The warriors of our wooden walls and their victories. With additions and emendations by the author of 'The historical finger-post'. |
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... Gibraltar . Now , the Centurion numbered a crew of forty - eight men and boys ; and five Spanish ships had each their full complement of men , and though they endeavoured to close in , and board the English trader , undaunted courage ...
... Gibraltar . Now , the Centurion numbered a crew of forty - eight men and boys ; and five Spanish ships had each their full complement of men , and though they endeavoured to close in , and board the English trader , undaunted courage ...
Page 60
... Gibraltar Bay , Sir George Rooke immediately conveyed on shore , to the northwards , where the isthmus joins the rock to the main land , about 18,000 marines ; he then sent a summons to the governor for the surrender of the fortress ...
... Gibraltar Bay , Sir George Rooke immediately conveyed on shore , to the northwards , where the isthmus joins the rock to the main land , about 18,000 marines ; he then sent a summons to the governor for the surrender of the fortress ...
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... Gibraltar , also , " thirty or forty officers , whose regiments were garrisoned at Minorca " ( ! ) and one hundred recruits for Fort St. Philip . There appeared to be , after all , a slight mistrust in the Admiralty ; for Byng was ...
... Gibraltar , also , " thirty or forty officers , whose regiments were garrisoned at Minorca " ( ! ) and one hundred recruits for Fort St. Philip . There appeared to be , after all , a slight mistrust in the Admiralty ; for Byng was ...
Page 82
... Gibraltar on his unfortunate mission , Tempests arose , and added delay to his arrival , so that he did not reach Minorca until the 18th . On the 19th he sent out frigates to reconnoitre , and , if possible , to open a commu- nication ...
... Gibraltar on his unfortunate mission , Tempests arose , and added delay to his arrival , so that he did not reach Minorca until the 18th . On the 19th he sent out frigates to reconnoitre , and , if possible , to open a commu- nication ...
Page 83
... Gibraltar , to refit and communicate with England as to further warfare . The French account spread like wildfire through those circles where Byng's enemies kept their spleen for his complaints ; and from this account alone did that ...
... Gibraltar , to refit and communicate with England as to further warfare . The French account spread like wildfire through those circles where Byng's enemies kept their spleen for his complaints ; and from this account alone did that ...
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Page 27 - Night sank upon the dusky beach, and on the purple sea, Such night in England ne'er had been, nor e'er again shall be. From Eddystone to Berwick bounds, from Lynn to Milford Bay, That time of slumber was as bright and busy as the day; For swift to east and swift to west the ghastly warflame spread, High on St.
Page 29 - Peak unfurled the flag o'er Darwin's rocky dales Till like volcanoes flared to heaven the stormy hills of Wales, Till twelve fair counties saw the blaze on Malvern's lonely height, Till streamed in crimson on the wind the Wrekin's crest of light, Till broad and fierce the star came forth on Ely's stately fane, And tower and hamlet rose in arms o'er all the boundless plain ; Till Belvoir's lordly terraces the sign to Lincoln sent, And Lincoln sped the message on o'er the wide vale of Trent ; Till...
Page 15 - In her days every man shall eat in safety Under his own vine what he plants, and sing The merry songs of peace to all his neighbours. God shall be truly known ; and those about her From her shall read the perfect ways of honour, And by those claim their greatness, not by blood.
Page 29 - Hampstead's swarthy moor they started for the north. And on, and on, without a pause, untired they bounded still; All night from tower to tower they sprang, they sprang from hill to hill...
Page 108 - His sword was in its sheath, His fingers held the pen, When Kempenfelt went down With twice four hundred men.
Page 143 - How sleep the Brave who sink to rest By all their country's wishes blest! When Spring, with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck their hallowed mould, She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's feet have ever trod. By fairy hands their knell is rung; By forms unseen their dirge is sung; There Honor comes, a pilgrim gray, To bless the turf that wraps their clay; And Freedom shall awhile repair, To dwell a weeping hermit there!
Page 26 - It was about the lovely close of a warm summer day, There came a gallant merchant-ship full sail to Plymouth Bay; Her crew hath seen Castile's black fleet, beyond Aurigny's isle, At earliest twilight, on the waves lie heaving many a mile.
Page 28 - Then bugle's note and cannon's roar the deathlike silence broke, And with one start, and with one cry, the royal city woke.
Page 28 - For swift to east and swift to west the ghastly warflame spread, High on St. Michael's Mount it shone: it shone on Beachy Head. Far on the deep the Spaniard saw, along each southern shire, % Cape beyond cape, in endless range, those twinkling points of fire.
Page 28 - And the broad streams of pikes and flags rushed down each roaring street ; And broader still became the blaze, and louder still the din, As fast from every village round the horse came spurring in : And eastward straight from wild Blackheath the warlike errand went, And roused in many an ancient hall the gallant squires of Kent.