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... French pirates ; and again , in 1690 , by M. Tourville , after his defeat of Lord Torrington off Beachy Head : the name of French Street , which was rebuilt by funds raised on briefs , records the calamity . The town furnished seven ...
... French pirates ; and again , in 1690 , by M. Tourville , after his defeat of Lord Torrington off Beachy Head : the name of French Street , which was rebuilt by funds raised on briefs , records the calamity . The town furnished seven ...
الصفحة 440
... French and Spanish fleets , greatly outnumbering them , cruised off the Scilly Isles ; and but for their fear of the equinoctial gales , the west coast was in their power . Sir John Norris lay for some months here with a large fleet ...
... French and Spanish fleets , greatly outnumbering them , cruised off the Scilly Isles ; and but for their fear of the equinoctial gales , the west coast was in their power . Sir John Norris lay for some months here with a large fleet ...
الصفحة 451
... French burned the town . King John visited the town , Oct. 15 , 1214. In 1338 , the sailors of Dartmouth took five French ships , and destroyed their crews , so that only nine men escaped across the Channel . In 1347 , the port con ...
... French burned the town . King John visited the town , Oct. 15 , 1214. In 1338 , the sailors of Dartmouth took five French ships , and destroyed their crews , so that only nine men escaped across the Channel . In 1347 , the port con ...
الصفحة 460
... French again attacked and plundered the town in 1370 ; in 1403 they burned 600 houses . In 1400 , James Bourbon , Earl of March , who was bringing aid to Owen Glendower , being driven in by stress of weather , levied booty on the town ...
... French again attacked and plundered the town in 1370 ; in 1403 they burned 600 houses . In 1400 , James Bourbon , Earl of March , who was bringing aid to Owen Glendower , being driven in by stress of weather , levied booty on the town ...
الصفحة 461
... French pirates chased four Spanish ships into Plymouth harbour , and Elizabeth seized their freight , which was designed to replenish the Duke of Alva's coffers : the Spaniard laid an embargo on all the English at Antwerp , and the ...
... French pirates chased four Spanish ships into Plymouth harbour , and Elizabeth seized their freight , which was designed to replenish the Duke of Alva's coffers : the Spaniard laid an embargo on all the English at Antwerp , and the ...
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الصفحة 563 - And the stately ships go on To their haven under the hill; But O for the touch of a vanish'd hand, And the sound of a voice that is still ! Break, break, break, At the foot of thy crags, O Sea ! But the tender grace of a day that is dead Will never come back to me.
الصفحة 570 - One show'd an iron coast and angry waves. You seem'd to hear them climb and fall And roar rock-thwarted under bellowing caves, Beneath the windy wall.
الصفحة 480 - The startled waves leap over it; the storm Smites it with all the scourges of the rain, And steadily against its solid form Press the great shoulders of the hurricane.
الصفحة 433 - These are the forgeries of jealousy : And never, since the middle summer's spring, Met we on hill, in dale, forest, or mead, By paved fountain, or by rushy brook, Or on the beached margent of the sea, To dance our ringlets to the whistling wind, But with thy brawls thou hast disturb'd our sport.
الصفحة 563 - ... my tongue could utter The thoughts that arise in me. O well for the fisherman's boy, That he shouts with his sister at play ! O well for the sailor lad, That he sings in his boat on the bay ! And the stately ships go on To their haven under the hill ; But O for the touch of a...
الصفحة 460 - It was about the lovely close of a warm summer day, There came a gallant merchant-ship full sail to Plymouth Bay ; Her crew hath seen Castile's black fleet beyond Aurigny's isle, At earliest twilight, on the waves lie heaving many a mile ; At sunrise she escaped their van, by God's especial grace; And the tall Pinta, till the noon, had held her close in chase.
الصفحة 460 - ATTEND, all ye who list to hear our noble England's praise; I tell of the thrice famous deeds she wrought in ancient days, When that great fleet invincible against her bore in vain The richest spoils of Mexico, the stoutest hearts of Spain.
الصفحة 461 - For swift to east and swift to west the ghastly warflame spread, High on St. Michael's Mount it shone: it shone on Beachy Head. Far on the deep the Spaniard saw, along each southern shire , Cape beyond cape, in endless range, those twinkling points of fire.
الصفحة 542 - And the great ships sail outward and return, Bending and bowing o'er the billowy swells, And ever joyful, as they see it burn, They wave their silent welcomes and farewells.
الصفحة 517 - And in the moon athwart the place of tombs, Where lay the mighty bones of ancient men, Old knights, and over them the sea-wind sang Shrill, chill, with flakes of foam. He, stepping down By zigzag paths, and juts of pointed rock, Came on the shining levels of the lake.