Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Edited from Original Manuscripts and Scarce Publications, Volume 21Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1965 - English literature |
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... they are now heaving down and cleaning . One of the frigates has her top - mast down , occasioned , I suppose , by something being amiss with her mast . It is most certainly true , that they have a great number of land - forces with ...
... they are now heaving down and cleaning . One of the frigates has her top - mast down , occasioned , I suppose , by something being amiss with her mast . It is most certainly true , that they have a great number of land - forces with ...
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... they remained at Gottenburgh , nineteen days , they were fully employed in cleaning their ships , getting new top - masts , new rigging for their vessels , victualling and watering ; the demand for bread and eatables was so great , that ...
... they remained at Gottenburgh , nineteen days , they were fully employed in cleaning their ships , getting new top - masts , new rigging for their vessels , victualling and watering ; the demand for bread and eatables was so great , that ...
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... they hear Cornwallis near , These mighty boasters scamper ; And as they run From town to town Their front and rear we hamper . Behold at length , near Mohill's plain , We to an action brought them ; Their barefoot allies they complain ...
... they hear Cornwallis near , These mighty boasters scamper ; And as they run From town to town Their front and rear we hamper . Behold at length , near Mohill's plain , We to an action brought them ; Their barefoot allies they complain ...
Contents
The Shan Van Vocht | 1 |
On a Mountain whose summit | iii |
The Bantry Bay Invasion 1797 | v |
Copyright | |
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