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Sarmiento Y la Patagonia

By: Francisco M. Goyogana

...había reunido la mejor de las autoridades, un oficial de alta jerarquía de la Royal Navy. El anciano almirante respondió que agradecería a Dios la p... ...reunido la mejor de las autoridades, un oficial de alta jerarquía de la Royal Navy. El anciano almirante respondió que agradecería a Dios la prosper... ...ctor, cuya idea era contraria a la de Montes de Oca, y eran partidarios de un rearme inmediato, como lo demostraron los debates de la Cámara alta de... ... op. cit., p. 64; ibid., p. 216. 20 Letters Received by the Secretary of the Navy from Commanding Officiers of Squadrons (“Squadron Letters”), Wash... ...rvice, General Services Administration, 1973, reel 65, Captain Fred Rogers to Rear Admiral Henry Preeble (Commander South Pacific Squadron), 19-11-1... ..., General Services Administration, 1973, reel 65, Captain Fred Rogers to Rear Admiral Henry Preeble (Commander South Pacific Squadron), 19-11-1877, ...

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Heroes of Unknown Seas and Savage Lands

By: J. W. Buel

...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... ...lls into a condition of complete discouragement -- Letter written by the dying admiral -- The character of Cavendish 393- 404 CHAPTER XXXVIII. Voyage... ... place where the swimmer had been, and a moment later he would reappear in the rear, swimming away for dear life. After him again, the boat would slow... ... they to escape. Their horror was increased by the sight of a boat leaving the Admiral's ship laden with combustibles, the crew bearing lighted torche... ...d shavings about the vessel, and made ready to apply the torch, for it was the Admiral's order that the pilgrims should be burned alive. The unhappy A... ... his small force of cavalry, had made a detour, and arrived unperceived in the rear of the natives whom he charged with such impetuosity that many wer... ...e divisions, led respectively by Sandoval at the head, Alvarado commanding the rear, while Cortez had charge of the central division, in which were pl...

...'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...

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The World Factbook: 1987

By: Central Intelligence Agency

...obtain a subscription from: National Technical Information Service 5285 Port Royal Road Springfield, VA 22161 Tel: (703) 487-4630 or: Document Expedit... ...tocopy or micro- form from: National Technical Information Service 5285 Port Royal Road Springfield, VA 22161 Tel: (703) 487-4650 i or: Photoduplicati... ...ets; 1 satellite ground station Defense Forces Branches: Armed Forces, Army, Navy, Air Force, National Gendarmerie Military manpower: males 15-49, 5,2... ...5 per 100 popl.); 16 AM, 13 FM, 2 TV stations Defense Forces Branches: Army, Navy, Air Force/ Air Defense; paramilitary forces People's Defense Organi... ...e ground station Defense Forces Branches: Antigua and Barbuda Defense Force, Royal Antigua and Barbuda Police Force lOOOkm Sec regional maji IV Geogra... ...tation domestic satellite net- work Defense Forces Branches: Argentine Army, Navy of the Argentine Republic, Argentine Air Force, National Gendarmerie... ...la- tive Counil Government leaders: Gordon W. JEWKES, Governor (since 1985); Rear Admiral Christopher CAYMAN, Com- mander of the British Armed Forces ... ...ive Counil Government leaders: Gordon W. JEWKES, Governor (since 1985); Rear Admiral Christopher CAYMAN, Com- mander of the British Armed Forces (sinc...

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Aus Com

By: Christine Jones

...xture of the old armed forces. The sun’s heat penetrated Roxanne's thick, navy, woollen coat, making it heavy and uncomfortable. The military emble... ...ding and equipment were used for Defect labour. The three services, Army, Navy and Air Force uniforms were issued on size only, one could be given a... ... Atlas, she assumed that a certain woman had given the outsider the right royal treatment. Considering the lack of surface nutrition, he appeared to... ...ife style felt nothing more than a den of hidden technology attempting to rear its ugly head again. He didn't want to go or stay with the past and ... ... P T E R 2 1 Driving the truck, exhaustion dulled Shaun's thoughts. In the rear vision mirror, the glare of headlights reminded him of their miracle ... ...ter's shaven head made him stand out from his two henchmen that he called Admiral and General. Decorations from medals to women's jewellery adorned ... ...t the only one holding a hostage. Both he and the taller of his henchmen, Admiral, would not think twice about slitting the young men’s throats. The... ...expression soured to snarl at Alex. "This is an insult." "Entertainment," Admiral said through rotting teeth. "Make an example of her." His expressi... ...rated into two groups, one was to enter through the front, the other, the rear of the building. Progressing quickly towards Aus Com, Roxanne looked ...

