The United Service Journal, Part 3H. Colburn, 1837 |
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... charged by about 200 cavalry , who all retreated on seeing two or three of their number fall ; and this example was fol- lowed by 500 infantry , leaving quiet possession to Townley and his little band . The other detachment soon after ...
... charged by about 200 cavalry , who all retreated on seeing two or three of their number fall ; and this example was fol- lowed by 500 infantry , leaving quiet possession to Townley and his little band . The other detachment soon after ...
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... charged , so they shot him dead from a distance . Their endeavours to procure 300,000 pieces of eight , and as much provision as would subsist 1000 men for four months , as a ransom for the city , proving ineffectual , they set it on ...
... charged , so they shot him dead from a distance . Their endeavours to procure 300,000 pieces of eight , and as much provision as would subsist 1000 men for four months , as a ransom for the city , proving ineffectual , they set it on ...
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... charge of was little inferior to the one I rode , but their pace was of necessity slower , as he was encumbered not only with a pair of panniers , destined to carry the prog for our St. Patrick's dinner , but also with the weight of Dan ...
... charge of was little inferior to the one I rode , but their pace was of necessity slower , as he was encumbered not only with a pair of panniers , destined to carry the prog for our St. Patrick's dinner , but also with the weight of Dan ...
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... charge to me , and I made a transfer of the " trust - property " to my man - servant , Dan Carsons , and my bâtman , Jack Green . We passed a most delightful evening . Nickle sang some of his best songs , and two or three glees were ...
... charge to me , and I made a transfer of the " trust - property " to my man - servant , Dan Carsons , and my bâtman , Jack Green . We passed a most delightful evening . Nickle sang some of his best songs , and two or three glees were ...
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... charged my present man with was true , he did not deserve to be in the land of the living . I , however , doubted the charge ; but before sifting it too closely I attempted to reason with the priest , but he was too much intoxicated ...
... charged my present man with was true , he did not deserve to be in the land of the living . I , however , doubted the charge ; but before sifting it too closely I attempted to reason with the priest , but he was too much intoxicated ...
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Page 300 - his name was Alexander Selkirk, a Scotchman, who had been master of the " Cinque Ports," a ship that came here last with Captain Dampier, who told me that this was the best man in her ; so I immediately agreed with him to be a mate on board our ship.
Page 9 - Ah ! Dampier, you would have made them but a poor meal ; " for I was as lean as the captain was lusty and fleshy.
Page 299 - Cast on the wildest of the Cyclad Isles, Where never human foot had mark'd the shore, These ruffians left me — Yet believe me, Areas, Such is the rooted love we bear mankind, All ruffians as they were, I never heard A sound so dismal as their parting oars.
Page 546 - The least sanguine people here expect, the latter end of this month or the beginning of the next, to have the account of the taking of Cape Breton, and of all the forts with hard names in North America. Captain...
Page 147 - ... evidence, the assertion of the official Gazette of the same year notified his being among the quick. In Number 3906 is the following statement : — " St. James's, April 18th, Captain William Dampier being prepared to depart on another voyage to the West Indies, had the honour to kiss her Majesty's hand on Friday last, being introduced by his Royal Highness the Lord High Admiral.
Page 270 - The pulsations of the air, once set in motion by the human voice, cease not to exist with the sounds to which they gave rise.
Page 324 - In poundage and drawbacks I lose half my rent, Whatever they give me, I must be content, Or join with the court in every debate; And rather than that, I would lose my estate." Thus ended the Knight; thus began his meek wife: " It must, and it shall be a barrack, my life. I'm grown a mere mopus; no company comes But a rabble of tenants, and rusty dull rums.
Page 324 - But if you will give us a barrack, my dear, The captain, I'm sure, will always come here; I then shall not value his deanship a straw, For the captain, I warrant, will keep him in awe; Or, should he pretend to be brisk and alert, Will tell him that chaplains should not be so pert; That men of his coat should be minding their prayers, And not among ladies to give themselves airs.
Page 299 - Was there ever yet any thing written by mere man that was wished longer by its readers, excepting Don Quixote, Robinson Crusoe, and the Pilgrim's Progress?
Page 156 - Bounds belonging or in any wise appertaining, To have and to hold, all and singular...