The Old CommodoreRoutledge, Warne, and Routledge, 1863 - 311 pages |
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Page 31
... French Directory then had , and which was waiting for a favourable opportunity to slip to sea , in order to intercept our valuable East and West India homeward bound trade . The Commodore was , at once , gentle and severe to his nephew ...
... French Directory then had , and which was waiting for a favourable opportunity to slip to sea , in order to intercept our valuable East and West India homeward bound trade . The Commodore was , at once , gentle and severe to his nephew ...
Page 32
... French Admiral , having nearly frightened all the Barbadian born out of what they are pleased to consider as their wits , in utter despair of doing anything successful , tripped across the Atlantic to the Cape of Good Hope , the ...
... French Admiral , having nearly frightened all the Barbadian born out of what they are pleased to consider as their wits , in utter despair of doing anything successful , tripped across the Atlantic to the Cape of Good Hope , the ...
Page 48
... French leaven . The Commodore had always a few barrels of the finest American flour devoted to the sole purpose of manufacturing these delicacies . They are on the table , exactly six of them , looking rich in the brown sauce with which ...
... French leaven . The Commodore had always a few barrels of the finest American flour devoted to the sole purpose of manufacturing these delicacies . They are on the table , exactly six of them , looking rich in the brown sauce with which ...
Page 49
... French squadron . He spoke openly of the affair to every one on the quarter - deck and on the poop , and loudly too ; called it a most ingenious joke , and one that deserved reward ; and declared , that if he could find out the modest ...
... French squadron . He spoke openly of the affair to every one on the quarter - deck and on the poop , and loudly too ; called it a most ingenious joke , and one that deserved reward ; and declared , that if he could find out the modest ...
Page 52
... French into action , at the pious unction which the chaplain bestowed on the part of the litany which says , " From battle , murder , and from sudden death , Good Lord deliver us . " Surely , surely , this is a grievous mockery . We ...
... French into action , at the pious unction which the chaplain bestowed on the part of the litany which says , " From battle , murder , and from sudden death , Good Lord deliver us . " Surely , surely , this is a grievous mockery . We ...
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