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The Williams Record

By: Student Media

...ou are loyal Williams men, striving for the ad- vancement of the Grand Old Royal Purple. " CHB average man would be astoaished to tee the many intrica... ...llowed by social ostracism, ami even Lady ]Mary proves untrue. Finally his royal identity is disclosed hy the French ambassador,and as LouisPlnlippe, ... ...sidernible progress was made in the reoonBtruction of Alum- ni Hall at the rear of the old chapel. On tho first Hoor a small window has been cut throu... ...sselaer prior to the entertainment. Tlie program follows: PART I. 1 (a) ' 'Royal Purple" Bartlett '95 Come Fill Your Glasses Up" Words by H. S. Patter... ...ments is the altera- tion, not yet complete, of the old Alumni Ball at the rear of Good- rich Hall. On the first floor of this building two recitation... ...pnrt the giible in the third story. There is iilAi) a broad veranda ut the rear of I lit! house. A wide hall extending to the roof occupies the center... ... is as follows; Hon. Vereqneckett Haielton '09 Miss Dyott Biggins '11 Rear Admiral Archibold RaukliuR • Kite -as Mrs. Rankling McLellau '11 Dinah Hans... ...the female parts in previous casts. The impersonation of the parts of Rear Admiral Rankling and Hon. Vere Quaokott by Hite '08 and Hazelton '09 respec... ...at its best, and in that department there is room for improvement. Hite as Admiral Rankling dis- plays the most consistent acting although his part ca...

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The Writings of Abraham Lincoln in Seven Volumes Volume 6 of 7

By: Abraham Lincoln

...g to throw General Fremont’s force and part of General McDowell’s in their rear. A. LINCOLN, President. 14 The Writings of Abraham Lincoln: V ol Six ... ... line to get troops for other places that it was broken yesterday at Front Royal, with a probable loss to us of one regiment infan- try, two Companies... ...ession as to the number of the enemy’s forces north of Strasburg and Front Royal. Are the forces still moving north through the gap at Front Royal and... ...ohnson are pouring through the gap they made day before yesterday at Front Royal, making a dash northward. It will be a very valuable and very honorab... ...oving to Harrisonburg; both these movements intended to get in the enemy’s rear. One more of McDowell’s brigades is ordered through here to Harper’s F... ...continuous rains I am very anxious about the Chickahominy so close in your rear and crossing your line of communication. Please look to it. A. LINCOLN... ... causes, civil and criminal, including causes in law, equity, revenue, and admiralty, and particularly all such 154 The Writings of Abraham Lincoln: ... ...o recommend an appropriation in behalf of the owners of the Norwegian bark Admiral P . Tordenskiold, which vessel was in May, 1861, prevented by the c... ... recommend that Commander David D. Porter, United States Navy, acting rear-admiral, commanding the Mississippi Squad- ron, receive a vote of thanks of...

...Excerpt: The third section of the ?Act further to promote the efficiency of the Navy,? approved 21st of December, 1861, provides: ?That the President of the United States by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall have the authority to detail from the retired list of the navy for the command...

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Le Morte Darthur

By: Thomas Malory

...ruage for Britain. W hen King Arthur had after long war rested, and held a royal feast and Table Round with his al lies of kings, princes, and noble k... ...all of the Round Table, there came into his hall, he sitting in his throne royal, twelve ancient men, bearing each of them a branch of olive, in token... ...ble maintenance. On New Year’s Day we saw him in his estate, which was the royalest that ever we saw, for he was served at his table with nine kings, ... ...rtugal, with many thousands of Spaniards. Thus all these kings, dukes, and admirals, assembled about Rome, with six- teen kings at once, with great mu... ...arliament at Y ork. And at that parliament was concluded to arrest all the navy of the land, and to be ready within fifteen days at Sandwich, and ther... ...nly, and slew and detrenched many of the Romans, and slew many knights and admirals of the party of the Ro- 15 Le Morte Darthur – Book V mans and Sar... ...d castles from the Ro- mans. Then the king commanded Sir Cador to take the rear- ward, and to take with him certain knights of the Round Table, and Si... ...nd after smote off his head. There Sir Gawaine fought nobly and slew three admirals in that battle. And so did all the knights of the Round Table. Thu... ...ound. And then anon the king let do cry assault to the city, and there was rear- ing of ladders, breaking of walls, and the ditch filled, that men wit...

