The United Service JournalH. Colburn, 1833 |
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... king's troops , the Colonial Government was compelled to enter into terms with them . Hence the Maroons be- came a prominent feature in the internal strength of the island , and attracted the attention of the Colonial Legislature . They ...
... king's troops , the Colonial Government was compelled to enter into terms with them . Hence the Maroons be- came a prominent feature in the internal strength of the island , and attracted the attention of the Colonial Legislature . They ...
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... king's duty , " but , most undeniably , if the Spaniards paid no " king's duty , " they paid the piper ! While the divers articles were carried away by the purchasers , the wounded were carrying away to the hospitals and camp , and the ...
... king's duty , " but , most undeniably , if the Spaniards paid no " king's duty , " they paid the piper ! While the divers articles were carried away by the purchasers , the wounded were carrying away to the hospitals and camp , and the ...
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... King's German Legion , to whom I am much indebted for the interest he has taken in my introducing this knapsack into the British army ; and he has rendered me the greatest assistance in super- intending the manufacture of the knapsacks ...
... King's German Legion , to whom I am much indebted for the interest he has taken in my introducing this knapsack into the British army ; and he has rendered me the greatest assistance in super- intending the manufacture of the knapsacks ...
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... King's German Legion , declare , that if they had worn these new knapsacks during their campaigns in the Peninsula they would have been saved from many a painful march , and they were sure that our soldiers would be greatly bene- fited ...
... King's German Legion , declare , that if they had worn these new knapsacks during their campaigns in the Peninsula they would have been saved from many a painful march , and they were sure that our soldiers would be greatly bene- fited ...
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... King's German Legion , were nearly rendered unserviceable by two successive campaigns . They were made of painted canvass , which was chiefly injured in those parts where the straps , buckles , stays , & c . , were fastened . This ...
... King's German Legion , were nearly rendered unserviceable by two successive campaigns . They were made of painted canvass , which was chiefly injured in those parts where the straps , buckles , stays , & c . , were fastened . This ...
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Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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 ;...
Página 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.