The Broad Pennant: Or, A Cruise in the United States Flag Ship of the Gulf Squadron, During the Mexican DifficultiesLeavitt, Trow, & Company, 1848 - Počet stran: 415 |
Další vydání - Zobrazit všechny
Běžně se vyskytující výrazy a sousloví
advance altar Alvarado American Army American forces anchor anchorage Anton Lizardo arms artillery battery beautiful boats bosom Bravo del Norte breeze capstan Captain cathedral church command Commander-in-chief Commodore Conner Commodore Perry coral course crew cross Cruz Cumberland deck deemed deep distance enemy ere long expedition feelings fire Flag Ship fleet fortification frigate gazed Gulf guns heart heaven Home Squadron honor hour infantry island John Adams Juan de Ullua land Lieut Lieutenant marines Mary's Matamoras ment Mexican Mexico miles Mississippi morning nation Navy night o'clock officers passed Pensacola Point Isabel position present Princeton prisoner reached reef Rio Bravo river round shot Sacrificios sail Santa Anna scene schooners seemed seen shore shot signal soon stood Tabasco Tampico Taylor Texas tion town troops Truxton Tuxpan United Vera Cruz vessels Vixen vols wind wounded
Oblíbené pasáže
Strana 267 - So God loved the world, that he gave his only -begotten Son, to the end that all that believe in him, should not perish, but have everlasting life.
Strana 37 - Save, Lord, or we perish." St. Matt. viii. 25. through the torn sail the wild tempest is streaming, When o'er the dark wave the red lightning is gleaming, Nor hope lends a ray the poor seaman to cherish, We fly to our Maker :
Strana 128 - Tell me, ye winged winds, That round my pathway roar, Do ye not know some spot Where mortals weep no more? Some lone and pleasant dell, Some valley in the west, Where, free from toil and pain, The weary soul may rest? The loud wind dwindled to a whisper low, And sighed for pity as it answered, — "No.
Strana 213 - ... beginning at the mouth of the Sabine river, and running west along the Gulf of Mexico three leagues from land, to the mouth of the Rio Grande.
Strana 132 - I AM the resurrection and the life, saith the Lord: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: and whosoever liveth and believeth in me, shall never die.
Strana 29 - Wouldst thou from sorrow find a sweet relief? Or is thy heart oppressed with woes untold ? Balm wouldst thou gather for corroding grief? Pour blessings round thee like a shower of gold. — 'Tis when the rose is...
Strana 173 - Captain Ker's squadron of Dragoons, he gallantly held the enemy at bay, and finally drove him, with immense loss, from the field. The action here and along the whole line, continued until dark, when the enemy retired into the chapparal in rear of his position.
Strana 172 - The enemy made a change of position corresponding to our own, and after a suspension of nearly an hour the action was resumed. " The fire of artillery was now most destructive — openings were constantly made through the enemy's ranks by our fire, and the constancy with which the Mexican infantry sustained this severe cannonade was a theme of universal remark and admiration. Captain May's squadron was detached to make a demonstration on the left of the enemy's position, and suffered severely from...
Strana 114 - In these cells we found the remains of some who had paid the debt of nature ; some of them had been dead apparently but a short time, while of others, nothing remained but their bones, still chained to the floor of their dungeon.
Strana 115 - The first was a machine by which the victim was confined. and then, beginning with the fingers, every joint in the hands, arms, and body, were broken or drawn one after another, until the victim died.