...apter 1. How twelve aged ambassadors of Rome came to King Arthur to demand truage for Britain. When King Arthur had after long war rested, and held a royal feast and Table Round with his al lies of kings, princes, and noble knights all of the Round Table, there came into his hall, he sitting in his throne royal, twelve ancient men, bearing each of them a branch of olive, i...

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Ten Years Later

By: Alexandre Dumas

...rsity The Pennsylvania State University is an equal opportunity university. 3 Dumas Twenty Years After by Alexandre Dumas [Pere] Chapter 1 The Shade ... ...inister; as well as from the distant and incessant sounds of guns fir- ing—let off, happily, without other end or aim, except to show to the guards, t... ...oises prove to me, indeed, that the destiny of favorites is precarious; but ye shall know I am no ordinary favorite. No! The Earl of Essex, ’tis true,... ...in the cavalry, never to fire the first shot. He who fires the first shot rarely hits his man, for he fires with the apprehension of being disarmed, b... ...get there.” D’Artagnan then saw a musket-barrel leveled at him; he had no time to draw from his holsters. He recalled a bit of 216 Twenty Years After... ...oul, swimming on; then address- ing the traveler, who was struggling twenty yards in front of him: “Courage, sir!” said he, “courage! we are coming to... ...highness is furious! To such a degree, I assure you, though I would not say so to others, that if the queen, acknowledging the injuries she has done m... ...he less, if only to mask the conferences.” “Poor creatures!” said Athos, “who are going to be killed, in order that Monsieur de Bouillon may have his ... ...entrance at court, receiv- ing ample reparation for the wrongs he had suffered, and all the honor due to his rank. Full pardon was accorded to those w...

...Excerpt: The Shade of Cardinal Richelieu. In a splendid chamber of the Palais Royal, formerly styled the Palais Cardinal, a man was sitting in deep reverie, his head supported on his hands, leaning over a gilt and inlaid table which was covered with letters and papers. Behind this figure glowed a vast ...

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Moby Dick; Or the Whale

By: Herman Melville

...rt and the Tuileries for ye! But gulp down your tears and hie aloft to the royal-mast with your hearts; for your friends who have gone before are clea... ...guarding and protecting the seas from pirates and robbers, is the right to royal fish, which are whale and sturgeon. And these, when either thrown ash... ...om these fresh attacks, the infuriated Sperm Whale rolls over and over; he rears his enormous head, and with wide expanded jaws snaps at ev- erything ... ...myself involuntarily pausing before coffin warehouses, and bringing up the rear of every funeral I meet; and especially whenever my hypos get such an ... ... right before the mast, plumb down into the forecastle, aloft there to the royal mast-head. True, they rather order me about some, and make me jump fr... ...r the pulpit is ever this earth’s foremost part; all the rest comes in its rear; the pulpit leads the world. From thence it is the storm of God’s quic... ...t we whalemen are, and have been. Why did the Dutch in De Witt’s time have admirals of their whaling fleets? Why did Louis XVI. of France, at his own ... ...olumn marks that point of human grandeur beyond which few mortals will go. Admiral Nelson, also, on a capstan of gun-metal, stands his mast-head in Tr... ... hereof. Langsdorff, you must know by the way, was attached to the Russian Admiral Krusenstern’s famous Discovery Expedition in the beginning of the p...

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Moby-Dick or the Whale

By: Herman Melville

...rt and the Tuileries for ye! But gulp down your tears and hie aloft to the royal mast with your hearts; for your friends who have gone before are clea... ...guarding and protecting the seas from pirates and robbers, is the right to royal fish, which are whale and sturgeon. And these, when either thrown asho... ...om these fresh attacks, the infuriated Sperm Whale rolls over and over; he rears his enormous head, and with wide expanded jaw snaps at everything aro... ... myself involuntarily pausing before coffin warehouses, and bringing up the rear of every funeral I meet; and especially whenever my hypos get such an ... ... right before the mast, plumb down into the forecastle, aloft there to the royal mast head. True, they rather order me about some, and make me jump fr... ...r the pulpit is ever this earth’s foremost part; all the rest comes in its rear; the pulpit leads the world. From thence it is the storm of God’s quic... ...t we whalemen are, and have been. Why did the Dutch in De Witt’s time have admirals of their whaling fleets? Why did Louis XVI. of France, at his own p... ...olumn marks that point of human grandeur beyond which few mortals will go. Admiral Nelson, also, on a capstan of gun metal, stands his mast head in T... ... hereof. Langsdorff, you must know by the way, was attached to the Russian Admiral Krusenstern’s famous Discovery Expedition in the beginning of the p...

