...he river, the boat-shaped island “moored” by five bridges to the different shores, and the two unequal towns on either hand. We forget all that enumer... ...of falsehood. And then, when we come to the place where Lantenac meets the royal- ists, under the idea that he is going to meet the republicans, it se... ...n Mr. Spen- cer found his Synthetic Philosophy reverberated from the other shores of the Atlantic in the “barbaric yawp” of Whitman? 64 Robert Louis ... ...sert where we can see no human smoke.” In a little temple, hard by the sea-shore, they lay down to repose; sleep overtook them as they lay; and when t... ...on a favouring breeze towards the gal- lows; the disorderly abbess of Port Royal, who went about at fair time with soldiers and thieves, and conducted... ...Alma Mater interfered before the king; and the Provost was deprived of all royal offices, and condemned to return the bodies and erect a great stone c... ...s. In the exploits of Hawke, Rodney, or Nelson, this dead Mr. Pepys of the Navy Office had some considerable share. He stood well by his business in t... ...ts youth, he tells about it, as a matter of course, to a lieutenant in the navy; but in 1669, when it was already near an end, he could have bitten hi... ... while he was writing the journal for our enjoyment in his comely house in Navy Gardens, no fewer than two of his cousins were tramping the fens, kit ...

...4 Beauchamp’s Career sleep. We saw them in imagination lining the opposite shore; eagle and standard-bearers, and gallifers, brandishing their fowls a... ...of the national mettle? Where was the first line of England’s defence, her navy? These were questions, and Ministers were called upon to answer them. ... ...he Press answered them boldly, with the appalling statement that we had no navy and no army. At the most we could muster a few old ships, a couple of ... ...llenged the allegations of Government, pointed to the trimness of army and navy during its term of office, and proclaimed itself watch-dog of the coun... ...George Meredith past measure: his hugging of his army, his kneeling on the shore to his navy, his implorations of his yeomanry and his hedges, are sad... ...have given him anything— the last word in favour of the Country versus the royal Mar- tyr, for example, had he insisted on it. She gathered, bit by bi... ...h face con- cerning the declaration of war, and told with approval how the Royal hand had trembled in committing itself to the form of signature to wh... ... people would be so anxious to be at it if their man stood on the opposite shore and talked of trying conclusions on their green fields. And he sugges... ...What writing! He was uplifted as ‘The heroical Commander Beauchamp, of the Royal Navy,’ and ‘Commander Beauchamp, R.N., a gentleman of the highest con...

...nelaus and Neco -- The circumnavigation of Africa by the ancients -- Solomon's navy -- Discovery of the West Indies by Carthaginians -- Hamilcar's voy... ...l lands and fountains -- Astounding adventures of Hanuo -- Weird sights on the shores of ancient Africa -- Witches and Snake charmers -- Among the mer... ... Settlement of Iceland -- Discoveries of Erik the Red -- On Greenland's frigid shores -- The Sagas of old Icelandic history -- Discovery of America in... ...as of old Icelandic history -- Discovery of America in the year 889 -- Verdant shores and prolific woodlands -- Adventures in the New World -- The fir... ...wealth of Ormus -- Crossing the great Gobi desert -- The Polos attached to the Royal Court -- Marco is educated for the Khan's service -- Appointed go... ...-- A herd of 10,000 white horses and as many mares -- Mare's milk used only by royalty -- Marvellous power of the astrologers -- Not withstanding thei... ...s country -- The city of Quinsai with its marvellously beautiful Palace -- The royal preserves and magnificent gardens -- The man-eaters of Fugiu -- G... ...two fleets, sailing in opposite directions, at nearly the same time. SOLOMON'S NAVY. Thirteen hundred years after, the flood, as the Bible tells us, S... ...red years after, the flood, as the Bible tells us, Solomon built a very large ,navy on the Red Sea at a haven called Ezion Geber, from which a voyage ...

...'s surface -- Commerce of Troy with India -- Expeditions sent out by Menelaus and Neco -- The circumnavigation of Africa by the ancients -- Solomon's navy -- Discovery of the West Indies by Carthaginians -- Hamilcar's voyage to the North seas -- Wonderful lands and fountains -- Astounding adventures of Hanuo -- Weird sights on the shores of ancient Africa -- Witches and Sn...

...ere, so that we saw the fort with all 21 Trollope the honors. A dinner on shore was, I think, a greater treat to us even than this. We also inspected... ...e Nova Scotians seemed to be fully alive. But still, I think the dinner on shore took rank with us as the most memorable and meritorious of all that w... ...uch they first placed their feet on that hallowed rock at Plymouth, on the shore of Massachu- setts. They came here driven by no thirst of conquest, b... ... possible danger; whereupon those who accompanied the prince requested his Royal Highness to forbear. I fear that, in these careful days, crowned head... ...ortation of slaves, her breaches of treaty, and the bribery of her all but royal governor, are known to all men. But Canada is not dishonest; Canada i... ... States it is enacted that the Governor is commander-in-chief of the army, navy, and militia, showing that some army over and beyond the militia may b... ... is enacted that the Governor shall be “commander-in-chief of the army and navy of this State, and of the militia, except when they shall be called in... ...illed less respectably. It is but an industrious idleness, an attempt at a royal road to information, that habit of attending lectures. Let any man or... ...vernment at Washington had justified that proceeding. The Secretary of the Navy had distinctly done so in his official report; and that report had bee...

...an consciousness, finding itself afloat upon the bosom of waters without a shore—then a few sunny smiles and many tears—a little love and infinite str... ...enditure by uniting their slen- 44 Narrative and Miscellaneous Papers der establishments. One of the rules applied to the manage- ment of this vast m... ... proofs and at- testations direct and collateral. From the archives of the Royal Marine at Seville, from the autobiography or the heroine, from contem... ...o avert her own face, to announce him to Don Francisco, to wish him on the shores 86 Narrative and Miscellaneous Papers of that ancient river for cro... ...his disloyal desertion of a king’s ship, which might yet perhaps be run on shore, so as to save the stores. All the crew, to a man, deserted the capta... ...d been merely bringing stores to the station of Paita; and no corps of the royal armies was readily to be reached, whilst some- thing must be done at ... ...e- thing must be done at once for a livelihood. Urquiza had two mercantile establishments, one at Trujillo, to which he repaired in person, on Kate’s ... ...yours and mine. Bless you, Sir, she would scorn to look at us. I tell you, royalties are languishing to see her, or soon will be. But how can this com... ...rned. 232 Narrative and Miscellaneous Papers heroic leader in the English navy; and that in our own times, Admiral Coffin, though an American by birt...