther ...
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Colburn's United Service Magazine and Naval and Military Journal, Partie 3 Affichage du livre entier - 1836 |
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Page 448 - A dungeon horrible, on all sides round, As one great furnace, flamed; yet from those flames No light; but rather darkness visible Served only to discover sights of woe, Regions of sorrow, doleful shades, where peace And rest can never dwell ; hope never comes That comes to all ; but torture without end Still urges, and a fiery deluge, fed With ever-burning sulphur unconsumed.
Page 584 - Between the acting of a dreadful thing And the first motion, all the interim is Like a phantasma, or a hideous dream : The genius, and the mortal instruments, Are then in council; and the state of man, Like to a little kingdom, suffers then The nature of an insurrection.
Page 568 - At daylight we resumed the line of march, and in a short distance our scouts encountered those of the enemy, and we received information that General Santa Anna was at New Washington, and would that day take up the line of march for Anahuac, crossing at Lynch's Ferry. The Texan army halted within half a mile of the ferry...
Page 528 - There are two sorts of corruptions— one when the people do not observe the laws; the other when they are corrupted by the laws: an incurable evil, because it is in the very remedy itself.
Page 523 - An act for establishing articles and orders, for the regulating and better government of his majesty's navy, ships of war, and forces by sea, and not otherwise.
Page 572 - The second regiment, under the command of Colonel Sherman, formed the left wing of the army. The artillery under the special command of Colonel George W. Hockley, Inspector-General, was placed on the right of the first regiment; and four companies of infantry, under the command of Lieut.-Col.
Page 567 - No previous occasion would justify it. The troops are in fine spirits, and now is .the time for action.
Page 531 - All other Crimes not capital, committed by any Person or Persons in the Fleet, which are not mentioned in this Act, or for which no Punishment is hereby directed to be inflicted, shall be punished according to the Laws and Customs in such Cases used at Sea.
Page 561 - Upon the 10th day of May, attended by his best generals, and heading the choicest of his troops, Napoleon pressed forward towards Lodi. About a league from Casal, he encountered the Austrian rear-guard, who had been left, it would appear, at too great a distance from their main body.
Page 570 - ... they had enjoyed for two days. The enemy in the meantime extended the right flank; of their Infantry so as to occupy the extreme point of a skirt of timber on the bank of the San Jacinto, and secured their left by a fortification about five feet high, constructed of packs and baggage, leaving an opening in the centre of the breastwork, in which their Artillery was placed, their Cavalry upon their left wing.