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The life of J.M.W. Turner - Page 333
by George Walter Thornbury - 1862
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The Life of Nelson, Volume 2

Robert Southey - 1813 - 306 pages
...these four ships formed as compact a tier as if they had been moored together, their heads lying all the same way. The lieutenants of the Victory, seeing this, depressed their guns of the middle and lower decks, and fired with a diminished charge, lest the shot should pass through,...
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The Boston Spectator: Devoted to Politicks and Belles-lettres, Volume 1

United States - 1814 - 258 pages
...these four ships formed as compact a tier as if they had been moored together, their heads lying all the same way. The lieutenants of the Victory, seeing this, depressed their guns of the middle and lower decks, and fired with a diminished charge, lest the shot should pass through,...
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Lives of the British Admirals: Containing Also a New and Accurate ..., Volume 8

John Campbell - Great Britain - 1817 - 562 pages
...these four ships formed as compact a tier as if they had been moored together, their heads lying all the same way. The lieutenants of the Victory, seeing this, depressed their guns of the middle and lower decks, and fired with a diminished charge, lest they should pass through,...
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The Historical Reader: Designed for the Use of Schools and Families, on a ...

John Lauris Blake - History - 1824 - 396 pages
...these four ships formed as compact a tier as if they had been moored together, their heads all lying the same way. The lieutenants of the Victory, seeing this, depressed their guns of the middle and lower decks, and fired with a diminished charge, lest the shot should pass through,...
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The Historical Reader: Designed for the Use of Schools and Families. On a ...

John Lauris Blake - History - 1825 - 404 pages
...these four ships formed as compact a tier as if they had been moored together, their heads all lying the same way. The lieutenants of the Victory, seeing this, depressed their guns of the middle and lower decks, and fired with a diminished charge, lest the shot should pass through,...
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The Life of Nelson

Robert Southey - Admirals - 1830 - 354 pages
...these four ships formed as compact a tier as if they had been moored together, their heads lying all the same way. The lieutenants of the Victory, seeing this, depressed their guns of the middle and lower decks, and fired with a diminished charge, lest the shot should pass through,...
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Tales of the Wars; Or, Naval and Military Chronicle: To which is ..., Volume 1

Great Britain - 1836 - 480 pages
...these four ships formed as compact a tier as if they had been moored together, their heads lying all the same way. The lieutenants of the Victory, seeing this, depressed their guns of the middle and lower decks, and fired with a diminished charge, lest the shot should pass through,...
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The Family Library (Harper)., Volume 6

Child rearing - 1843 - 320 pages
...these four ships formed as compact a tier as if they had been moored together, their heads lying all the same way. The lieutenants of the Victory, seeing this, depressed their gnns of the middle and lower decks, and fired with a diminished charge, lest the shot should pass through,...
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Ocean Scenes: Or, The Perils and Beauties of the Deep : Being Interesting ...

Seafaring life - 1854 - 504 pages
...these four ships formed as compact a tier as if they had been moored together, their heads lying all the same way. The lieutenants of the Victory, seeing this, depressed their guns of the middle and lower decks, and fired with a diminished charge, lest the shot should pass through,...
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Sea Fights, from Sluys to Navarino ...

Laura Valentine - 1868 - 314 pages
...and Fougueux thus formed a compact tier, as if they had been moored together, their heads lying all the same way. The lieutenants of the Victory seeing...lower-deck guns, and fired with a diminished charge, lest the shot should pass through and injure the Temeraire ; and because there was danger that the...
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