Biographical Sketches of Distinguished American Naval Heroes in the War of the Revolution, Between the American Republic and the Kingdom of Great Britain: Comprising Sketches of Com. Nicholas Biddle, Com. John Paul Jones, Com. Edward Preble, and Com. Alexander Murray. With Incidental Allusions to Other Distinguished Characters ...S. Andrus, 1823 - 392 pagina's |
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Pagina 75
... convoys vessels and transports ..... He re- ceives the first Captain's commission after the 4th of July , 1776 .... Capt . Jones sails again in the Providence , is encountered by the frigate Solebay of 30 guns ; takes valuable prizes ...
... convoys vessels and transports ..... He re- ceives the first Captain's commission after the 4th of July , 1776 .... Capt . Jones sails again in the Providence , is encountered by the frigate Solebay of 30 guns ; takes valuable prizes ...
Pagina 86
... convoy and arrived at the port of destination in safety . He was then ordered to convoy a ship containing naval stores , of great value . He again encountered the Cerbe- rus , and some other of the enemy's vessels , -again effected a ...
... convoy and arrived at the port of destination in safety . He was then ordered to convoy a ship containing naval stores , of great value . He again encountered the Cerbe- rus , and some other of the enemy's vessels , -again effected a ...
Pagina 88
... convoy . was attacked by the Solebay -- for nearly six hours main- tained a distant contest with this vast superiority of force , and by a masterly manœuvre effected an escape . His crew were now convinced that they needed his judgment ...
... convoy . was attacked by the Solebay -- for nearly six hours main- tained a distant contest with this vast superiority of force , and by a masterly manœuvre effected an escape . His crew were now convinced that they needed his judgment ...
Pagina 99
... convoy of the Seraphis , one of the heaviest and best pointed frigates in the British navy , of 44 guns ; and the new Countess of Scarborough of 22 guns ; two ships , con- sidering their batteries and munition , equal to Com . Jones ...
... convoy of the Seraphis , one of the heaviest and best pointed frigates in the British navy , of 44 guns ; and the new Countess of Scarborough of 22 guns ; two ships , con- sidering their batteries and munition , equal to Com . Jones ...
Pagina 101
... convoy kept their wind , with all sail stretching out to the south- ward from under Flamborough head , till between ... convoy , at the same time I made the signal for the convoy to make the best of their way , and repeated the signal ...
... convoy kept their wind , with all sail stretching out to the south- ward from under Flamborough head , till between ... convoy , at the same time I made the signal for the convoy to make the best of their way , and repeated the signal ...
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Pagina 50 - Our doubts are traitors, And make us lose the good we oft might win, By fearing to attempt.
Pagina 380 - List his discourse of war, and you shall hear A fearful battle render'd you in music : Turn him to any cause of policy, The Gordian knot of it he will unloose, Familiar as his garter...
Pagina iv - An act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned,' and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving, and etching historical and other prints.
Pagina 378 - I hope we shall prove how much happier for man the Quaker policy is, and that the life of the feeder, is better than that of the fighter; and it is some consolation that the desolation by these maniacs of one part of the earth is the means of improving it in other parts. Let the latter be our office, and let us milk the cow, while the Russian holds her by the horns, and the Turk by the tail.
Pagina 363 - After my death I wish no other herald, No other speaker of my living actions, To keep mine honour from corruption, But such an honest chronicler as Griffith.
Pagina 93 - The assistance I was enabled to give was small indeed ; I had not even a cup of wine to offer her ; -but I was told she had found, from some kind and fortunate hand, a little rum and dirty water. All I could furnish to her was an open boat, and a few lines written upon dirty and wet paper, to General Gates, recommending her to his protection.
Pagina 129 - ... but when that country possesses the unnatural design, not only of estranging herself from us, but of mortgaging herself, and her resources, to our enemies, the whole contest is changed...
Pagina 365 - The colonies had grown up under constitutions of government so different, there was so great a variety of religions, they were composed of so many different nations, their customs, manners and habits had so little resemblance, and their intercourse had been so rare and their knowledge of each other so imperfect, that to unite them in the same principles in theory and the same system of action, was certainly a very difficult enterprise.
Pagina 387 - If ever this vast country is brought under a single government, it will be one of the most extensive corruption, indifferent, and incapable of. a wholesome care over so wide a spread of surface.
Pagina 93 - Thus was this lady in the hearing of one continued fire of cannon and musketry, for four hours, together with the presumption, from the post of her husband, at the head of the grenadiers, that he was in the most exposed part of the action. She had three female companions ; the Baroness of...