The Struggle for Sea Power, Book IV of the Story of the WorldCosimo, Inc., 01.01.2013 - 248 Seiten "Covers the history of the world from the American Revolution to Waterloo--from 1745-1815--and includes tales of: the black hole of Calcutta; George Washington, solider and patriot; how Pitt saved England; The Declaration of Independence and much more."--Cover back. |
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... suddenly stopped his pension , and he had come to know the reason . Aurangzeb gave him the explanation in public . This tutor , " he cried , " taught me the Koran ( Mohammedan Bible ) and wearied me with rules of Arabic grammar , but he ...
... suddenly stopped his pension , and he had come to know the reason . Aurangzeb gave him the explanation in public . This tutor , " he cried , " taught me the Koran ( Mohammedan Bible ) and wearied me with rules of Arabic grammar , but he ...
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... sudden attack on Arcot , the residence of the Nawab ; and though the scheme seemed wild to the point of madness , he was given command of 200 Europeans and some native troops to march against the town . Arcot was sixty - five miles away ...
... sudden attack on Arcot , the residence of the Nawab ; and though the scheme seemed wild to the point of madness , he was given command of 200 Europeans and some native troops to march against the town . Arcot was sixty - five miles away ...
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... suddenly the governor of the English colony of Virginia became aware of what was happening . He selected a young Virginian , George Washing- ton , to go and protest against such encroachment . He was to march to the last new French fort ...
... suddenly the governor of the English colony of Virginia became aware of what was happening . He selected a young Virginian , George Washing- ton , to go and protest against such encroachment . He was to march to the last new French fort ...
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... suddenly said George , looking him straight in the face and holding out the hatchet , which he knew he must forfeit ; " I did it with my new hatchet . " " Come to my arms , brave boy , " said his father , drawing George to him ; " I ...
... suddenly said George , looking him straight in the face and holding out the hatchet , which he knew he must forfeit ; " I did it with my new hatchet . " " Come to my arms , brave boy , " said his father , drawing George to him ; " I ...
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... Suddenly the voice of a sentry at the top of the cliff challenged them . " Who goes there ? " " The French , ” sang out a Highlander who had served in the foreign wars and picked up a little French . " From which regiment ? " asked the ...
... Suddenly the voice of a sentry at the top of the cliff challenged them . " Who goes there ? " " The French , ” sang out a Highlander who had served in the foreign wars and picked up a little French . " From which regiment ? " asked the ...
Inhalt
JAMES BRUCE AND THE NILE | 55 |
MARIE ANTOINETTE | 65 |
THE FLIGHT TO VARENNES | 75 |
A REIGN OF TERROR | 81 |
HORATIO NELSON | 90 |
THE TRAVELS OF BARON HUMBOLDT | 101 |
THE BEGINNING OF THE STRUGGLE | 107 |
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The Struggle for Sea Power, Book IV of the Story of the World M. B. Synge Eingeschränkte Leseprobe - 2013 |
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite 170 - I hope the people of England will be satisfied!" "I hope my country will do me justice!
Seite 170 - We thought, as we hollowed his narrow bed, And smoothed down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread o'er his head, And we far away on the billow ! Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him, — But little he'll reck, if they let him sleep on In the grave where a Briton has laid him.
Seite 130 - May the great God whom I worship, grant to my country, and for the benefit of Europe in general, a great and glorious victory, and may no misconduct in any one tarnish it, and may humanity after victory be the predominant feature in the British fleet!
Seite 142 - Where he greatly stood at bay, Whence he issued forth anew, And ever great and greater grew, Beating from the wasted vines Back to France...
Seite 166 - Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame fresh and gory; We carved not a line, and we raised not a stone, But we left him alone with his glory.
Seite 25 - Resolved, That a committee, in conjunction with one from the Senate, be appointed to consider on the most suitable manner of paying honor to the memory of the man, first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his fellow-citizens.
Seite 23 - Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire, called conscience.
Seite 170 - By the struggling moonbeam's misty light And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Nor in sheet nor in shroud we wound him; But he lay like a warrior taking his rest With his martial cloak around him. Few and short were the prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow, But we steadfastly gazed on the face of the dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow.
Seite 139 - Burke, moved even to tears, exclaimed, "It is not a chip of the old block; it is the old block itself.