The Port Folio, Volume 2Editor and Asbury Dickens, 1809 - Philadelphia (Pa.) |
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Page 168
... ; and worth a thousand stanzas of thunder , shrieks , shouts , tridents , and heroes . " Hearts of oak , " our captains cried ! when each gun From its adamantine lips Spread a death - shade round 168 GERTRUDE OF WYOMING .
... ; and worth a thousand stanzas of thunder , shrieks , shouts , tridents , and heroes . " Hearts of oak , " our captains cried ! when each gun From its adamantine lips Spread a death - shade round 168 GERTRUDE OF WYOMING .
Page 173
... captain to obey Boistrous as March , yet fresh as May , With open hand and brow as free , Lover of wine and minstrelsy , Ever the first to scale a tower , As virtuous in a lady's bower ; Such buxom chief shall lead his host From India's ...
... captain to obey Boistrous as March , yet fresh as May , With open hand and brow as free , Lover of wine and minstrelsy , Ever the first to scale a tower , As virtuous in a lady's bower ; Such buxom chief shall lead his host From India's ...
Page 285
... CAPTAIN NICHOLAS BIDDLE . AMONG the brave men , who perished in the glorious struggle for the independence of America , captain Nicholas Biddle holds a dis- tinguished rank . His services , and the high expectations raised by his ...
... CAPTAIN NICHOLAS BIDDLE . AMONG the brave men , who perished in the glorious struggle for the independence of America , captain Nicholas Biddle holds a dis- tinguished rank . His services , and the high expectations raised by his ...
Page 286
... captain Sterling , on board of whose ship he served for some time as a midshipman . The dispute with Spain being accommodated , he intended to leave the navy , but was persuaded by captain Sterling to remain in the service , promising ...
... captain Sterling , on board of whose ship he served for some time as a midshipman . The dispute with Spain being accommodated , he intended to leave the navy , but was persuaded by captain Sterling to remain in the service , promising ...
Page 287
... Captain Biddle kept a journal of his voyage , which was afterwards lost with him . The commencement of the revolution gave a new turn to his pur- suits , and he repaired , without delay , to the standard of his country . When a rupture ...
... Captain Biddle kept a journal of his voyage , which was afterwards lost with him . The commencement of the revolution gave a new turn to his pur- suits , and he repaired , without delay , to the standard of his country . When a rupture ...
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