The United Service JournalH. Colburn, 1833 - Military art and science |
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... indebted for the masterly execution of the latter , we have no doubt that the new candidate , when it appears , will equally engage our admiration . CORRESPONDENCE FROM THE PRINCIPAL PORTS AND STATIONS . Portsmouth , 96 [ SEPT .
... indebted for the masterly execution of the latter , we have no doubt that the new candidate , when it appears , will equally engage our admiration . CORRESPONDENCE FROM THE PRINCIPAL PORTS AND STATIONS . Portsmouth , 96 [ SEPT .
Page 97
CORRESPONDENCE FROM THE PRINCIPAL PORTS AND STATIONS . Portsmouth , Aug. 20th , 1833 . I mentioned in my last communication the arrival in this neighbourhood of their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Kent and the Princess Victoria . They ...
CORRESPONDENCE FROM THE PRINCIPAL PORTS AND STATIONS . Portsmouth , Aug. 20th , 1833 . I mentioned in my last communication the arrival in this neighbourhood of their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Kent and the Princess Victoria . They ...
Page 98
... Portsmouth friends , as well as all others ; and a public meeting and a public dinner have taken place in consequence , that they might express their joy , and offer congratulations to the worthy captain on the occasion . No one can ...
... Portsmouth friends , as well as all others ; and a public meeting and a public dinner have taken place in consequence , that they might express their joy , and offer congratulations to the worthy captain on the occasion . No one can ...
Page 100
... Portsmouth , and consequently some delay must take place in conveying the orders thither ; but now the incon- venience will be obviated , as the distance from the Admiral's office to the new erection is scarcely 100 yards . The bridge ...
... Portsmouth , and consequently some delay must take place in conveying the orders thither ; but now the incon- venience will be obviated , as the distance from the Admiral's office to the new erection is scarcely 100 yards . The bridge ...
Page 105
... Portsmouth until after that period ; viz . on the 16th of April , with instructions , in case that he should find that Lisbon had been evacuated by the British troops , to proceed to Cadiz and land the army there . He , however , landed ...
... Portsmouth until after that period ; viz . on the 16th of April , with instructions , in case that he should find that Lisbon had been evacuated by the British troops , to proceed to Cadiz and land the army there . He , however , landed ...
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Page 315 - And every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves unto him; and he became a captain over them: and there were with him about four hundred men.
Page 444 - Come as the winds come, when Forests are rended ; Come as the waves come, when Navies are stranded : Faster come, faster come, Faster and faster, Chief, vassal, page and groom, Tenant and master.
Page 201 - I've met with many a breeze before. But never such a blow!" Then reading on his 'bacco box. He heaved a heavy sigh. And then began to eye his pipe, And then to pipe his eye. And then he tried to sing ' All's Well,' But could not, though he tried; His head was turned — and so he chewed His pigtail till he died.
Page 177 - On a bed of green sea-flowers thy limbs shall be laid, — Around thy white bones the red coral shall grow; Of thy fair yellow locks threads of amber be made, And every part suit to thy mansion below.
Page 413 - ... and it was not until the 1st of July that we reached the beach, completely exhausted by hunger and fatigue. " A hut was speedily constructed, and the boats, three of which had been washed off the beach, but providentially driven on shore again, were repaired during...
Page 154 - And down she suck'd with her the whirling wave, Like one who grapples with his enemy, And strives to strangle him before he die.
Page 414 - Next day, when the gale abated, we crossed Admiralty Inlet, and were detained six days on the coast by a strong north-east wind. On the 25th we crossed Navy Board Inlet, and on the following morning, to our inexpressible joy, we descried a ship in the offing, becalmed, which proved to be the Isabella of Hull, the same ship which I commanded in 1818: at noon we reached her, when her enterprising commander, who had in vain searched for us in Prince Regent's Inlet, after giving us three cheers, received...
Page 414 - Isabella, betides his duty as third in command, took charge of the meteorological journal, the distribution and economy of provisions, and to his judicious plans and suggestions must be attributed the uncommon degree of health which our crew enjoyed ; and as two out of the three who died in the four years and a half were cut off early in the voyage, by diseases not peculiar to the climate, only one man can be said to have perished.
Page 414 - We have, however, the consolation, that the results of this expedition have been conclusive, and to science highly important, and may be briefly comprehended in the following words : — The discovery of the Gulf of Boothia, the continent and isthmus of Boothia Felix, and a vast number of islands, rivers, and lakes ; the undeniable establishment that the north-east point of America extends to the 74th degree of north latitude ; valuable observations of every kind, but particularly on the magnet ;...
Page 28 - The LORD shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed.