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... passed in making out the purport , the captain with an apparent reluctance , when ask- ed what they meant , informed me that the Chesapeake frigate was taken . It was the first time I was informed of that unfortunate af fair ; and ...
... passed in making out the purport , the captain with an apparent reluctance , when ask- ed what they meant , informed me that the Chesapeake frigate was taken . It was the first time I was informed of that unfortunate af fair ; and ...
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... passed through a small town called Stone - House , and soon after entered the suburbs of that old maritime city , and alighted at the King's Arms . Plymouth has nothing to boast of , in point of situation or appear- ance ; the streets ...
... passed through a small town called Stone - House , and soon after entered the suburbs of that old maritime city , and alighted at the King's Arms . Plymouth has nothing to boast of , in point of situation or appear- ance ; the streets ...
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... passed by hills , dales and valleys with incredi- ble rapidity . The face of the country is extremely beautiful ; the view is not impeded by forests ; hill rises over hill , and the eye dis- cerns the misty top of each at one expanded ...
... passed by hills , dales and valleys with incredi- ble rapidity . The face of the country is extremely beautiful ; the view is not impeded by forests ; hill rises over hill , and the eye dis- cerns the misty top of each at one expanded ...
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... passed many years in company with knights , bishops and noblemen who lay there " quietly in- urned , " accompanied us through the Cathedral , and pointed out each tomb and sarcophagus , while he gave us a biographical sketch of their ...
... passed many years in company with knights , bishops and noblemen who lay there " quietly in- urned , " accompanied us through the Cathedral , and pointed out each tomb and sarcophagus , while he gave us a biographical sketch of their ...
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... passed , with his hat on the ground , ready to receive alms of passengers . Old soldiers are not frequently seen begging ; hospitals are numerous , both for soldiers and seamen ; and these assylums in misfortune , produce a consolation ...
... passed , with his hat on the ground , ready to receive alms of passengers . Old soldiers are not frequently seen begging ; hospitals are numerous , both for soldiers and seamen ; and these assylums in misfortune , produce a consolation ...
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Page 61 - Not a drum was heard, not a funeral note, As his corse to the rampart we hurried ; Not a soldier discharged his farewell shot O'er the grave where our hero we buried. We buried him darkly at dead of night, The sods with our bayonets turning ; By the struggling moonbeam's misty light And the lantern dimly burning.
Page 369 - Mahometan nation, it is declared by the parties, that no pretext arising from religious opinions, shall ever produce an interruption of the harmony existing between the two countries.
Page 61 - Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him, — But little he'll reck, if they let him sleep on In the grave where a Briton has laid him. But half of our heavy task was done When the clock struck the hour for retiring : And we heard the distant and random gun That the foe was sullenly firing.
Page 61 - Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him, But little he'll reck, if they let him sleep on In the grave where a Briton has laid him!
Page 369 - As the government of the United States of America is not in any sense founded on the Christian religion — as it has in itself no character of enmity against the laws, religion or tranquillity of...
Page 47 - William the King friendly salutes William the Bishop and Godfrey the portreve, and all the burgesses within London, both French and English. And I declare that I grant you to be all law-worthy as you were in the days of King Edward ; and I grant that every child shall be his father's heir, after his father's days ; and I will not suffer any person to do you wrong. God keep you.
Page 338 - Caramalli, elder brother of the reigning Bashaw, and driven by him from his throne, meditated the recovery of his inheritance, and that a concert in action with us was desirable to him. We considered that concerted operations by those who have a common enemy were entirely justifiable, and might produce effects favorable to both without binding either to guarantee the objects of the other.
Page xiii - Nothing, I think, would be so likely to effect this, as to your sect particularly, as the more careful attention to education, which you recommend, and which, placing its members on the equal and commanding benches of science, will exhibit them as equal objects of respect and favor. I salute you with great respect and esteem. (Signed) THOMAS JEFFERSON. MM NOAH, Esq.