The English in the West Indies: Or, The Bow of UlyssesLongmans, Green, 1888 - 373 pages |
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... hand , would not be allowed to keep it . As little would they submit to be ruled by a race whom they despised ; and I thought it quite certain that something would happen which would compel the British Government to interfere again ...
... hand , would not be allowed to keep it . As little would they submit to be ruled by a race whom they despised ; and I thought it quite certain that something would happen which would compel the British Government to interfere again ...
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... hands and their own resources . Ad- venturers , buccaneers , corsairs , privateers , call them by what name we will , stand as extraordinary , but characteristic figures on the stage of history , disowned or acknowledged by their ...
... hands and their own resources . Ad- venturers , buccaneers , corsairs , privateers , call them by what name we will , stand as extraordinary , but characteristic figures on the stage of history , disowned or acknowledged by their ...
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... hand that wields the axe is admired and applauded . The speeches of Demosthenes and Cicero pass into literature , and are studied as models of language . But Demosthenes and Cicero did not understand the facts of their time ; their ...
... hand that wields the axe is admired and applauded . The speeches of Demosthenes and Cicero pass into literature , and are studied as models of language . But Demosthenes and Cicero did not understand the facts of their time ; their ...
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... hands were carried before the Inquisition at Lima or Carthagena and burnt at the stake as heretics . Four of Drake's crew were unfortunately taken once at Vera Cruz . Drake sent a message to the governor - general that if a hair of ...
... hands were carried before the Inquisition at Lima or Carthagena and burnt at the stake as heretics . Four of Drake's crew were unfortunately taken once at Vera Cruz . Drake sent a message to the governor - general that if a hair of ...
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... hands ; but the Antilles - the Anterior Isles - which stand like a string of eme- ralds round the neck of the Caribbean Sea , had been most of them colonised and occupied by the French , and during the wars of the last century were the ...
... hands ; but the Antilles - the Anterior Isles - which stand like a string of eme- ralds round the neck of the Caribbean Sea , had been most of them colonised and occupied by the French , and during the wars of the last century were the ...
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