One Thousand Sayings of History Presented as Pictures in ProseGryphon Books, 1971 - 919 Seiten |
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... taken and hanged , was honored with burial in the centre aisle of Covent Garden Church , London , and a jocular epitaph was placed on the stone above his tomb . The rogue's gallantries with women had made him a romantic hero among the ...
... taken and hanged , was honored with burial in the centre aisle of Covent Garden Church , London , and a jocular epitaph was placed on the stone above his tomb . The rogue's gallantries with women had made him a romantic hero among the ...
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... taken into an English port as a prize . Another of Rodney's notable successes was the relief of Gibraltar , which he brought about by crushing the fleet of the Spanish admiral Don Juan de Langara off Cape St. Vincent ( Jan. 16 , 1780 ) ...
... taken into an English port as a prize . Another of Rodney's notable successes was the relief of Gibraltar , which he brought about by crushing the fleet of the Spanish admiral Don Juan de Langara off Cape St. Vincent ( Jan. 16 , 1780 ) ...
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... taken below . . . The captains were signalled to come to the flagship for a council in the emergency . Standing over the body of his commander , Michael Adrianzoon De Ruyter , himself one of the most brilliant of Dutch officers ...
... taken below . . . The captains were signalled to come to the flagship for a council in the emergency . Standing over the body of his commander , Michael Adrianzoon De Ruyter , himself one of the most brilliant of Dutch officers ...
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