Westward ho !Macmillan, 1887 - Sermons, English |
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... not merely a pleasant country town , whose quay was haunted by a few coasting craft . It was one of the chief ports of England ; it E B : furnished seven ships to fight the Armada : even How MR OXENHAM SAW THE WHITE BIRD.
... not merely a pleasant country town , whose quay was haunted by a few coasting craft . It was one of the chief ports of England ; it E B : furnished seven ships to fight the Armada : even How MR OXENHAM SAW THE WHITE BIRD.
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... fight of 1588 , what had we been by now , but a Popish appan- age of a world - tyranny as cruel as heathen Rome itself , and far more devilish ? It is in memory of these men , their voyages and their battles , their faith and their ...
... fight of 1588 , what had we been by now , but a Popish appan- age of a world - tyranny as cruel as heathen Rome itself , and far more devilish ? It is in memory of these men , their voyages and their battles , their faith and their ...
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... fight , though every step he took in the sand was in a pool of blood ; and so we got off . And tell me , ye sons of shotten herrings , wasn't it worth more to save him than the dirty silver ? for silver we can get again , brave boys ...
... fight , though every step he took in the sand was in a pool of blood ; and so we got off . And tell me , ye sons of shotten herrings , wasn't it worth more to save him than the dirty silver ? for silver we can get again , brave boys ...
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... fight like women . ' " You'm right , Captain , " sang out a tall gaunt fellow who stood close to him ; one westcountryman can fight two easter- lings , and an easterling can beat three Dons any day . Eh ! my lads of Devon ? 66 " For O ...
... fight like women . ' " You'm right , Captain , " sang out a tall gaunt fellow who stood close to him ; one westcountryman can fight two easter- lings , and an easterling can beat three Dons any day . Eh ! my lads of Devon ? 66 " For O ...
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... fight you for it . " " Thank'ee , sir ! " " Break the jackanapes's head for him , Yeo , " said Oxenham . " Call me jackanapes again , and I break yours , sir . " And the boy lifted his fist fiercely . Oxenham looked at him a minute ...
... fight you for it . " " Thank'ee , sir ! " " Break the jackanapes's head for him , Yeo , " said Oxenham . " Call me jackanapes again , and I break yours , sir . " And the boy lifted his fist fiercely . Oxenham looked at him a minute ...
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