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What Is Man and Other Essays of Mark Twain

By: Mark Twain

...und in the merit of it—it is not his. Mark T wain 11 Y.M. But, anyway, he reared the plant after she watered the seed. O.M. No. outside influences ... ...: he would face part of the herd the other way and protect both front and rear. Y.M. Did you stay the term instinct is meaningless? O.M. I think it i... ...six of the Henrys cover 227 years. It might have been well to name all the royal princes Henry, but this was overlooked until it was too late. ( Image... ...orld—Bosworth Field—and tradition says it never grew there until Richard’s royal blood warmed its hidden seed to life and made it grow. Henry VII.; tw... ... was the one subject of conversation in the world, the gilded generals and admirals and governors were discussing him, all the kings and queens and em... ...e church. Then the square filled up; not with civilians, but with army and navy officers in showy and beautiful uniforms. They filled it compactly, le... ...e ar rival, with rain of stones and a crash of glass; the with drawal to rearrange plans—followed by a silence ominous, threatening, and harder to b... ...d they cover with derision every argument that can be invented in favor of royalty by the most ingenious casuist. In his time the husband of this prin... ...orians, biographers, editors, inventors, reformers, states men, generals, admirals, discoverers, prize fighters, mur derers, pirates, conspirators, ...

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The Iliad of Homer

By: Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744

...He sued to all, but chief implored for grace The brother-kings, of Atreus’ royal race 6 “Ye kings and warriors! may your vows be crown’d, And T roy’s ... ..., or Ajax shall fulfil, Or wise Ulysses see perform’d our will; Or, if our royal pleasure shall ordain, Achilles’ self conduct her o’er the main; 61 ... ...pride! Inglorious slave to interest, ever join’d With fraud, unworthy of a royal mind! What generous Greek, obedient to thy word, Shall form an ambush... ... The ships and tents in mingled prospect lay. But raging still, amidst his navy sat The stern Achilles, stedfast in his hate; Nor mix’d in combat, nor... ...nce Eurytus in proud triumph reign’d, Or where her humbler turrets T ricca rears, Or where Ithome, rough with rocks, appears, In thirty sail the spark... ...; High at their head he saw the chief appear, And bold Meriones excite the rear. At this the king his generous joy express’d, And clasp’d the warrior ... ...s supplies, Like the red star that fires the autumnal skies, When fresh he rears his radiant orb to sight, And, bathed in ocean, shoots a keener light... ...As when the mountain-oak, or poplar tall, Or pine, fit mast for some great admiral, Groans to the oft-heaved axe, with many a wound, Then spreads a le... ...Then as the mountain oak, or poplar tall, Or pine (fit mast for some great admiral) Nods to the axe, till with a groaning sound It sinks, and spreads ...

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Adventures in the South Seas

By: Herman Melville

... two clans, and the next morning brought all the others to the feet of his royal ally. Nor was the rise of his domestic fortunes at all behind the Cor... ...rise, the farewell shouts from the canoe, as we dashed along under bellied royals, were heard unmoved by our islander; but it was not long thus. That ... ...ubjects for tattooing that the profession became quite needy. The 28 Omoo royal ally of Hardy, however, hit upon a benevolent expedi- ent to provide ... ...ould do nothing more. One evening just as he was getting supper, the Julia reared up on her stern like a vicious colt, and when she settled again forw... ...ine Blanche, last from the Marquesas, and carrying at the fore the flag of Rear-Admiral Du Petit Thouars. Hardly had we made her out, when the booming... ...lanche, last from the Marquesas, and carrying at the fore the flag of Rear-Admiral Du Petit Thouars. Hardly had we made her out, when the booming of h... ...low running aloft in his line frock to-day, to-morrow stands sentry at the admiral’s cabin door. This is fatal to anything like proper sailor pride. T... ...mous guns, as if their arms were made for nothing else. Then there was the admiral aboard, also; and, no doubt, he too had a paternal eye over them. I... ...on at the T uilleries. After establishing the Protectorate, so called, the rear-ad- miral sailed; leaving M. Bruat governor, assisted by Reine and Car...

