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... the city . The General Armstrong outsailed us , she was light and coppered , and after passing through the north channel , we soon lost sight of her . The departure of the pilot is an event which produces 2 TRAVELS IN EUROPE AND AFRICA .
... the city . The General Armstrong outsailed us , she was light and coppered , and after passing through the north channel , we soon lost sight of her . The departure of the pilot is an event which produces 2 TRAVELS IN EUROPE AND AFRICA .
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... produces some sen- sation . He is about to return to the shore , and probably in a few hours , will find himself in the bosom of his family : the voyager , like the pilgrims of old , braving the dangers of the ocean , has the world ...
... produces some sen- sation . He is about to return to the shore , and probably in a few hours , will find himself in the bosom of his family : the voyager , like the pilgrims of old , braving the dangers of the ocean , has the world ...
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... produce some caution in giving chase to strange vessels ; and as our schooner and cargo were not in- sured , in consequence of the excessive high premiums required , the captain resolved to use his best exertions to get into port , and ...
... produce some caution in giving chase to strange vessels ; and as our schooner and cargo were not in- sured , in consequence of the excessive high premiums required , the captain resolved to use his best exertions to get into port , and ...
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... produce ; they may have become neces- sary , from the French having built vessels of the same force ; but for celerity of movement , and economy in equipment , I cannot think that any vessel of a higher rate than a 74 should be built ...
... produce ; they may have become neces- sary , from the French having built vessels of the same force ; but for celerity of movement , and economy in equipment , I cannot think that any vessel of a higher rate than a 74 should be built ...
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... produce a favourable effect . The stage horses and the body of the mail coach were decorated with laurels , and all the little scenes were played off to keep hope alive , and repress murmuring . A news - man with a package of papers ...
... produce a favourable effect . The stage horses and the body of the mail coach were decorated with laurels , and all the little scenes were played off to keep hope alive , and repress murmuring . A news - man with a package of papers ...
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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.