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... Admiral , has been put in " commission , " and his duties are now performed by a committee of six . Then the washing - room is passed - a large apart- ment presided over by an active little lady who passes her entire life amid large ...
... Admiral , has been put in " commission , " and his duties are now performed by a committee of six . Then the washing - room is passed - a large apart- ment presided over by an active little lady who passes her entire life amid large ...
Page 95
... admirals then did their fighting better than their writing - a feature which some seamen of a later date seem to have reversed . The total annihilation of an enemy's fleet is narrated by our hero in fewer words than a Yankee TIMES ...
... admirals then did their fighting better than their writing - a feature which some seamen of a later date seem to have reversed . The total annihilation of an enemy's fleet is narrated by our hero in fewer words than a Yankee TIMES ...
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... admiral's ship ) , that they can see " on board the whites of the eyes of the marines , " with whom she is so crowded as to cause her " to sail badly . " From Ireland , again , we have tidings of Major- General Trench's defeat of the ...
... admiral's ship ) , that they can see " on board the whites of the eyes of the marines , " with whom she is so crowded as to cause her " to sail badly . " From Ireland , again , we have tidings of Major- General Trench's defeat of the ...
Page 128
... admiral . " When we remember that the mid - channel is about 160 feet deep , and that , say , at least 40 feet would be necessary for foundation , these mammoth towers would be about 460 feet high , rising from a base of 300 feet ...
... admiral . " When we remember that the mid - channel is about 160 feet deep , and that , say , at least 40 feet would be necessary for foundation , these mammoth towers would be about 460 feet high , rising from a base of 300 feet ...
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... Admiral Fitzroy ? It must be the Flying Dutchman , I inwardly cogitate , and he must be weather - wise by this time . But the necromancers have grown singularly matter- of - fact and unpicturesque . Here are an ordinary office and hall ...
... Admiral Fitzroy ? It must be the Flying Dutchman , I inwardly cogitate , and he must be weather - wise by this time . But the necromancers have grown singularly matter- of - fact and unpicturesque . Here are an ordinary office and hall ...
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