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Plutarchs Lives Volume One

By: Hugh Clough

...e Athenian theaters; neither did Hesiod avail him by calling him “the most royal Minos,” nor Homer, who styles him “Jupiter’s familiar friend;” the tr... ...he dug or teat of any creature ruma, and there is a tutelar goddess of the rearing of children whom they still call Rumilia, in sacrificing to whom th... ...ight smite and overthrow his en- emy; and the spoils were called opima, or royal spoils, says Varro, from their richness, which the word opes signifie... ...of his eminent virtues, than because he was regent to the king and had the royal power in his hands. Some, however, envied and sought to impede his gr... ...d breed would prove their bad qualities first upon those who kept and were rearing them, and well-born children, in like manner, their good qualities.... ...infant, and, if they found it stout and well made, they gave order for its rearing, and al- lotted to it one of the nine thousand shares of land above... ...reeks would have the Lacedaemonians to command, and Eurybiades to be their admiral; but the Athenians, who surpassed all the rest to- gether in number... ...ivately to Xerxes, commanding him to tell the king, that Themistocles, the admiral of the Athenians, having espoused his interest, wished to be the fi... ... done in the fight. When Themistocles was about to sacrifice, close to the admiral’s galley, there were three prisoners brought to him, fine looking m...

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Notes on a Journey from Cornhill to Grand Cairo

By: William Makepeace Thackeray

...one makes them a third-rate maritime power in Europe) should appoint a few admirals in their navy, I hope to hear that your flag is hoisted on board o... ...hird-rate maritime power in Europe) should appoint a few admirals in their navy, I hope to hear that your flag is hoisted on board one of the grandest... ...mbling, shining, purple waves:and there we beheld, for the first time, the Royal red and yellow standard of Spain floating on its own ground, under th... ...Bundy 8 Notes on a Journey from Cornhill to Grand Cairo and Her Majesty’s Royal mail embarked with much majesty; and in the twinkling of an eye, the ... ...d the chaise in which I drove) were brought suddenly up to a gate with the Royal arms over it; and here we were introduced to as queer an exhibition a... ...berths. It was pleasant, certainly, to laugh at 21 Thackeray Joinville’s admiral’s flag floating at his foremast, in yonder black ship, with its two... ... the navy, being somewhat more mature in the service than Lieutenant Peel, Rear-Admiral Prince de Joinville, and other command- ers who need not be me... ...navy, being somewhat more mature in the service than Lieutenant Peel, Rear-Admiral Prince de Joinville, and other command- ers who need not be mention... ...ecked grey Arab, bristling over with harness, and jumped, and whirled, and reared, and halted, to the admiration of all. Scarce had the diachylonian A...

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A Child's History of England

By: Charles Dickens

... lovely girl of only seven teen or eighteen, to be stolen from one of the Royal Palaces, branded in the cheek with a red hot iron, and sold into sla... ...ntry, and aided by a storm occasioned the loss of nearly the whole English navy. There was but one man of note, at this miser able pass, who was true... ... This was called ‘touching for the King’s Evil,’ which afterwards became a royal custom. You know, however, Who really touched the sick, and healed th... ...light, were the English on a hill; a wood behind them; in their midst, the Royal banner, representing a fighting war rior, woven in gold thread, ador... ...at. Then went six hundred English bowmen round about, and, coming upon the rear of the French army, rained arrows on them thick and fast. The French k... ... in killing those who would not surrender, when a great noise arose in the rear of the French—their flying banners were seen to stop—and King Henry, s... ...ce when it could and left England in the lurch. Sir Edward Howard, a bold admiral, son of the Earl of Surrey, distinguished himself by his bravery ag... ...e for the de feat and death of Sir Thomas Knyvett , another bold English admiral) to take some strong French ships, well defended with batteries of ... ...ara tions for this purpose, in order to be beforehand with them sent out Admiral Drake (a famous navigator, who had sailed about the world, and had...

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A Footnote to History

By: Robert Louis Stevenson

...ho is the king?” they had supplied a new one, “What is the vice-king?” Two royal lines; some cloudy idea of alternation between the two; an electorate... ...ave said, stood waiting: Mataafa, titular of Atua, descended from both the royal lines, late joint king with Tamasese, fobbed off with nothing in the ... ...e was re- fused a bodyguard. He was turned out of Mulinuu, the seat of his royalty, on a land claim of Weber’s, fled across the Mulivai, and “had the ... ...stily withdrew towards the south side of the island, leaving in the bush a rear-guard under a young man of the name of Saifaleupolu. According to some... ...ined, with equal spirit, across the narrow barrier of the Fuisa. The whole rear of the T amaseses was enfiladed by this flank fire; and I have seen a ... ...ee sides; it was besides almost cut off from the sea; and across its whole rear and only way of retreat a fire of hostile bullets crossed from east an... ...n Apia bay H. B. M. S. Cal- liope, Captain Kane, carrying the flag of Rear-Admiral Fairfax, 70 A Footnote to History and the gunboat Lizard, Lieutena... ...ry and the gunboat Lizard, Lieutenant-Commander Pelly. It was rumoured the admiral had come to recognise the gov- ernment of Tamasese, I believe in er... ... the house of a British subject near the consulate; the consul reported to Admiral Fairfax; and, on the morning of the 10th, the admiral despatched Ca...

