The Struggle for Sea Power, Book IV of the Story of the WorldCosimo, Inc., 2013年1月1日 - 248 頁 "Covers the history of the world from the American Revolution to Waterloo--from 1745-1815--and includes tales of: the black hole of Calcutta; George Washington, solider and patriot; how Pitt saved England; The Declaration of Independence and much more."--Cover back. |
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第 9 頁
... or die of a fever . " His voyage was unusually long and tedious , last- ing over a year . At last he arrived at the port of Madras - a barren spot beaten by a raging surf- 10 CLIVE'S ATTACK ON ARCOT . [ 1751 . to THE BOSTON TEA-SHIPS.
... or die of a fever . " His voyage was unusually long and tedious , last- ing over a year . At last he arrived at the port of Madras - a barren spot beaten by a raging surf- 10 CLIVE'S ATTACK ON ARCOT . [ 1751 . to THE BOSTON TEA-SHIPS.
第 14 頁
... arrived at Calcutta , and soon the British flag was waving above the town . Meanwhile the Nawab was waiting for him at Plassey , some ninety - six miles to the north of Calcutta , with a tremendous army , at least twenty times the size ...
... arrived at Calcutta , and soon the British flag was waving above the town . Meanwhile the Nawab was waiting for him at Plassey , some ninety - six miles to the north of Calcutta , with a tremendous army , at least twenty times the size ...
第 29 頁
... sailors dashed down upon it and broke it into fragments . August arrived , with storms and cold . Fever took hold of Wolfe . Always frail in body , he lay 1 30 PREPARING FOR THE ATTACK . [ 1759 . THE RISE OF WELLINGTON.
... sailors dashed down upon it and broke it into fragments . August arrived , with storms and cold . Fever took hold of Wolfe . Always frail in body , he lay 1 30 PREPARING FOR THE ATTACK . [ 1759 . THE RISE OF WELLINGTON.
第 30 頁
... arrived : it was September 12 . " Officers and men will remember what their country expects of them , " he cried , as he gave his troops the final orders . It was one of the most daring exploits in the world's history . At two o'clock ...
... arrived : it was September 12 . " Officers and men will remember what their country expects of them , " he cried , as he gave his troops the final orders . It was one of the most daring exploits in the world's history . At two o'clock ...
第 42 頁
... arrival . At sunrise on December 17 the twenty days would have expired . The English ship still lay at anchor with her cargo on board . Would she sail home again , or would her sailors fight ? It was late in the afternoon of the 16th ...
... arrival . At sunrise on December 17 the twenty days would have expired . The English ship still lay at anchor with her cargo on board . Would she sail home again , or would her sailors fight ? It was late in the afternoon of the 16th ...
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JAMES BRUCE AND THE NILE | 55 |
MARIE ANTOINETTE | 65 |
THE FLIGHT TO VARENNES | 75 |
A REIGN OF TERROR | 81 |
HORATIO NELSON | 90 |
THE TRAVELS OF BARON HUMBOLDT | 101 |
THE BEGINNING OF THE STRUGGLE | 107 |
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第 170 頁 - I hope the people of England will be satisfied!" "I hope my country will do me justice!
第 170 頁 - We thought, as we hollowed his narrow bed, And smoothed down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread o'er his head, And we far away on the billow ! Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him, — But little he'll reck, if they let him sleep on In the grave where a Briton has laid him.
第 130 頁 - May the great God whom I worship, grant to my country, and for the benefit of Europe in general, a great and glorious victory, and may no misconduct in any one tarnish it, and may humanity after victory be the predominant feature in the British fleet!
第 142 頁 - Where he greatly stood at bay, Whence he issued forth anew, And ever great and greater grew, Beating from the wasted vines Back to France...
第 166 頁 - Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame fresh and gory; We carved not a line, and we raised not a stone, But we left him alone with his glory.
第 25 頁 - Resolved, That a committee, in conjunction with one from the Senate, be appointed to consider on the most suitable manner of paying honor to the memory of the man, first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his fellow-citizens.
第 23 頁 - Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire, called conscience.
第 170 頁 - By the struggling moonbeam's misty light And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Nor in sheet nor in shroud we wound him; But he lay like a warrior taking his rest With his martial cloak around him. Few and short were the prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow, But we steadfastly gazed on the face of the dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow.
第 139 頁 - Burke, moved even to tears, exclaimed, "It is not a chip of the old block; it is the old block itself.