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... Algeciras now stands ; crossed the moun- tains and journeyed towards Cadiz , where he established the head quarters of his army . Then commenced an extensive scale of op- erations ; the Celts and Iberians were defeated , in several ...
... Algeciras now stands ; crossed the moun- tains and journeyed towards Cadiz , where he established the head quarters of his army . Then commenced an extensive scale of op- erations ; the Celts and Iberians were defeated , in several ...
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... Algeciras and Gibraltar , at the head of the bay . Tarif , built a castle on the eminence of that town , and fortified it consider- ably . The Moors retained possession of it near 600 years ; and it was finally taken , after a long ...
... Algeciras and Gibraltar , at the head of the bay . Tarif , built a castle on the eminence of that town , and fortified it consider- ably . The Moors retained possession of it near 600 years ; and it was finally taken , after a long ...
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... Algeciras , so celebrated in Moorish history ; at the bottom , a sandy beach , leading to a rising ground of gradual ascent , on the top of which , lay the small town of St. Roque , finely situat- ed ; a narrow strip of land , running ...
... Algeciras , so celebrated in Moorish history ; at the bottom , a sandy beach , leading to a rising ground of gradual ascent , on the top of which , lay the small town of St. Roque , finely situat- ed ; a narrow strip of land , running ...
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... Algeciras , in Spanish waters , and saved upwards of $ 25,000 to the United States . to The principal object of my visit to Gibraltar , was to establish the necessary credits , for the attempt which Mr. Keene was about making , to ...
... Algeciras , in Spanish waters , and saved upwards of $ 25,000 to the United States . to The principal object of my visit to Gibraltar , was to establish the necessary credits , for the attempt which Mr. Keene was about making , to ...
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... Algeciras , formed a treaty with Mahomet , King of Gre- nada ; and the forces of these Moorish Allies , prevented Alonzo from hazarding a battle , who , nevertheless , continued to besiege Gibraltar , until a rebellion broke out in ...
... Algeciras , formed a treaty with Mahomet , King of Gre- nada ; and the forces of these Moorish Allies , prevented Alonzo from hazarding a battle , who , nevertheless , continued to besiege Gibraltar , until a rebellion broke out in ...
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Seite 61 - Not a drum was heard, not a funeral note, As his corse to the rampart we hurried ; Not a soldier discharged his farewell shot O'er the grave where our hero we buried. We buried him darkly at dead of night, The sods with our bayonets turning ; By the struggling moonbeam's misty light And the lantern dimly burning.
Seite 369 - Mahometan nation, it is declared by the parties, that no pretext arising from religious opinions, shall ever produce an interruption of the harmony existing between the two countries.
Seite 61 - 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. But half of our heavy task was done When the clock struck the hour for retiring : And we heard the distant and random gun That the foe was sullenly firing.
Seite 61 - 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!
Seite 369 - As the government of the United States of America is not in any sense founded on the Christian religion — as it has in itself no character of enmity against the laws, religion or tranquillity of...
Seite 47 - William the King friendly salutes William the Bishop and Godfrey the portreve, and all the burgesses within London, both French and English. And I declare that I grant you to be all law-worthy as you were in the days of King Edward ; and I grant that every child shall be his father's heir, after his father's days ; and I will not suffer any person to do you wrong. God keep you.
Seite 338 - Caramalli, elder brother of the reigning Bashaw, and driven by him from his throne, meditated the recovery of his inheritance, and that a concert in action with us was desirable to him. We considered that concerted operations by those who have a common enemy were entirely justifiable, and might produce effects favorable to both without binding either to guarantee the objects of the other.
Seite xiii - Nothing, I think, would be so likely to effect this, as to your sect particularly, as the more careful attention to education, which you recommend, and which, placing its members on the equal and commanding benches of science, will exhibit them as equal objects of respect and favor. I salute you with great respect and esteem. (Signed) THOMAS JEFFERSON. MM NOAH, Esq.