Fifty-two Storie
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共 35 段- To Edward the Confessor may be attributed the incorporation
- Thenceforward the decline of the Cinque Ports fleet as a fig
- "Now had we obtained between four and five hundred negroes,
- "Then stood up one Grove, the master, being a comely man, wi
- This he put in execution on May 24th, 1572, on which day he
- Now the Turk unto whom this Patrone Norado was indebted, mis
- Thus in good order they left Zante and the Castle of Grecia,
- Meanwhile in England, from the sovereign on the throne to th
- The names of Her Majesties' ships were these as followeth: t
- After this battle Blake lay in the Downs for a considerable
- Admiral Blake, who was now in the Channel, did infinite dama
- Things went at first very equally on both sides; several squ
- While the whole Dutch fleet was employed in alarming our coa
- The death of Van Ghent, with the furious attack of part of t
- About five in the evening, De Ruyter, with all his flags and
- Originally intended for another profession, his passion for
- It is not to be supposed that our enemies quietly accepted t
- As soon as he conveniently could, Vice-admiral Benbow issued
- The British ministry, being informed of the strength and des
- Towards the end of the year 1755 the British Government rece
- He continued upon his knees rather more than a minute, much
- George Brydges Rodney was born at Walton-on-Thames in the ye
- On the morning of the 18th nothing could be seen of the _Can
- "As we had now no other resource but baling, I gave orders t
- In December 1787 the _Bounty_ sailed from Spithead for Otahe
- The visitors having supplied these interesting people with s
- In less than an hour after the engagement had become close a
- These transactions, while they excited the greatest alarm in
- "Some of the boat's crew now thought our undertaking so desp
- Nelson was now ordered to Quebec, and accordingly sailed for
- He was now directed to shift his broad pennant on board the
- The delay which was thus occasioned was useful to him in man
- His birthday, which occurred a week after his arrival, was c
- Between one and two the fire of the Danes slackened; about t
- Villeneuve was a skilful seaman; worthy of serving a better