Ocean and Her Rulers: A Narrative of the Nations which Have from the Earliest Ages Held Dominion Over the Sea, Comprising a Brief History of Navigation from the Remotest Periods to the Present Time |
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... - in vain — the wind is stronger than his arm , and , yielding to the horror of his position , he gazes round him with a look of utter despair . Water is before him , behind him , around him , everywhere ; the sky is above him B 2.
... - in vain — the wind is stronger than his arm , and , yielding to the horror of his position , he gazes round him with a look of utter despair . Water is before him , behind him , around him , everywhere ; the sky is above him B 2.
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... arms , to offer shelter to nume- rous vessels ; giant walls protected the naissant capital on the seaboard ; and vast buildings of stone reared their proud heads above , and formed , with marble ter- races , a splendid prospect from the ...
... arms , to offer shelter to nume- rous vessels ; giant walls protected the naissant capital on the seaboard ; and vast buildings of stone reared their proud heads above , and formed , with marble ter- races , a splendid prospect from the ...
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... arms had been subjected . In spite of his former reverses , his hopes of ultimate success were great , for he had conquered the Asiatic Greeks , and forced the kingdom of Macedon to pay him tribute . His death did not relieve Greece ...
... arms had been subjected . In spite of his former reverses , his hopes of ultimate success were great , for he had conquered the Asiatic Greeks , and forced the kingdom of Macedon to pay him tribute . His death did not relieve Greece ...
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... arms were again and again compelled to succumb to the victorious Greeks - when all foreign enemies were swept from their path , and they found themselves undisturbed masters of the sea - with a perverse spirit , which it is painful to ...
... arms were again and again compelled to succumb to the victorious Greeks - when all foreign enemies were swept from their path , and they found themselves undisturbed masters of the sea - with a perverse spirit , which it is painful to ...
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... arms in Spain , where the Cartha- ginians had garrisons or allies . Asdrubal , the brother of Annibal , was killed ; and the Roman Consul Scipio , having carried all before him in the peninsula , passed over into Africa and marched on ...
... arms in Spain , where the Cartha- ginians had garrisons or allies . Asdrubal , the brother of Annibal , was killed ; and the Roman Consul Scipio , having carried all before him in the peninsula , passed over into Africa and marched on ...
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