Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 192W. Blackwood, 1912 - Scotland |
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Page 54
... took his share and won his knighthood in the expedition to Cadiz in 1595 , and was in the unsuccessful attempt to save Calais from the Spaniards . That share was not so consider- able as he was tempted to pic- ture it in later life ...
... took his share and won his knighthood in the expedition to Cadiz in 1595 , and was in the unsuccessful attempt to save Calais from the Spaniards . That share was not so consider- able as he was tempted to pic- ture it in later life ...
Page 58
... took himself to Florence and presented the Grand Duke with a long and very flourishing account of his life and capacity . It is in French , for he had still , strangely enough , no knowledge of Italian . Whether the Grand Duke believed ...
... took himself to Florence and presented the Grand Duke with a long and very flourishing account of his life and capacity . It is in French , for he had still , strangely enough , no knowledge of Italian . Whether the Grand Duke believed ...
Page 62
... took place on that day . His great - grandfather would probably have made the same demand in the same circum- stances . DAVID HANNAY . A FORGOTTEN BATTLE : A STUDY IN OBSCURE NAVAL HISTORY 62 [ July A Complete Elizabethan Gentleman .
... took place on that day . His great - grandfather would probably have made the same demand in the same circum- stances . DAVID HANNAY . A FORGOTTEN BATTLE : A STUDY IN OBSCURE NAVAL HISTORY 62 [ July A Complete Elizabethan Gentleman .
Page 64
... took his frigate into the channel and anchored her behind the islet . On the latter he put Captain Todd of the 69th with 50 soldiers ; and with the other half - hundred and his ship's company commenced a series of audacious descents ...
... took his frigate into the channel and anchored her behind the islet . On the latter he put Captain Todd of the 69th with 50 soldiers ; and with the other half - hundred and his ship's company commenced a series of audacious descents ...
Page 71
... took towing - lines ahead to get her under way . But the fighting days of the Sirius were over . Almost at once , amid the curses of her people , she took the ground again and remained immovable . The sufferings of Tantalus were as ...
... took towing - lines ahead to get her under way . But the fighting days of the Sirius were over . Almost at once , amid the curses of her people , she took the ground again and remained immovable . The sufferings of Tantalus were as ...
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