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... vessel from Tangier . He also pro- claimed a blockade of Tripoli and was preparing to enforce it when the news reached him that the frigate Philadelphia , forty - four guns , com- THE BURNING OF THE " PHILADELPHIA ” 105.
... vessel from Tangier . He also pro- claimed a blockade of Tripoli and was preparing to enforce it when the news reached him that the frigate Philadelphia , forty - four guns , com- THE BURNING OF THE " PHILADELPHIA ” 105.
Page 106
... vessel there , and had been surrounded and captured , with all her crew , by the Tripolitan gunboats , when she was entirely helpless either to fight or sail . This was a very serious blow to our navy and to our operations against ...
... vessel there , and had been surrounded and captured , with all her crew , by the Tripolitan gunboats , when she was entirely helpless either to fight or sail . This was a very serious blow to our navy and to our operations against ...
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... vessel which had been given to them , but they succeeded , nevertheless , in reaching Tri- poli in safety , accompanied by the Siren . For nearly a week they were unable to ap- proach the harbor , owing to severe gales which threatened ...
... vessel which had been given to them , but they succeeded , nevertheless , in reaching Tri- poli in safety , accompanied by the Siren . For nearly a week they were unable to ap- proach the harbor , owing to severe gales which threatened ...
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... vessels came in contact , Decatur sprang up the main chains of the Phila- delphia , calling out the order to board . He was rapidly followed by his officers and men , and as they swarmed over the rails and came upon the deck , the ...
... vessels came in contact , Decatur sprang up the main chains of the Phila- delphia , calling out the order to board . He was rapidly followed by his officers and men , and as they swarmed over the rails and came upon the deck , the ...
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... vessels which in strength and swiftness compared favor- ably with any ships of their class in any other navy of the day , for the American shipwrights were already as famous as the American gunners and seamen . The new Wasp , like her ...
... vessels which in strength and swiftness compared favor- ably with any ships of their class in any other navy of the day , for the American shipwrights were already as famous as the American gunners and seamen . The new Wasp , like her ...
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Page 325 - Fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. Yet, if God wills that it continue until all the wealth piled by the bondman's two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash shall be paid by another drawn with the sword, as was said three thousand years ago, so still it must be said "the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.
Page 164 - THE muffled drum's sad roll has beat The soldier's last tattoo ; No more on life's parade shall meet That brave and fallen few. On fame's eternal camping ground Their silent tents are spread, And glory guards, with solemn round, The bivouac of the dead.
Page 22 - Have the elder races halted? Do they droop and end their lesson, wearied over there beyond the seas? We take up the task eternal, and the burden and the lesson, Pioneers ! O pioneers...
Page 314 - O Captain! my Captain! rise up and hear the bells: Rise up — for you the flag is flung — for you the bugle trills, For you bouquets and ribbon'd wreaths — for you the shores a-crowding, For you they call, the swaying mass, their eager faces turning; Here Captain! dear father! This arm beneath your head! It is some dream that on the deck You've fallen cold and dead.
Page 325 - ANY DEPARTURE FROM THOSE DIVINE ATTRIBUTES WHICH THE BELIEVERS IN A LIVING GOD ALWAYS ASCRIBE TO HIM. FONDLY DO WE HOPE — FERVENTLY DO WE PRAY — THAT THIS MIGHTY SCOURGE OF WAR MAY SPEEDILY PASS AWAY. YET IF GOD WILLS THAT IT CONTINUE UNTIL ALL THE WEALTH PILED BY THE BONDSMAN'S TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY YEARS...
Page 314 - My Captain does not answer, his lips are pale and still, My father does not feel my arm, he has no pulse nor will, The ship is...
Page 94 - Set you down this ; And say besides, that in Aleppo once, Where a malignant and a turban'd Turk Beat a Venetian and traduced the state, I took by the throat the circumcised dog, And smote him, thus.
Page 164 - Their shivered swords are red with rust, Their plumed heads are bowed; Their haughty banner, trailed in dust, Is now their martial shroud. And plenteous funeral tears have washed The red stains from each brow, And the proud forms, by battle gashed, Are free from anguish now. The...
Page 62 - Woe to the English soldiery That little dread us near ! On them shall light at midnight A strange and sudden fear : When, waking to their tents on fire, They grasp their arms in vain, And they who stand to face us Are beat to earth again...
Page 84 - JUSTUM et tenacem propositi virum Non civium ardor prava jubentium, Non vultus instantis tyranni Mente quatit solida, neque Auster, Dux inquieti turbidus Adriae, 5 Nee fulminantis magna manus Jovis : Si fractus illabatur orbis, * Impavidum ferient ruinae.