The Struggle for Sea Power, Book IV of the Story of the World"Covers the history of the world from the American Revolution to Waterloo--from 1745-1815--and includes tales of: the black hole of Calcutta; George Washington, solider and patriot; how Pitt saved England; The Declaration of Independence and much more."--Cover back. |
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... enemies in- vaded the land from north and south . They preyed on the defenceless country , they marched through the gates of Delhi and bore away in triumph the Peacock Throne and all its priceless jewels . From the time of Alexander the ...
... enemies in- vaded the land from north and south . They preyed on the defenceless country , they marched through the gates of Delhi and bore away in triumph the Peacock Throne and all its priceless jewels . From the time of Alexander the ...
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... enemy had melted away . The siege of Arcot was ended . growing power of the French in India was arrested . Robert Clive was the hero of the hour . The Indeed , not long after this Dupleix was recalled from the East by Louis XV . , his ...
... enemy had melted away . The siege of Arcot was ended . growing power of the French in India was arrested . Robert Clive was the hero of the hour . The Indeed , not long after this Dupleix was recalled from the East by Louis XV . , his ...
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... enemy . He could not sleep . All night long he heard the sound of drums . and cymbals from the vast camp of the Nawab . He knew but too well the fearful odds against which he would fight on the morrow . The day broke " the day which was ...
... enemy . He could not sleep . All night long he heard the sound of drums . and cymbals from the vast camp of the Nawab . He knew but too well the fearful odds against which he would fight on the morrow . The day broke " the day which was ...
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... enemy . " " Make no show of taking delight in your victuals ; feed not with greediness , lean not on the table , neither find fault with what you eat . " " Labour to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called ...
... enemy . " " Make no show of taking delight in your victuals ; feed not with greediness , lean not on the table , neither find fault with what you eat . " " Labour to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called ...
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... enemy's lines . At last the cove was reached in safety . The soldiers began to climb in single file up the face of the steep cliff . Wolfe was among the first , weakened though he was with fever and anxiety . It was an anxious time ...
... enemy's lines . At last the cove was reached in safety . The soldiers began to climb in single file up the face of the steep cliff . Wolfe was among the first , weakened though he was with fever and anxiety . It was an anxious time ...
Contents
JAMES BRUCE AND THE NILE | 55 |
MARIE ANTOINETTE | 65 |
THE FLIGHT TO VARENNES | 75 |
A REIGN OF TERROR | 81 |
HORATIO NELSON | 90 |
THE TRAVELS OF BARON HUMBOLDT | 101 |
THE BEGINNING OF THE STRUGGLE | 107 |
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Page 170 - I hope the people of England will be satisfied!" "I hope my country will do me justice!
Page 170 - We thought, as we hollowed his narrow bed, And smoothed down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread o'er his head, And we far away on the billow ! 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 130 - May the great God whom I worship, grant to my country, and for the benefit of Europe in general, a great and glorious victory, and may no misconduct in any one tarnish it, and may humanity after victory be the predominant feature in the British fleet!
Page 142 - Where he greatly stood at bay, Whence he issued forth anew, And ever great and greater grew, Beating from the wasted vines Back to France...
Page 166 - Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame fresh and gory; We carved not a line, and we raised not a stone, But we left him alone with his glory.
Page 25 - Resolved, That a committee, in conjunction with one from the Senate, be appointed to consider on the most suitable manner of paying honor to the memory of the man, first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his fellow-citizens.
Page 23 - Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire, called conscience.
Page 170 - By the struggling moonbeam's misty light And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Nor in sheet nor in shroud we wound him; But he lay like a warrior taking his rest With his martial cloak around him. Few and short were the prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow, But we steadfastly gazed on the face of the dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow.
Page 139 - Burke, moved even to tears, exclaimed, "It is not a chip of the old block; it is the old block itself.