The Percy Anecdotes: Original and Select, Volume 7G. Berger, 1868 - Anecdotes |
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... action , eagerly inquired of him how affairs went on ? " All your five sons are slain , " said he . Unhappy wretch ! " replied the woman , " I ask thee not of what concerns my children , but of what concerns my country . " " As to that ...
... action , eagerly inquired of him how affairs went on ? " All your five sons are slain , " said he . Unhappy wretch ! " replied the woman , " I ask thee not of what concerns my children , but of what concerns my country . " " As to that ...
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... , whose melancholy shipwreck on the rocks of Scilly is well known , was , when a boy , on board a ship commanded by Sir John Narborough , £ who , during an action , expressed a very earnest HEROISM . 37 EXTRAORDINARY DEFENCE OF NEMEZ. ...
... , whose melancholy shipwreck on the rocks of Scilly is well known , was , when a boy , on board a ship commanded by Sir John Narborough , £ who , during an action , expressed a very earnest HEROISM . 37 EXTRAORDINARY DEFENCE OF NEMEZ. ...
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Original and Select. who , during an action , expressed a very earnest wish to have some orders of consequence conveyed to a ship at a considerable distance . Shovel hearing this , immediately undertook to convey it ; and this he ac ...
Original and Select. who , during an action , expressed a very earnest wish to have some orders of consequence conveyed to a ship at a considerable distance . Shovel hearing this , immediately undertook to convey it ; and this he ac ...
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... action by a furious attack on Van Ghent's squadron ; but not being well supported , he was left almost surrounded by the enemy . After sinking one of the Dutch ships , dis- abling that of the admiral , shattering five others , and ...
... action by a furious attack on Van Ghent's squadron ; but not being well supported , he was left almost surrounded by the enemy . After sinking one of the Dutch ships , dis- abling that of the admiral , shattering five others , and ...
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... action , and hailed it with loud clapping and repeated shouts of applause . MARSHAL DE NEVAILLES . At the battle of Senef , the Prince of Condé sent word to Marshal de Nevailles to be ready to engage the enemy . The messenger found him ...
... action , and hailed it with loud clapping and repeated shouts of applause . MARSHAL DE NEVAILLES . At the battle of Senef , the Prince of Condé sent word to Marshal de Nevailles to be ready to engage the enemy . The messenger found him ...
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