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The Writings of Abraham Lincoln in Seven Volumes Volume 7 of 7

By: Abraham Lincoln

...e Government above the rank of colonel in the army or of lieutenant in the navy; all who left seats in the United States Congress to aid the rebellion... ...nts where decrees of restitution have been rendered and damages awarded by admiralty courts, and in other cases where this government may be acknowled... ...he act approved 16th July, 1862, nominate Commander D. D. Por- ter to be a rear-admiral in the Navy on the active list from the 4th July, 1863, to fil... ...t approved 16th July, 1862, nominate Commander D. D. Por- ter to be a rear-admiral in the Navy on the active list from the 4th July, 1863, to fill an ... ...oncur) that General Gillmore will courteously confer with, and explain to, Admiral Dahlgren. In regard to the Western matter, I believe the program wi... ...asury having designated New Orleans, Mem- phis, Nashville, Pensacola, Port Royal, Beaufort (North Caro- lina), and Norfolk, as places of purchase, and... ...u cannot fail. I name none lest I wrong others by omission. To all, from rear- admiral to honest Jack, I tender the nation’s admiration and gratitud... ...d and our arms have steadily advanced, thus liberating the regions left in rear, so that Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, and parts of other States have... ..., in the State of Virginia; Beaufort, in the State of North Carolina; Port Royal, in the State of South Carolina; Pensacola and Fernandina, in the Sta...

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Plutarchs Lives Volume Two

By: Hugh Clough

...n to take post in a thickly wooded watercourse, with these he attacked the rear of Aquinus in his return, while he himself, charging him in the front,... ...ake the hill, where if Pompey should assault him, they might fall upon his rear. Pompey discovered this too late, and not daring to give battle, for f... ...t; declaring that he was willing that king Mithridates should exercise all royal power and authority over Bithynia and Cappadocia, countries accus- to... ...diccas, both out of respect to him, and a desire not to be absent from the royal family. But Perdiccas, believing he was able enough to attain his own... ... to prosecute the war against him. Passing by Mount Ida, where there was a royal establishment of horses, Eumenes took as many as he had occasion for,... ...abeni, so that the front was quartered nearly a thousand furlongs from the rear; which Antigonus understanding, marched suddenly towards them, taking ... ...march, he received a staff from the government at Sparta, appoint- ing him admiral as well as general. This was an honor which was never done to any b... ...eclipse of the sun, and with ill news from the navy, Pisander, the Spartan admiral, being beaten and slain at Cnidos, by Pharnabazus and Conon. He was... ..., whereby there was granted to him, not only the government of the seas as admiral, but in direct words, sole and irrespon- sible sovereignty over all...

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A Book of Golden Deeds

By: Charlotte Mary Yonge

...untain path that would enable the enemy to take the brave defenders in the rear! A Persian gen- eral, named Hydarnes, was sent off at nightfall with a... ...me the front rank of Decius’ men began to fall back upon the line in their rear. This was the token he had waited for. He called to Valerius, the chie... ...he called the jarls away, and returning humbly to his palace, took off his royal robes, and came again barefoot and in sackcloth to the church door, w... ...est in England. This whole glittering army, at their head the King’s great royal standard bearing the golden lilies of France quartered with the lions... ... ever since the disputed succession of Bruce and Balliol had unsettled all royal authority, and led to one perpetual war with the English. The twenty ... ... my mother!’ With anguish sore she shakes the door. Once more Sir Kunz is rearing His giant head. His errand sped She sees him reappearing. Her seco... ...in pursuit, with the En- glish vessels, and wrote to the First Lord of the Admiralty: ‘Be they bound to the Antipodes, your lordship may rely that I w... ... he not the son of the brave Casabianca, the flag-captain? And is not this Admiral Brueys’ own ship, looking down in scorn on the fourteen little Engl... ...ual mean way of disavowing whatever turned out ill, he laid the blame upon Admiral Brueys; but, though dead men could not tell tales, his papers made ...

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