Modern Eloquence, Volume 12Thomas Brackett Reed, Rossiter Johnson, Justin McCarthy, Albert Ellery Bergh J.D. Morris, 1903 |
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Page 448
... , it touched me keenly . He replied : " Don't be impatient ; remember that Paul Jones , with a sailing - ship on the coast of England , put the whole British navy at defiance for many months , and 448 BENJAMIN FRANKLIN BUTLER.
... , it touched me keenly . He replied : " Don't be impatient ; remember that Paul Jones , with a sailing - ship on the coast of England , put the whole British navy at defiance for many months , and 448 BENJAMIN FRANKLIN BUTLER.
Page 449
... England had no naval power to contend with , and had not twenty - five hundred miles of seacoast to blockade , as we have . " I remember that in the French war , Lord Cochrane , with one vessel , and that was by no means a steamship ...
... England had no naval power to contend with , and had not twenty - five hundred miles of seacoast to blockade , as we have . " I remember that in the French war , Lord Cochrane , with one vessel , and that was by no means a steamship ...
Page 450
... England was starv- ing . When afterward the heir to her throne arrived here , aye , in this very house , our people assembled to do him . welcome in such numbers that the very floor would not uphold them ; and to testify our ...
... England was starv- ing . When afterward the heir to her throne arrived here , aye , in this very house , our people assembled to do him . welcome in such numbers that the very floor would not uphold them ; and to testify our ...
Page 451
... construction and fitting out of these pirate vessels in English ports to prey upon our commerce or else consent to keep our ships idle at home . We must stop them - we must act upon the people of England CHARACTER AND RESULTS OF THE WAR ...
... construction and fitting out of these pirate vessels in English ports to prey upon our commerce or else consent to keep our ships idle at home . We must stop them - we must act upon the people of England CHARACTER AND RESULTS OF THE WAR ...
Page 452
... England if we can- not secure a stoppage in any other way . I have seen it stated that the loss to our commerce already amounts to $ 9,000,000 - enough to have paid the expense of keeping a large number of vessels at home , and out of ...
... England if we can- not secure a stoppage in any other way . I have seen it stated that the loss to our commerce already amounts to $ 9,000,000 - enough to have paid the expense of keeping a large number of vessels at home , and out of ...
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