The Age of BlakeLionel William Lyde Black, 1899 - 192 Seiten |
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... taken almost entirely from the delightful pages of Master Richard Hakluyt , ' Preacher and sometimes Student of Christ Church in Oxford ' — with a few slight alterations of the text . For such of the Verse as is copyright , I have to ...
... taken almost entirely from the delightful pages of Master Richard Hakluyt , ' Preacher and sometimes Student of Christ Church in Oxford ' — with a few slight alterations of the text . For such of the Verse as is copyright , I have to ...
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... taken from the Spaniards during this epoch only emphasizes the courage , endurance , and seamanship of the English sailors ; and it is the seamanship which is most wonderful , for the means at their command were in theory contemptible ...
... taken from the Spaniards during this epoch only emphasizes the courage , endurance , and seamanship of the English sailors ; and it is the seamanship which is most wonderful , for the means at their command were in theory contemptible ...
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... ; but the press and store of the Turks was so great that they were not able long to endure , but were so over- pressed that they could not wield their weapons . And by reason thereof , they must needs be taken , JOHN FOX 21.
... ; but the press and store of the Turks was so great that they were not able long to endure , but were so over- pressed that they could not wield their weapons . And by reason thereof , they must needs be taken , JOHN FOX 21.
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Lionel William Lyde. by reason thereof , they must needs be taken , which none of them intended to have been , but rather to have died . I except only the master's mate , who shrank from the skirmish like a notable coward , esteeming ...
Lionel William Lyde. by reason thereof , they must needs be taken , which none of them intended to have been , but rather to have died . I except only the master's mate , who shrank from the skirmish like a notable coward , esteeming ...
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... taken by the Turks ' force , and were of sixteen sundry nations . Among which there were three Englishmen , whereof one was named John Fox , of Woodbridge in Suffolk , the other , William Wickney , of Portsmouth , in the county of ...
... taken by the Turks ' force , and were of sixteen sundry nations . Among which there were three Englishmen , whereof one was named John Fox , of Woodbridge in Suffolk , the other , William Wickney , of Portsmouth , in the county of ...
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aboard admiral Angel Gabriel Armada Azores boat called Cape captain carrack cast Centurion clock coast commanded courage danger descried divers Drake Duke Edited Elizabeth enemy England English ships fell fight fire frigate Frobisher galleons galleys gave Golden Hind hands hath Hawkins Henry Henry of Navarre honour hundred hurt Illustrations Indies island Isle John Fox king of Spain L. W. LYDE land leagues London Lord Howard M.A. Price Majesty's master masts Merchant Royal merchants morning musket Navarre night oars ordnance Peter Unticaro Philip pinnace plunder Plymouth Plymouth Hoe Portugal Price 18 prison ready rest Revenge sail sailors sent shore side sight Sir John Burrough Sir Richard Sir Walter Raleigh slain small ships soldiers sort Spaniards Spanish Armada Spanish fleet Spanish galleys Special Introduction squadron Straits of Gibraltar tons Turks unto valiant vessels vice-admiral victory victuals voyage West whereof wind wounded yield
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Seite 47 - This royal throne of kings, this scepter'd isle, This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars, This other Eden, demi-paradise, This fortress built by Nature for herself Against infection and the hand of war ; This happy breed of men, this little world, This precious stone set in the silver sea, Which serves it in the office of a wall, Or as a moat defensive to a house, Against the envy of less happier lands ; This blessed plot, thi:; earth, this realm, this England...
Seite 98 - ... spurring in; And eastward straight from wild Blackheath the warlike errand went, And roused in many an ancient hall the gallant squires of Kent. Southward from Surrey's pleasant hills flew those bright couriers...
Seite 171 - With all its priest-led citizens and all its rebel peers, And Apperizel's stout infantry, and Egmont's Flemish spears. There rode the brood of false Lorraine, the curses of our land; And dark Mayenne was in the midst, a truncheon in his hand: And, as we looked on them, we thought of Seine's...
Seite 173 - Now by the lips of those ye love, fair gentlemen of France, Charge for the golden lilies, — upon them with the lance. A thousand spurs are striking deep, a thousand spears in rest, A thousand knights are pressing close behind the snow-white crest; And in they burst, and on they rushed, while, like a guiding star, Amidst the thickest carnage blazed the helmet of Navarre.
Seite 80 - An' dreamin' arl the time o' Plymouth Hoe. "Take my drum to England, hang et by the shore, Strike et when your powder's runnin' low; If the Dons sight Devon, I'll quit the port o' Heaven, An' drum them up the Channel as we drummed them long ago." Drake he's in his hammock till the great Armadas come, (Capten, art tha sleepin' there below?), Slung atween the round shot, listenin' for the drum, An' dreamin' arl the time o
Seite 95 - And crushed and torn beneath his claws the princely hunters lay. Ho ! strike the flagstaff deep, Sir Knight : ho ! scatter flowers, fair maids : Ho ! gunners, fire a loud salute : ho ! gallants, draw your blades : Thou sun, shine on her joyously ; ye breezes, waft her wide ; Our glorious SEMPER EADEM, the banner of our pride.
Seite 123 - I heard a fair one cry ; But give to me the snoring breeze And white waves heaving high ; And white waves heaving high, my lads, The good ship tight and free— The world of waters is our home, And merry men are we. There's tempest in yon horned moon, And lightning in yon cloud ; But hark the music, mariners ! The wind is piping loud ; The wind is piping loud, my boys, The lightning flashes free — While the hollow oak our palace is, Our heritage the sea.
Seite 136 - ... commanded the master gunner, whom he knew to be a most resolute man, to split and sink the ship; that thereby nothing might remain of glory or victory to the Spaniards, seeing in so many hours' fight and with so great a navy they were not able to take her, having had fifteen hours...
Seite 107 - Elijah mocked them, and said: Cry aloud, for he is a god; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is on a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth and must be awaked.
Seite 174 - Up with it high ; unfurl it wide ; that all the host may know How God hath humbled the proud house which wrought his church such woe. Then on...