The United Service Magazine, Količina 62H. Colburn, 1850 |
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Druge izdaje - Prikaži vse
Pogosti izrazi in povedi
Admiral advantage Africa answer appear arms army arrived assistance attack authority battle bear boats British brought called Cape Capt Captain Douglas carried cause charge circumstances close coast colony command conduct considerable considered continued course Court doubt East effect enemy English entered evidence examination fact fire Foot force four French give given guns hand Hope importance increase India Infantry island John land late less Lieutenant Lord March matter means miles military nature never object observed occasion officers once opinion party passed persons Port position possession present proceeded proved punishment purchase question rank received Regiment remained respect sailed ships side slave soldier squadron station success taken tion trade troops vessels vice whilst whole
Priljubljeni odlomki
Stran 103 - The friends thou hast, and their adoption tried, Grapple them to thy soul with hoops of steel ; But do not dull thy palm with entertainment Of each new-hatch'd, unfledg'd comrade.
Stran 141 - I die in all humility, knowing well that we are all alike before the Throne of God, and I request therefore that my mortal remains be conveyed to the grave without any pomp or state. They are to be moved to St.
Stran 51 - What, but a bleak and gloomy solitude, an island, thrown aside from human use, stormy in winter, and barren in summer ; an island, which not the southern savages have dignified with habitation ; where a garrison must be kept in a state that contemplates with envy the exiles of Siberia...
Stran 590 - No, Sir ; there is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern or inn.
Stran 10 - ... five feet out of the water. The lower deck beams now complained very much, and the whole frame of the ship underwent a trial which would have proved fatal to any less strengthened vessel. At this moment the rudder was unhung with a. sudden jerk, which broke up the rudder case and struck the driver boom with great force.
Stran 583 - The square described on the hypothenuse of a rightangled triangle is equal to the sum of the squares described on the other two sides.
Stran 200 - ... who had become endeared to me by their constant kindness and co-operation, and a participation of numerous sufferings. This trial I could not have been induced to undergo, but for the reasons they had so strongly urged the day before, to which my own judgment assented, and for the sanguine hope I felt of either finding a supply of...
Stran 201 - ... words can convey an idea of the filth and wretchedness that met our eyes on looking around. Our own misery had stolen upon us by degrees and we were accustomed to the contemplation of each other's emaciated figures, but the ghastly countenances, dilated eyeballs, and sepulchral voices of Captain Franklin and those with him were more than we could at first bear.
Stran 200 - I had only one blanket, which was carried for me, and two pair of shoes. The offer was now made for any of the men, who felt themselves too weak to proceed, to remain with the officers, but none of them accepted it. Michel alone felt some inclination to do so.
Stran 306 - He served in the North of Germany, in 1805-6, under Lord Cathcart; present at the siege and capture of Copenhagen in 1807 ; in the Peninsula from 1809 to 1814 (excepting the winters of 1810 and...