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... fire of the enemy's chase guns . The Frenchman , in abusive terms , com- manded him to strike . Hornby coolly returned an answer of defiance , on which the privateer advanced , and poured such showers of bullets into the Isabella , that ...
... fire of the enemy's chase guns . The Frenchman , in abusive terms , com- manded him to strike . Hornby coolly returned an answer of defiance , on which the privateer advanced , and poured such showers of bullets into the Isabella , that ...
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... fire kept up by Captain Hornby and his crew , obliged them a second time to retreat , carrying their wounded with them , and hauling their dead after them with boat - hooks . The Isabella continuing still lashed to the enemy , the ...
... fire kept up by Captain Hornby and his crew , obliged them a second time to retreat , carrying their wounded with them , and hauling their dead after them with boat - hooks . The Isabella continuing still lashed to the enemy , the ...
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... fire ran along the floor , and , after a short time , left a piece of paper in a flame , which with her foot , to pre- vent mischief , she put under the fire - place . She then sat down , without any light , to consider what could ...
... fire ran along the floor , and , after a short time , left a piece of paper in a flame , which with her foot , to pre- vent mischief , she put under the fire - place . She then sat down , without any light , to consider what could ...
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... fires were lighted at every post , and the sentinels crossed continually from one fire to another , so that there was a time when both their backs being turned , a person might pass unseen . Between two of these fires there was a small ...
... fires were lighted at every post , and the sentinels crossed continually from one fire to another , so that there was a time when both their backs being turned , a person might pass unseen . Between two of these fires there was a small ...
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... fire in the Borough ; that he had seen , with his own eyes , the engines go , in order to extin- guish it ; but that it was quite got under before they arrived . " Upon seeing the attention of such a con- course of people attracted by ...
... fire in the Borough ; that he had seen , with his own eyes , the engines go , in order to extin- guish it ; but that it was quite got under before they arrived . " Upon seeing the attention of such a con- course of people attracted by ...
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Page 241 - The crow doth sing as sweetly as the lark When neither is attended, and I think The nightingale, if she should sing by day, When every goose is cackling, would be thought No better a musician than the wren.
Page 259 - If you have tears, prepare to shed them now. You all do know this mantle : I remember The first time ever Caesar put it on; 'Twas on a summer's evening, in his tent; That day he overcame the Nervii : — Look! in this place ran Cassius...
Page 69 - He struck it out. A third said he thought the words 'for ready money' were useless, as it was not the custom of the place to sell on credit. Every one who purchased expected to pay. They were parted with, and the inscription now stood, 'John Thompson sells hats.
Page 138 - The death of Nelson was felt in England as something more than a public calamity ; men started at the intelligence and turned pale, as if they had heard of the loss of a dear friend.
Page 139 - ... vouchsafed for Nelson's translation, he could scarcely have departed in a brighter blaze of glory. He has left us, not indeed his mantle of inspiration, but a name and an example, which are at this hour inspiring hundreds of the youth of England : a name which is our pride, and an example which will continue to be our shield and our strength.
Page 69 - With a figure of a hat subjoined; but he thought he would submit it to his friends for their amendments. The first he showed it to thought the word "Hatter" tautologous, because followed by the words "makes hats,
Page 139 - The most triumphant death is that of a martyr; the most awful, that of the martyred patriot; the most splendid, that of the hero in the hour of victory; and if the chariot and the horses of fire had been vouchsafed for Nelson's translation, he could scarcely have departed in a brighter blaze of glory.
Page 235 - Heidegger had no sooner made a genteel apology for the insolence of his musicians, but the false Heidegger advanced, and in a plaintive tone cried out, " Indeed, Sire, it was not my fault, but that devil's in my likeness.
Page 243 - My guilt or innocence have little to do with the question here. I rose with the rising fortunes of my country — I am willing to die with her expiring liberties. To the voice of the people I will bow, but never shall I submit to the calumnies of an individual hired to betray them and slander me. The indisposition of my body has left me, perhaps, no means but that of lying down with fallen Ireland, and recording upon her tomb my dying testimony against the flagitious corruption that has murdered...
Page 299 - Many a mile had he wandered, many a pound had he yielded, for those treasures of antiquities which had exhausted his fortune, and with which he had formed works of great public utility. It was in his eightieth year that Stowe at length received a public acknowledgment of his services, which will appear to us of a very extraordinary nature. He was so reduced in his circumstances, that he petitioned James I. for a...