Spanish ArmadaMacmillan & Company, 1888 - 475 psl. |
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... remarked that he had a straw in his mouth . Free labourers at those fairs used to carry a straw in that way as a symbol that they were open to an engagement . This man was surely too well - dressed for a labourer . Lawrence apparently ...
... remarked that he had a straw in his mouth . Free labourers at those fairs used to carry a straw in that way as a symbol that they were open to an engagement . This man was surely too well - dressed for a labourer . Lawrence apparently ...
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... remarks he says : — " The defeat of the Spanish Armada being the most glorious victory that was ever ob- tained at sea , and the most important to the British nation , every method deserves some praise that may in a suitable manner ...
... remarks he says : — " The defeat of the Spanish Armada being the most glorious victory that was ever ob- tained at sea , and the most important to the British nation , every method deserves some praise that may in a suitable manner ...
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... remarked ) -one queen on her way to a wedding , which , fortunately for her , can hardly be said to have completely come off ; grave archbishops tremulously proceeding to installation ; our earliest dramatic genius on his way to London ...
... remarked ) -one queen on her way to a wedding , which , fortunately for her , can hardly be said to have completely come off ; grave archbishops tremulously proceeding to installation ; our earliest dramatic genius on his way to London ...
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... remark with advantage to myself ( in case it may appear that I am on history bent rather than on coaching ) that the purely coaching record of the Dover Road is a thing only to be touched on briefly . For in point of fact it is " thin ...
... remark with advantage to myself ( in case it may appear that I am on history bent rather than on coaching ) that the purely coaching record of the Dover Road is a thing only to be touched on briefly . For in point of fact it is " thin ...
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... remark for the benefit of those who still read Scott in an age which has turned aside after brazen images with feet of clay - that at Sayes Court - long since pulled down- are laid some of the most brilliant scenes in Kenilworth . It is ...
... remark for the benefit of those who still read Scott in an age which has turned aside after brazen images with feet of clay - that at Sayes Court - long since pulled down- are laid some of the most brilliant scenes in Kenilworth . It is ...
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The Spanish Armada– A Descriptive Historical Poem ... August 13th, 1874 William Henry Kearley Wright Visos knygos peržiūra - 1874 |
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Anne of Cleves answered Lawrence ARUNDEL CASTLE asked Ralph Blackheath booth Bull Calais called Canterbury Captain Catholics chapel Church clerks cloth coaching crowd curious Dartford death described dining Docket Dover Road Drawing by HERBERT Drawing by HUGH Duchess of Norfolk Duke of Norfolk Earl of Arundel earthquake Elizabeth engaged England English fleet eyes father favour Firth Gad's Hill hands hang HARDELOT head heard Henry HERBERT RAILTON honour Horace Walpole horse interest John justice king king's labour land late London looked manor Mary Master merchant morning mouth night noble occasion ornament passed Philip Howard Plate Plymouth Plymouth Hoe poor commons portraits queen remark Rochester round royal seen seismic disturbance sent ships Shooter's Hill Simon d'Ypres smile Spaniards Spanish Armada Spanish fleet Stourbridge Fair straw tapestry things tion Tower Ugbrooke walls Wandlebury wicket wife writer
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461 psl. - From Eddystone to Berwick bounds, from Lynn to Milford Bay, That time of slumber was as bright and busy as the day; 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.
491 psl. - appear to be soldiers, sailors, Jews, chalk, shrimps, officers, and dockyard men. The commodities chiefly exposed for sale in the public streets, are marine stores, hard-bake, apples, flat-fish and oysters. The streets present a lively and animated appearance, occasioned chiefly by the conviviality of the military. It is truly delightful to a philanthropic mind, to see...
465 psl. - KING PHILIP had vaunted his claims ; He had sworn for a year he would sack us ; With an army of heathenish names He was coming to fagot and stack us ; Like the thieves of the sea...
465 psl. - Now Howard may get to his Flaccus, And Drake to his Devon again, And Hawkins bowl rubbers to Bacchus, — For where are the galleons of Spain ? Let his Majesty hang to St. James The axe that he whetted to hack us ; He must play at some lustier games Or at sea he can hope to out-thwack us ; To his mines of Peru he would pack us To tug at his bullet and chain ; Alas ! that his Greatness should lack us !But where are the galleons of Spain ? ENVOY.
475 psl. - Florentines, and large hulks of other countries, were by thirty of her majesty's own ships of war, and a few of our own merchants, by the wise, valiant, and advantageous conduct of the Lord Charles Howard, high admiral of England, beaten and shuffled together even from the Lizard in Cornwall, first to Portland...
469 psl. - XIX. <The TAPESTRY HANGINGS of the HOUSE of LORDS ; representing the several Engagements between the English and Spanish Fleets, in the ever memorable Year MDLXXXVIII, with the Portraits of the Lord High Admiral and the other noble Commanders, taken from the Life.
475 psl. - Where for the sympathy of their religion hoping to find succor and assistance, a great part of them were crushed against the rocks, and those other that landed, being very many in number, were, notwithstanding, broken, slain, and taken, and so sent from village to village, coupled in halters, to be shipped into England. Where her Majesty, of her princely...
475 psl. - Majesty of her princely and invincible disposition disdaining to put them to death, and scorning either to retain or entertain them, they were all sent back again to their countries, to witness and recount the worthy achievements of their invincible and dreadful navy. Of which the number of soldiers, the fearful burthen of their ships, the commanders...
503 psl. - The Duchess of Norfolk has opened her new house : all the earth was there last Tuesday. You would have thought there had been a comet, every body was gaping in the air and treading on one another's toes. In short, you never saw such a scene of magnificence and taste. The tapestry, the embroidered bed, the illumination, the glasses, the lightness and novelty of the ornaments, and the ceilings, are delightful.
465 psl. - THE HAPPIE OBTAINING OF THE GREAT GALLEAZZO, Wherein Don Pietro de Valdez was the chiefe, through the mightie power and providence of God, being a special token of his gracious and fatherly goodness towards us, to the great encouragement of all those that willingly fight in the defence of his gospel, and our good Queene of England.