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... better grace from Col. McKay , had he not previously stated that the fire inces- santly kept up by them was perfectly use- less , from their being so far off , while , in the very next paragraph , he admits that not a man , except three ...
... better grace from Col. McKay , had he not previously stated that the fire inces- santly kept up by them was perfectly use- less , from their being so far off , while , in the very next paragraph , he admits that not a man , except three ...
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... better to carry on the deception , the Ame- rican pendant was kept flying . On the 5th instant , we discerned the enemy's schooner beating up to us ; the soldiers I directed to keep below , or to lie down on the deck , to avoid being ...
... better to carry on the deception , the Ame- rican pendant was kept flying . On the 5th instant , we discerned the enemy's schooner beating up to us ; the soldiers I directed to keep below , or to lie down on the deck , to avoid being ...
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... better that they are of different races . The sharp houses of this locality . The plates on the grey eye , the nose with a tendency to turn doors speak of surgeons and solicitors and up , the wide mouth , the projecting chin , and ...
... better that they are of different races . The sharp houses of this locality . The plates on the grey eye , the nose with a tendency to turn doors speak of surgeons and solicitors and up , the wide mouth , the projecting chin , and ...
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... better . " He there ! what for you listen to me , eh ? " This flew into a violent rage on being told the was too much , and so the correspondent , cause of the intrusion - said he was going to taking advantage of their evident dread of ...
... better . " He there ! what for you listen to me , eh ? " This flew into a violent rage on being told the was too much , and so the correspondent , cause of the intrusion - said he was going to taking advantage of their evident dread of ...
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... better than the brig and the prowling pirates on board her . Many times the men were about to give up and return to their ship , but the top of the Napoleon and the fear of the shore deferred them , and after tumbling and plunging about ...
... better than the brig and the prowling pirates on board her . Many times the men were about to give up and return to their ship , but the top of the Napoleon and the fear of the shore deferred them , and after tumbling and plunging about ...
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Page 108 - Phoebe, where we were again exposed to a dreadful raking fire. My ship was now totally unmanageable ; yet, as her head was toward the enemy, and he to leeward of me, I still hoped to be able to board him.
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Page 212 - ... when most unfortunately some ammunition, which had been placed under the platform, caught fire from the firing of the guns to the rear, and a most tremendous explosion followed, by which almost all the troops which had entered the place were dreadfully mangled. Panic was instantly communicated to the troops (who could not be persuaded that the explosion was accidental), and the enemy, at the same time pressing forward, and commencing a heavy fire of musketry, the...
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Page 211 - General's department, who, actually with a few men, had turned the enemy's battery. '• The column of support, consisting of the remainder of De Watteville's and the King's regiment, forming the reserve, in marching too near the Lake, found themselves entangled between the rocks and the water, and by the retreat of the flank companies, were thrown into such confusion, as to render it impossible to give them any kind of formation during the darkness of the night, at which time they were exposed to...
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