A.D. 1830P.F. Collier & Son, 1908 |
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2333. oldal
... destroyers , Pluton and Furor . ling of the destroyers , As the cruisers came out , Wainwright joined in the general cannonade with his little six- and four - pounders , but he did not join in the chase . With quick comprehension of the ...
... destroyers , Pluton and Furor . ling of the destroyers , As the cruisers came out , Wainwright joined in the general cannonade with his little six- and four - pounders , but he did not join in the chase . With quick comprehension of the ...
2334. oldal
... destroyers themselves were manœuvred with an entire lack of that audacity and even desperation which alone can make one of these vulnerable craft for- midable . Instead of dashing at the nearest American ship , and trusting to the ...
... destroyers themselves were manœuvred with an entire lack of that audacity and even desperation which alone can make one of these vulnerable craft for- midable . Instead of dashing at the nearest American ship , and trusting to the ...
2335. oldal
... destroyers at short range , and under the fire of the Socapa battery . In a few min- utes both destroyers began to smoke ominous- ly , and the rapidity of their fire fell off . Then the Furor became erratic in her course , as though her ...
... destroyers at short range , and under the fire of the Socapa battery . In a few min- utes both destroyers began to smoke ominous- ly , and the rapidity of their fire fell off . Then the Furor became erratic in her course , as though her ...
2336. oldal
... destroyers had vanished . They lasted just forty minutes un- der the American fire , and at no time had been a serious menace to any American ship . The action had now continued for about three - quarters of an hour . The Infanta Maria ...
... destroyers had vanished . They lasted just forty minutes un- der the American fire , and at no time had been a serious menace to any American ship . The action had now continued for about three - quarters of an hour . The Infanta Maria ...
2467. oldal
... destroyers by the Suez Canal route , while he proceeded himself with the new battleships by way of the Cape . The rear - admiral coaled his divi- sion at Algiers , at Suda Bay , at Djibuti , and finally , it is believed , off the German ...
... destroyers by the Suez Canal route , while he proceeded himself with the new battleships by way of the Cape . The rear - admiral coaled his divi- sion at Algiers , at Suda Bay , at Djibuti , and finally , it is believed , off the German ...
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2180. oldal - My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it ; and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it ; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that.
2264. oldal - We don't want to fight, but by jingo if we do, We've got the ships, we've got the men, we've got the money too.
2005. oldal - ... they shall recruit their exhausted strength with abundant and untaxed food, the sweeter because it is no longer leavened by a sense of injustice.
2063. oldal - ... we are living at a period of most wonderful transition, which tends rapidly to accomplish that great end to which, indeed, all history points — the...
2188. oldal - Mr. President, I approve of the proclamation, but I question the expediency of its issue at this juncture. The depression of the public mind, consequent upon our repeated reverses, is so great that I fear the effect of so important a step. It may be viewed as the last measure of an exhausted government, a cry for help ; the government stretching forth its hands to Ethiopia, instead of Ethiopia stretching forth her hands to the government.
2010. oldal - He shall not be called upon to perform any ceremony derogatory to him as representing the Sovereign of an independent nation on a footing of equality with that of China.
2030. oldal - The whole country from San Francisco to Los Angeles, and from the seashore to the base of the Sierra Nevada, resounds to the sordid cry of gold ! GOLD ! ! GOLD...
2205. oldal - Will our Generals never get that idea out of their heads? The whole country is our soil.
2065. oldal - The Exhibition of 1851 is to give us a true test and a living picture of the point of development at which the whole of mankind has arrived in this great task, and a new starting point from which all nations will be able to direct their further exertions.
2063. oldal - I conceive it to be the duty of every educated person closely to watch and study the time in which he lives ; and, as far as in him lies, to add his humble mite of individual exertion to further the accomplishment of what he believes Providence to have ordained.