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Page xvii
... and so effectually as to drive her most powerful and inveterate enemy from the
ocean , and to destroy his fleets in his own harbours . But something besides
expert officers and able seamen was wanting ; namely , the proper
establishments ...
... and so effectually as to drive her most powerful and inveterate enemy from the
ocean , and to destroy his fleets in his own harbours . But something besides
expert officers and able seamen was wanting ; namely , the proper
establishments ...
Page xviii
Burleigh , careful enough of his own money , was equally sparing in that of the
Queen The expeditionary ships , when once at sea , contrived to feed themselves
from the merchant - ships they might fall in with , whether friends or enemies .
Burleigh , careful enough of his own money , was equally sparing in that of the
Queen The expeditionary ships , when once at sea , contrived to feed themselves
from the merchant - ships they might fall in with , whether friends or enemies .
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The expeditionary ships , when once at sea , contrived to feed themselves from
the merchant - ships they might fall in with , whether friends or enemies . But the
whole system , as regarded the civil part of the navy , was as defective as was the
...
The expeditionary ships , when once at sea , contrived to feed themselves from
the merchant - ships they might fall in with , whether friends or enemies . But the
whole system , as regarded the civil part of the navy , was as defective as was the
...
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... the enemy , in which they rarely failed . The happy result of the encouragement
given by Elizabeth , to the improvement of her navy , acquired for her , as
Camden tells us , the glorious title of the “ Restorer of Naval Power and
Sovereign of ...
... the enemy , in which they rarely failed . The happy result of the encouragement
given by Elizabeth , to the improvement of her navy , acquired for her , as
Camden tells us , the glorious title of the “ Restorer of Naval Power and
Sovereign of ...
Page 14
... unfeelingly proposed marriage to Elizabeth , which she treated with scorn ; but
it contributed to make a bitter enemy of the most powerful monarch of Europe ,
both by sea and land ; while her own navy and army were in a low and
deplorable ...
... unfeelingly proposed marriage to Elizabeth , which she treated with scorn ; but
it contributed to make a bitter enemy of the most powerful monarch of Europe ,
both by sea and land ; while her own navy and army were in a low and
deplorable ...
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| Title | Memoirs of the Naval Worthies of Queen Elizabeth's Reign: Of Their Gallant Deeds, Daring Adventures, and Services, in the Infant State of the British Navy |
| Author | John Barrow |
| Publisher | J. Murray, 1845 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 17 juuni 2010 |
| Length | 495 pages |
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