Travels in England, France, Spain, and the Barbary States: In the Years 1813-14 and 15Kirk and Mercein, 1819 - 431 páginas |
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... captured , and her crew made prisoners . I was instructed to negociate for the release of these captives , snd calculated to have charge of affairs generally in the Mediterranean . Two vessels were bound to France , the schooner General ...
... captured , and her crew made prisoners . I was instructed to negociate for the release of these captives , snd calculated to have charge of affairs generally in the Mediterranean . Two vessels were bound to France , the schooner General ...
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... capture , and the gun brig pursued her course without at- tempting to give us chase . This little incident served to produce some caution in giving chase to strange vessels ; and as our schooner and cargo were not in- sured , in ...
... capture , and the gun brig pursued her course without at- tempting to give us chase . This little incident served to produce some caution in giving chase to strange vessels ; and as our schooner and cargo were not in- sured , in ...
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... capture , have a claim to a proportion of the prize ; but such had been the frauds committed by these privateers in the declarations of their commanders , that it was deemed necessary to guard them with vigilance . There was also an ...
... capture , have a claim to a proportion of the prize ; but such had been the frauds committed by these privateers in the declarations of their commanders , that it was deemed necessary to guard them with vigilance . There was also an ...
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... captures on the coast had been very considerable . Accommodations were made for the females , and a cot was slung for me ... captured almost within sight of the port of destination . Here were obstacles which , though capable of being ...
... captures on the coast had been very considerable . Accommodations were made for the females , and a cot was slung for me ... captured almost within sight of the port of destination . Here were obstacles which , though capable of being ...
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... captured , we let go , after replenishing our stock . " — The conversation at dinner was sprightly , and on general sub- jects . I discovered that most of the officers were experienced men , and were familiar with important national ...
... captured , we let go , after replenishing our stock . " — The conversation at dinner was sprightly , and on general sub- jects . I discovered that most of the officers were experienced men , and were familiar with important national ...
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Página 61 - Not a drum was heard, not a funeral note, As his corse to the rampart we hurried ; Not a soldier discharged his farewell shot O'er the grave where our hero we buried. We buried him darkly at dead of night, The sods with our bayonets turning ; By the struggling moonbeam's misty light And the lantern dimly burning.
Página 369 - Mahometan nation, it is declared by the parties, that no pretext arising from religious opinions, shall ever produce an interruption of the harmony existing between the two countries.
Página 61 - 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. But half of our heavy task was done When the clock struck the hour for retiring : And we heard the distant and random gun That the foe was sullenly firing.
Página 61 - 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!
Página 369 - As the government of the United States of America is not in any sense founded on the Christian religion — as it has in itself no character of enmity against the laws, religion or tranquillity of...
Página 47 - William the King friendly salutes William the Bishop and Godfrey the portreve, and all the burgesses within London, both French and English. And I declare that I grant you to be all law-worthy as you were in the days of King Edward ; and I grant that every child shall be his father's heir, after his father's days ; and I will not suffer any person to do you wrong. God keep you.
Página 338 - Caramalli, elder brother of the reigning Bashaw, and driven by him from his throne, meditated the recovery of his inheritance, and that a concert in action with us was desirable to him. We considered that concerted operations by those who have a common enemy were entirely justifiable, and might produce effects favorable to both without binding either to guarantee the objects of the other.
Página xiii - Nothing, I think, would be so likely to effect this, as to your sect particularly, as the more careful attention to education, which you recommend, and which, placing its members on the equal and commanding benches of science, will exhibit them as equal objects of respect and favor. I salute you with great respect and esteem. (Signed) THOMAS JEFFERSON. MM NOAH, Esq.