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" Richard, the rudder was cut entirely off the stern frame, and the transoms were almost entirely cut away; the timbers, by the lower deck especially, from the main-mast to the stern, being greatly decayed with age, were mangled beyond my power of description... "
The History of Our Navy from Its Origin to the Present Day, 1775-1897 - Page 268
by John Randolph Spears - 1897 - 607 pages
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Life and Character of the Chevalier John Paul Jones, a Captain in the Navy ...

John Henry Sherburne - United States - 1825 - 400 pages
...off the stern frame, and the transums were almost entirely cut away ; the timbers, by the lower fleck especially, from the main-mast to the stern, being...power of description, and a person must have been an eye-witness to form a just idea of the tremendous scene of carnage, wreck, and ruin, that every where...
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The Monthly Review, Or, Literary Journal

Books - 1825 - 468 pages
...Jones, in his letter to Franklin, was entirely off; the stern-frame and transoms were almost entirely cut away ; the timbers by the lower deck, especially...from the mainmast to the stern, being greatly decayed by age, were mangled beyond every power of description ; and a person must have been an eye-witness,...
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Monthly Review; Or Literary Journal Enlarged, Volume 108

Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - Periodicals - 1825 - 464 pages
...Jones, in his letter to Franklin, was entirely off; the stern-frame and transoms were almost entirely cut away; the timbers by the lower deck, especially...from the mainmast to the stern, being greatly decayed by age, were mangled beyond every power of description; and a person must have been an eye-witness,...
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Life and Character of the Chevalier John Paul Jones: A Captain in the Navy ...

John Henry Sherburne - United States - 1825 - 374 pages
...homme Richard, the rudder was cut entirely off the stern frame, and the transums were almost entirely cut away ; the timbers, by the lower deck especially, from the main-mast to the stern, being greatJy decayed with age, were mangled beyond my power of description, and a person must have been...
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Captain Rock in London; Or, The Chieftain's Gazette for the Year 1825

Catholics - 1825 - 362 pages
...to Franklin, " was entirely olF; the stern-frame, and transoms were almost entirely cut away ; tho timbers by the lower deck, especially from the mainmast to the stern, being greatly decayed by age, were mangled boyoud every power of description ; and a person must have been an eye-witness,...
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The Eclectic review. vol. 1-New [8th], Volume 27

1827 - 602 pages
...Jones, in his letter to Franklin, " was nearly off; the sternframe and transoms were almost entirely cut away ; the timbers by the lower deck, especially...from the mainmast to the stern, being greatly decayed by age, were mangled beyond every power of description ; and a person must have been an eye-witness,...
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Memoirs of Rear-Admiral Paul Jones: Now First Compiled from His ..., Volume 1

John Paul Jones - United States - 1830 - 358 pages
...almost entirely cut away, and the timbers by the lower deck, especially from the main-mast towards the stern, being greatly decayed with age, were mangled...power of description, and a person must have been an eye-witness to form a just idea of the tremendous scene of carnage, wreck, and ruin, which everywhere...
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Life of Rear-Admiral John Paul Jones, Chevalier of the Military Order of ...

John Paul Jones - 1845 - 416 pages
...almost entirely cut away, and the timbers by the lower deck, especially from the main-mast towards the stern, being greatly decayed with age, were mangled...power of description, and a person must have been an eye-witness to form a just idea of the tremendous scene of carnage, wreck, and ruin, which everywhere...
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The Pictorial History of the American Revolution: With a Sketch of the Early ...

Robert Sears - United States - 1847 - 470 pages
...were almost entirely cut away, and the timbers by the lower-deck, especially from the mainmast toward the stern, being greatly decayed with age, were mangled...power of description ; and a person must have been an eyewitness to form a just idea of the tremendous scene of carnage, wreck, and ruin, which everywhere...
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The Pictorial History of the American Revolution: With a Sketch of the Early ...

Robert Sears - United States - 1850 - 448 pages
...were almost entirely cut away, and the timbers by the lower-deck, especially from the mainmast toward the stern, being greatly decayed with age, were mangled...power of description ; and a person must have been an eyewitness to form a just idea of the tremendous scene of carnage, wreck, and ruin, which everywhere...
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