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... condition of the first great essentials of a Navy , Ships and Seamen , would be of great value in enabling the country to judge whether or no our Navy would be effective in great emer- gencies in due proportion either to our vast ...
... condition of the first great essentials of a Navy , Ships and Seamen , would be of great value in enabling the country to judge whether or no our Navy would be effective in great emer- gencies in due proportion either to our vast ...
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... . But the first essential condition to any attempt at serious invasion is , that France should obtain the command of the seas , without which such an enter- prise would be madness ; and if France should ever 6 ADMIRALTY ADMINISTRATION .
... . But the first essential condition to any attempt at serious invasion is , that France should obtain the command of the seas , without which such an enter- prise would be madness ; and if France should ever 6 ADMIRALTY ADMINISTRATION .
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... condition would be little able to put forth her strength for any purpose , nevertheless invasion would give her another chance , and would resemble the act of the captain , who having silenced and dismasted his enemy , should run his ...
... condition would be little able to put forth her strength for any purpose , nevertheless invasion would give her another chance , and would resemble the act of the captain , who having silenced and dismasted his enemy , should run his ...
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... condition , the reign of Napoleon proved these ideas had lost none of their power , and again after a prolonged and terrible struggle , England was the soul and centre of the general alliance which baffled the ambition of France , and ...
... condition , the reign of Napoleon proved these ideas had lost none of their power , and again after a prolonged and terrible struggle , England was the soul and centre of the general alliance which baffled the ambition of France , and ...
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... condition to maintain our naval supremacy ? " " Have the great elements which constitute naval power been ably and wisely dealt with , and are they so organ- ised as to justify the confidence we place in the navy , as the inviolable ...
... condition to maintain our naval supremacy ? " " Have the great elements which constitute naval power been ably and wisely dealt with , and are they so organ- ised as to justify the confidence we place in the navy , as the inviolable ...
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