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... Fleet - Cannonade - Battle of Balaklava - The Turks - The Highlanders - The Russian Cavalry - Capt . Nolan -Battle of Inkermann - Morning of the Battle - The Attack - The Zouaves - Chasseurs - Night after the Bat- tle - Council of War ...
... Fleet - Cannonade - Battle of Balaklava - The Turks - The Highlanders - The Russian Cavalry - Capt . Nolan -Battle of Inkermann - Morning of the Battle - The Attack - The Zouaves - Chasseurs - Night after the Bat- tle - Council of War ...
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... fleet when it was detained by contrary winds in the port of Aulis ; but as the earliest writers respecting the Trojan war make no mention of this unnatural act , it is to be hoped that it never was performed . The Grecian armament ...
... fleet when it was detained by contrary winds in the port of Aulis ; but as the earliest writers respecting the Trojan war make no mention of this unnatural act , it is to be hoped that it never was performed . The Grecian armament ...
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... fleet at Salamis , which occurred soon after [ October 20 , 480 B. C. ] , his army was utterly routed , and its scattered remains retreated into Asia . ༡ the By this splendid victory the naval power of Persia was almost annihila- ted ...
... fleet at Salamis , which occurred soon after [ October 20 , 480 B. C. ] , his army was utterly routed , and its scattered remains retreated into Asia . ༡ the By this splendid victory the naval power of Persia was almost annihila- ted ...
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... fleet . The unforeseen but natural consequence of this was the establishment of the complete supremacy of Athens . The annual subsidies gradually as- sumed the character of a regular tribute , and were compulsorily levied as such ...
... fleet . The unforeseen but natural consequence of this was the establishment of the complete supremacy of Athens . The annual subsidies gradually as- sumed the character of a regular tribute , and were compulsorily levied as such ...
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... fleets were , by the direction of Pericles , avenging the inju ry by ravaging the almost defenseless coasts of the ... fleet to the coast of Chalcidice , to assist the Athenian land forces who were still engaged in the siege of Potidea ...
... fleets were , by the direction of Pericles , avenging the inju ry by ravaging the almost defenseless coasts of the ... fleet to the coast of Chalcidice , to assist the Athenian land forces who were still engaged in the siege of Potidea ...
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Page 622 - It was on the day, or rather night, of the 27th of June 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wrote the last lines of the last page, in a summer-house in my garden. After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains. The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent.
Page 347 - It being one chief project of that old deluder Satan to keep men from the knowledge of the Scriptures, as in former times by keeping them in an unknown tongue, so in these latter times by persuading from the use of tongues...
Page 470 - Street wharf, near the boat I came in, to which I went for a draught of the river water; and being filled with one of my rolls, gave the other two to a woman and her child that came down the river in the boat with us, and were waiting to go farther.
Page 474 - You are a Member of Parliament, and one of that Majority which has doomed my Country to Destruction. — You have begun to burn our Towns, and murder our People. — Look upon your Hands! They are stained with the Blood of your Relations! — You and I were long Friends: — You are now my Enemy, — and I am Yours, B. FRANKLIN.
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Page 281 - ... the existence of a Supreme Being, and the immortality of the soul.
Page 470 - Thus I went up Market Street, as far as Fourth Street, passing by the door of Mr. Read, my future wife's father, when she, standing at the door, saw me, and thought I made, as I certainly did, a most awkward, ridiculous appearance.
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Page 787 - Deum, as a hymn of thanksgiving to God, and were joined by those of the other ships, with tears of joy and transports of congratulation. This office of gratitude to Heaven was followed by an act of justice to their commander. They threw themselves at the feet of Columbus, with feelings of self-condemnation mingled with reverence.
Page 629 - Addison, to let him know that I was not unacquainted with this behaviour of his; that, if I was to speak severely of him in return for it, it should...