Narrative of the Expedition which Sailed from England in 1817, to Join the South American Patriots: Comprising Every Particular Connected with Its Formation, History, and Fate; with Observations and Authentic Information Elucidating the Real Character of the Contest, Mode of Warfare, State of the Armies, &c |
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... was a sanguine hope of promoting that worldly prosperity in a foreign country ,
which my utmost exertions in my own had failed to procure ; yet no consideration
would have prevailed on me to adopt that course , had I conceived it to be one ...
... was a sanguine hope of promoting that worldly prosperity in a foreign country ,
which my utmost exertions in my own had failed to procure ; yet no consideration
would have prevailed on me to adopt that course , had I conceived it to be one ...
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Captain Sharpe on this day seriously contemplated putting into Plymouth , in
consequence of the severity of the weather , adverse winds , and the little way we
were making in our course . 14th . Arrived at Falmouth Harbour about ten o'clock
in ...
Captain Sharpe on this day seriously contemplated putting into Plymouth , in
consequence of the severity of the weather , adverse winds , and the little way we
were making in our course . 14th . Arrived at Falmouth Harbour about ten o'clock
in ...
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Cleared the Bay of Biscay , making good way in our course , with a brisk easterly
wind , at the rate of from eight to ten knots an hour . This being Christmas - day ,
we endeavoured to make ourselves as happy and comfortable as circumstances
...
Cleared the Bay of Biscay , making good way in our course , with a brisk easterly
wind , at the rate of from eight to ten knots an hour . This being Christmas - day ,
we endeavoured to make ourselves as happy and comfortable as circumstances
...
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Light breezes from the W. and by N. , making scarcely any way in our course . 3rd
. Becalmed . Captain Sharpe had the jolly boat lowered , and rowed round to see
the trim of the ship , after which I accompanied the Colonel , Captain , and ...
Light breezes from the W. and by N. , making scarcely any way in our course . 3rd
. Becalmed . Captain Sharpe had the jolly boat lowered , and rowed round to see
the trim of the ship , after which I accompanied the Colonel , Captain , and ...
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... but a description of the manner in which it was celebrated upon the present
occasion will be perhaps excusable , as serving to vary the monotonous
character of a sea journal . Had our course been so far to the south this whimsical
custom ...
... but a description of the manner in which it was celebrated upon the present
occasion will be perhaps excusable , as serving to vary the monotonous
character of a sea journal . Had our course been so far to the south this whimsical
custom ...
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| Título | Narrative of the Expedition which Sailed from England in 1817, to Join the South American Patriots: Comprising Every Particular Connected with Its Formation, History, and Fate; with Observations and Authentic Information Elucidating the Real Character of the Contest, Mode of Warfare, State of ... [Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary ... ] |
| Autor | James Hackett |
| Editor | J. Murray, 1818 |
| Procedencia del original | la Universidad Complutense de Madrid |
| Digitalizado | 21 Abr. 2008 |
| Largo | 144 páginas |
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