The United Service JournalH. Colburn, 1833 |
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... occasion . Our only chance of ultimate success was thus lost , that of coolly waiting the opportunity , and making the necessary preparation for a decisive engagement , in which our supe- riority of discipline would have triumphed , and ...
... occasion . Our only chance of ultimate success was thus lost , that of coolly waiting the opportunity , and making the necessary preparation for a decisive engagement , in which our supe- riority of discipline would have triumphed , and ...
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... occasion an absolute removal of the water from one place to another , except very near the coasts , " currents scem requisite to preserve the purity of the ocean ; and these , being greatly influenced by winds , in proportion to their ...
... occasion an absolute removal of the water from one place to another , except very near the coasts , " currents scem requisite to preserve the purity of the ocean ; and these , being greatly influenced by winds , in proportion to their ...
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... occasion the boisterous and tumbling sea in the Bay of Biscay , when the westerly winds impel a surplus of water into the con- fined space ; an inconvenience that ensues wherever the undulation of the sea is interrupted . In the ...
... occasion the boisterous and tumbling sea in the Bay of Biscay , when the westerly winds impel a surplus of water into the con- fined space ; an inconvenience that ensues wherever the undulation of the sea is interrupted . In the ...
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... occasion , were making preparations to do honour to their favourite saint . We had just arrived from the coast of Calabria , having destroyed a convoy at Amanthea , and fully expected to share in the general joy and gaiety of the ...
... occasion , were making preparations to do honour to their favourite saint . We had just arrived from the coast of Calabria , having destroyed a convoy at Amanthea , and fully expected to share in the general joy and gaiety of the ...
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... occasion . On this day a deserter came over to us from the fort , and gave an exact account of how it was circumstanced . Colonel Fletcher , the chief engineer , having carefully examined the damage created by our fire , disregarding ...
... occasion . On this day a deserter came over to us from the fort , and gave an exact account of how it was circumstanced . Colonel Fletcher , the chief engineer , having carefully examined the damage created by our fire , disregarding ...
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Page 210 - One vessel of water rarefied by fire driveth up forty of cold water ; and a man that tends the work is but to turn two cocks, that, one vessel of water being consumed, another begins to force and refill with cold water, and so successively, the fire being tended and kept constant, which the selfsame person may likewise abundantly perform in the interim, between the necessity of turning the said cocks.
Page 271 - HOLLAND on the one hand, and GREAT BRITAIN and FRANCE on the other...
Page 210 - An admirable and most forcible way to drive up water by fire, not by drawing or sucking it upwards, for that must be as the philosopher calleth it, infra spheeram activitatis, which is but at such a distance. But this way hath no bounder, if the vessels be strong enough ; for I have taken a piece of a whole cannon, whereof the end was burst, and filled it...
Page 326 - ... and it was utterly impossible to rally a single corps. The enemy, who perceived this astonishing confusion, immediately attacked with their cavalry, and increased the disorder, and such was the confusion, owing to night coming on, that it was impossible to rally the troops, and point out to them their error. Thus a battle terminated, a day of false manoeuvres rectified, the greatest success ensured for the next day all was lost by a moment of panic terror.
Page 232 - A ledge of tolerably level rock runs round three sides of the base, about six feet in width, bounded everywhere by the abrupt edge of the precipice, except in the spot where it is joined by the ridge up which we climbed. In one spot the head, though overhanging its base several feet, reaches only perpendicularly over the edge of the precipice ; and, most fortunately, it was at the very spot where we mounted. Here it was that we reckoned on getting up.
Page 233 - Here and there we could see a light twinkling in the plains, or the fire of some sugar manufactory; but not a sound of any sort reached us except an occasional shout from the party down on the shoulder (we four being the only ones above). At length, in the direction of Port Louis, a bright flash was seen, and after a long interval the sullen boom of the evening-gun.
Page 480 - How small, of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure. Still to ourselves in every place consign' d, Our own felicity we make or find : With secret course, which no loud storms annoy, Glides the smooth current of domestic joy.
Page 233 - We burnt another blue light, and threw up two more rockets, when our laboratory being exhausted, the patient-looking insulted moon, had it all her own way again. We now rolled ourselves up in our blankets, and, having lashed Phillpotts, who is a determined sleepwalker, to Keppel's leg, we tried to sleep ; but it blew strong before the morning, and was very cold. We drank all our brandy, and kept lucking in the blankets the whole night without success.
Page 419 - I must say that I am rather disappointed in our London consultant," said Colonel Ross, bluntly, as my friend left the room. "I do not see that we are any further than when he came.
Page 449 - Cnut his uncle. A little before that, the men of Hastings and thereabout, fought two of his ships with their ships ; and slew all the men, and brought the ships to Sandwich to the king.