The English in the West Indies: Or, The Bow of UlyssesLongmans, Green, 1888 - 373 pages |
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... wished to find an answer to a question which I had long asked myself to no purpose . My old friend Mr. Motley was once speaking to me of the probable accession of Canada to the American republic . I asked him if he was sure that Canada ...
... wished to find an answer to a question which I had long asked myself to no purpose . My old friend Mr. Motley was once speaking to me of the probable accession of Canada to the American republic . I asked him if he was sure that Canada ...
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... wished to keep it all to himself , laughing inwardly till he choked and shook with it . His chief amusement seemed to have lain in watching the performances of Liberal politicians in various parts of the world . He told me of an ...
... wished to keep it all to himself , laughing inwardly till he choked and shook with it . His chief amusement seemed to have lain in watching the performances of Liberal politicians in various parts of the world . He told me of an ...
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... wished us to accept , the star of Great Britain would have set for ever . The West Indies were then under the charge of Rodney , whose brilliant successes had already made his name famous . He had done his country more than yeoman's ...
... wished us to accept , the star of Great Britain would have set for ever . The West Indies were then under the charge of Rodney , whose brilliant successes had already made his name famous . He had done his country more than yeoman's ...
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... wished to be , with the French fleet on his lee quarter . The French looking for nothing but again a distant cannonade , continued leisurely along under the north highlands of Dom- inica towards the channel which separates that island ...
... wished to be , with the French fleet on his lee quarter . The French looking for nothing but again a distant cannonade , continued leisurely along under the north highlands of Dom- inica towards the channel which separates that island ...
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... wished it , to risk a close and decisive engagement . The English admiral was aware also that his country's fate was in his hands . It was one of those supreme moments which great men dare to use and small men tremble at . He had the ...
... wished it , to risk a close and decisive engagement . The English admiral was aware also that his country's fate was in his hands . It was one of those supreme moments which great men dare to use and small men tremble at . He had the ...
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