Life and Correspondence of John Paul Jones: Including His Narrative of the Campaign of the Liman |
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... soon found his affairs embarrassed ; and was induced , in consequence , to give up Paul's indentures . This license to act for himself , would have been , to a boy whose purposes in living were not in some measure fixed , and whose will ...
... soon found his affairs embarrassed ; and was induced , in consequence , to give up Paul's indentures . This license to act for himself , would have been , to a boy whose purposes in living were not in some measure fixed , and whose will ...
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... soon to be called upon to act in the great struggle for liberty , whose coming events were to swallow up in their importance the calculations of pri- vate interest . There can be no doubt that at this time he thought he had determined ...
... soon to be called upon to act in the great struggle for liberty , whose coming events were to swallow up in their importance the calculations of pri- vate interest . There can be no doubt that at this time he thought he had determined ...
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... soon have proved its relationship to all the waking and sleeping family of phantasms . Paul was born for excite- ment and for action ; and his rural and pastoral meditations were but the solicited relaxations of the mind , craving them ...
... soon have proved its relationship to all the waking and sleeping family of phantasms . Paul was born for excite- ment and for action ; and his rural and pastoral meditations were but the solicited relaxations of the mind , craving them ...
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... soon became instructed by ambition and experience . The Ameri- can naval force must have been as certainly created to a neces- sary extent , as the independence of the colonies , at no distant period , was inevitable . But it was among ...
... soon became instructed by ambition and experience . The Ameri- can naval force must have been as certainly created to a neces- sary extent , as the independence of the colonies , at no distant period , was inevitable . But it was among ...
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... soon performed these ser- vices ; and having hove down the sloop and partly fitted her for war at Providence , he received orders from the commander in chief , dated Rhode Island , June 10th , 1776 , to come immedi- ately down to take a ...
... soon performed these ser- vices ; and having hove down the sloop and partly fitted her for war at Providence , he received orders from the commander in chief , dated Rhode Island , June 10th , 1776 , to come immedi- ately down to take a ...
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Page 2 - IDE, of the said District, hath deposited in this office, the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as proprietor, in the words following, to wit : " Inductive Grammar, designed for beginners. By an Instructer." In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States...
Page 39 - And you are to observe and follow such orders and directions from time to time, as you shall receive from this, or a future Congress...
Page 39 - States, or any other your superior officer, according to the rules and discipline of war, in pursuance of the trust reposed in you.
Page 186 - Richard was assailed by both; there was five feet water in the hold, and though it was moderate from the explosion of so much gunpowder, yet the three pumps that remained could with difficulty only keep the water from gaining. The fire broke out in various parts of the ship, in spite of all the water that...
Page 182 - When this position took place, it was eight o'clock, previous to which the Bon Homme Richard had received sundry eighteen-pound shots below the water, and leaked very much. My battery of twelve-pounders, on which I had placed my chief dependence, being commanded by Lieutenant Dale and Colonel Weibert, and manned principally with American seamen and French volunteers, was entirely silenced and abandoned. As to the six old eighteen-pounders that formed the battery of the lower gun-deck, they did no...
Page 188 - Richard. No lives were lost with the ship, but it was impossible to save the stores of any sort whatever. I lost even the best part of my clothes, books, and papers; and several of my officers lost all their clothes and effects.
Page 309 - I have the honour to be, with the greatest respect, sir, your most obedient and most humble servant, J. PAUL JONES. Copy of a report of a committee on Captain Paul Jones
Page 488 - Full little knowest thou that hast not tried, What hell it is, in suing long to bide: To lose good days, that might be better spent; To waste long nights in pensive discontent; To speed today, to be put back tomorrow; To feed on hope, to pine with fear and sorrow; To have thy prince's grace, yet want her peers...
Page 187 - Cottineau and other men of sense, had well examined and surveyed the ship, (which was not finished before five in the evening,) I found every person to be convinced that it was impossible to keep the Bon Homme Richard...
Page 2 - An Act, supplementary to an Act, entitled 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...