A.D. 1830P.F. Collier & Son, 1908 |
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2008. oldal
... smoke it . Before 1767 , the im- port rarely exceeded 200 chests , but that year it amounted to 1,000 . In 1792 ... smoked it with condign punishment . It had been before a smuggling traffic , and hence- forth there could be no doubt of ...
... smoke it . Before 1767 , the im- port rarely exceeded 200 chests , but that year it amounted to 1,000 . In 1792 ... smoked it with condign punishment . It had been before a smuggling traffic , and hence- forth there could be no doubt of ...
2201. oldal
... smoke settled over the valley , through which the shells went hissing and The artil screaming to and fro . This tentative artillery duel , whose damage done was trifling in com- parison with the prodigious noise and flame , occupied ...
... smoke settled over the valley , through which the shells went hissing and The artil screaming to and fro . This tentative artillery duel , whose damage done was trifling in com- parison with the prodigious noise and flame , occupied ...
2301. oldal
... smoke was seen on the port bow , low down on the horizon and northeast by east from the leading vessels , in sight . This was what the admirals had long and pa- tiently been looking for ; no doubt was enter- tained that the enemy was ...
... smoke was seen on the port bow , low down on the horizon and northeast by east from the leading vessels , in sight . This was what the admirals had long and pa- tiently been looking for ; no doubt was enter- tained that the enemy was ...
2302. oldal
Ester Singleton. Chinese apen fire . The Japanese attack . the north , smoke was again visible , proceed- ing from the funnels of two or three Chinese warships kept in reserve . At 12.50 P.M. the Ting Yuen , though still 6,000 metres off ...
Ester Singleton. Chinese apen fire . The Japanese attack . the north , smoke was again visible , proceed- ing from the funnels of two or three Chinese warships kept in reserve . At 12.50 P.M. the Ting Yuen , though still 6,000 metres off ...
2304. oldal
... smoke , the flagship at once ordered the First Flying Squadron to proceed to the aid of their com- rades . The order was promptly obeyed , the four fine warships immediately steering west- ward . They steamed directly for the Lai Yuen ...
... smoke , the flagship at once ordered the First Flying Squadron to proceed to the aid of their com- rades . The order was promptly obeyed , the four fine warships immediately steering west- ward . They steamed directly for the Lai Yuen ...
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Népszerű szakaszok
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.