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Page 225
... ships , as if they had been invincible : they began to march forward with their left wing . Cæsar seeing that , was a glad man and began a little to give back from the right wing , to allure them to come farther out of the strait and ...
... ships , as if they had been invincible : they began to march forward with their left wing . Cæsar seeing that , was a glad man and began a little to give back from the right wing , to allure them to come farther out of the strait and ...
Page 249
... Ships ; it is true also , that I included the Ships which lay in Deptford and Black - Wall Reaches , and in the Wet Docks , whereof , there are no less than Three ; but ' tis as true , that we did not include the Men of War at the ...
... Ships ; it is true also , that I included the Ships which lay in Deptford and Black - Wall Reaches , and in the Wet Docks , whereof , there are no less than Three ; but ' tis as true , that we did not include the Men of War at the ...
Page 257
... ships in the harbour are transfigured . The land of Lemnos was beautiful with flowers at that season , in the brief Ægean spring , and to seawards always , in the bay , were the ships , more ships , perhaps , than any port of modern ...
... ships in the harbour are transfigured . The land of Lemnos was beautiful with flowers at that season , in the brief Ægean spring , and to seawards always , in the bay , were the ships , more ships , perhaps , than any port of modern ...
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