A General View of the Rise, Progress, and Brilliant Achievements of the American Navy, Down to the Present Time1828 - Greece - 484 pages |
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Page 83
... shot him . While they were thus struggling , the crews of both vessels rushed to the assistance of their commanders . And so desperate had the contest round them been , that it was with difficulty Decatur could extricate himself from ...
... shot him . While they were thus struggling , the crews of both vessels rushed to the assistance of their commanders . And so desperate had the contest round them been , that it was with difficulty Decatur could extricate himself from ...
Page 85
... round shot ; not a man , however , was killed on board of her . The other ves- sels suffered in their rigging , and had several men wound- ed ; but none were killed , excepting lieutenant Deca- On the part of the enemy the effect of ...
... round shot ; not a man , however , was killed on board of her . The other ves- sels suffered in their rigging , and had several men wound- ed ; but none were killed , excepting lieutenant Deca- On the part of the enemy the effect of ...
Page 86
... round shot were thrown into the town and batteries . Tripolitan galleys manoeuvred to gain a position that might enable them to cut off the retreat of the Ameri- The can gun - boats ; but the large vessels defeated 86 RISE AND PROGRESS OF.
... round shot were thrown into the town and batteries . Tripolitan galleys manoeuvred to gain a position that might enable them to cut off the retreat of the Ameri- The can gun - boats ; but the large vessels defeated 86 RISE AND PROGRESS OF.
Page 89
... shot at them . One of them was sunk ; two were disabled ; and the remain- der put to flight . The commodore then continued run- ning in until within musket shot of the batteries . He hove to , fired three hundred round shot , besides ...
... shot at them . One of them was sunk ; two were disabled ; and the remain- der put to flight . The commodore then continued run- ning in until within musket shot of the batteries . He hove to , fired three hundred round shot , besides ...
Page 129
... round to the southward , got a 24 pounder up off the gun - deck for a stern - gun , and the forecastle gun aft - cut away the taffarel to give them room , and run two guns out of the cabin windows . At 6 , got the ship's head round to ...
... round to the southward , got a 24 pounder up off the gun - deck for a stern - gun , and the forecastle gun aft - cut away the taffarel to give them room , and run two guns out of the cabin windows . At 6 , got the ship's head round to ...
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Page 69 - Taxes on the sauce which pampers man's appetite, and the drug that restores him to health ; on the ermine which decorates the judge, and the rope which hangs the criminal ; on the poor man's salt, and the rich man's spice; on the brass nails of the coffin, and the ribands of the bride.
Page 69 - ... that comes from abroad, or is grown at home ; taxes on the raw material ; taxes on every fresh value that is added...
Page 15 - Nor is the equinoctial heat more discouraging to them, than the accumulated winter of both the poles. We know that whilst some of them draw the line and strike the harpoon on the coast of Africa, others run the longitude, and pursue their gigantic game along the coast of Brazil.
Page 282 - The Niagara being very little injured, I determined to pass through the enemy's line, bore up and passed ahead of their two ships and a brig, giving a raking fire to them from the starboard guns, and to a large schooner and sloop, from the larboard side, at half pistol-shot distance.
Page 15 - Neither the perseverance of Holland, nor the activity of France, nor the dexterous and firm sagacity of English enterprise, ever carried this most perilous mode of hardy industry to the extent, to which it has been pushed by this recent people; a people who are still, as it were, but in the gristle, and not yet hardened into the bone of manhood.
Page 15 - As to the wealth which the colonies have drawn from the sea by their fisheries, you had all that matter fully opened at your bar. You surely thought those acquisitions of value, for they seemed even to excite your envy ; and yet the spirit by which that enterprising employment has been exercised ought rather, in my opinion, to have raised your esteem and admiration. And pray, Sir, what in the world is equal to it ? Pass by the other parts, and look at the manner in which the people of New England...
Page 15 - Whilst we follow them among the tumbling mountains of ice, and behold them penetrating into the deepest frozen recesses of Hudson's Bay and Davis's Straits, whilst we are looking for them beneath the arctic circle, we hear that they have pierced into the opposite region of polar cold, that they are at the antipodes, and engaged under the frozen serpent of the south.
Page 47 - Had the Earl been on board the Ranger the following evening, he would have seen the awful pomp and dreadful carnage of a sea engagement; both affording ample subject for the pencil as well as melancholy reflection for the contemplative mind. Humanity starts back from such scenes of horror, and cannot sufficiently execrate the vile promoters of this detestable war For they, 'twas they unsheathed the ruthless blade, And Heaven shall ask the havoc it has made.
Page 256 - I am happy to have it in my power to Say that my worthy friend Cap! Lewis is recovering fast, he walked a little to day for the first time, I have discontinued the tent in the hole the ball came out...
Page 378 - Beckmantown road proceeded most rapidly; the militia skirmished with his advanced parties, and, except a few brave men, fell back most precipitately in the greatest disorder, notwithstanding the British troops did not deign to fire on them, except by their flankers and advanced patroles. The night previous I ordered...