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... ships indeed were light and nimble , the Spanish , though larger and more num- erous , were unwieldy ; therefore the lighter vessels being in no danger of a chase , fought , or stood off , as they saw oc- casion . But this advantage ...
... ships indeed were light and nimble , the Spanish , though larger and more num- erous , were unwieldy ; therefore the lighter vessels being in no danger of a chase , fought , or stood off , as they saw oc- casion . But this advantage ...
Page 75
... ship- ping that we do . By a lucky kind of poverty our dominions there have no mines of gold or silver : we must be , and ought to be contented to deal in rum , sugar , rice , tobacco , horses , beef , corn , fish , lumber , and other ...
... ship- ping that we do . By a lucky kind of poverty our dominions there have no mines of gold or silver : we must be , and ought to be contented to deal in rum , sugar , rice , tobacco , horses , beef , corn , fish , lumber , and other ...
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... ship provisions ) each head , by the day for the space of a month ; and a gallon of water ( whereof two quarts for drinking , and the other two for dressing the ship provisions ) each head , by the day after , during the voyage . " The ...
... ship provisions ) each head , by the day for the space of a month ; and a gallon of water ( whereof two quarts for drinking , and the other two for dressing the ship provisions ) each head , by the day after , during the voyage . " The ...
Page 85
... ships freighted , the Symond , of two hundred and twenty tons , Captain Joseph Cornish , and the London Merchant , about the same burden , Captain John Thomas . There was a sufficient quantity of provisions for some months put on board ...
... ships freighted , the Symond , of two hundred and twenty tons , Captain Joseph Cornish , and the London Merchant , about the same burden , Captain John Thomas . There was a sufficient quantity of provisions for some months put on board ...
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... ships passed by Spithead they saluted the Admiral's ship , which she returned . We were detained at Cowes by contrary winds , till the 10th of December ; for though we twice broke ground , and once sailed as far as Yarmouth road , yet ...
... ships passed by Spithead they saluted the Admiral's ship , which she returned . We were detained at Cowes by contrary winds , till the 10th of December ; for though we twice broke ground , and once sailed as far as Yarmouth road , yet ...
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Page 52 - For the kind spring which but salutes us here, Inhabits there and courts them all the year ; Ripe fruits and blossoms on the same trees live, At once they promise what at once they give ; So sweet the air, so moderate the clime, None sickly lives or dies before his time ; Heaven sure has kept this spot of earth uncurst To show how all things were created first.
Page 184 - America aforesaid, extending north and eastward as far as the north end of Currituck river or inlet, upon a straight westerly line to Wyonoak creek, which lies within or about the degrees of thirty-six and thirty minutes, northern latitude ; and so west in a direct line, as far as the South seas...
Page 12 - The various terrors of that horrid shore; Those blazing suns that dart a downward ray, And fiercely shed intolerable day; Those matted woods where birds forget to sing, But silent bats in drowsy clusters cling...
Page 8 - Ye sons of mercy! yet resume the search; Drag forth the legal monsters into light, Wrench from their hands Oppression's iron rod, And bid the cruel feel the pains they give.
Page 12 - The great simplicity, as well as solemnity of the whole, almost made me forget the seventeen hundred years between, and imagine myself in one of those assemblies where form and state were not; but Paul the tent-maker, or Peter the fisherman presided; yet with the demonstration of the spirit and of power.
Page 203 - Reasons for establishing the colony of Georgia, with regard to the trade of Great Britain...
Page 8 - Into the horrors of the gloomy jail? Unpitied, and unheard, where misery moans ; Where sickness pines ; where thirst and hunger burn, And poor misfortune feels the lash of vice.
Page 296 - Philadelphia, be, and shall be, for ever hereafter, persons able and capable in law, to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered unto, defend and be defended...
Page 8 - Shut from the common air, and common use Of their own limbs. How many drink the cup Of baleful grief, or eat the bitter bread Of misery.
Page 270 - Carolinean troops, enfeebled by the heat, dispirited by sickness, and fatigued by fruitless efforts, marched away in large bodies. The navy being short of provisions, and the usual season of hurricanes approaching, the commander judged it imprudent to hazard his majesty's ships, by remaining longer on that coast. Last of all, the general himself, sick of a fever, and his regiment worn out with fatigue, and rendered unfit for action by a flux, with sorrow and regret followed, and reached Frederica...