The Century: 1898, כרך 57Century Company, 1899 |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 100
עמוד 77
... guns and search - lights were black . There were larger ships in the navy than the Maine , but none more delightful to command or to serve in . Her quarters were ample for everybody , although certain compartments were rather too hot ...
... guns and search - lights were black . There were larger ships in the navy than the Maine , but none more delightful to command or to serve in . Her quarters were ample for everybody , although certain compartments were rather too hot ...
עמוד 85
... guns , the same salute which is pre- scribed for the governor of one of the United States . All visits were made without friction and with courtesy on both sides , and apparently with all the freedom of conversation and action usually ...
... guns , the same salute which is pre- scribed for the governor of one of the United States . All visits were made without friction and with courtesy on both sides , and apparently with all the freedom of conversation and action usually ...
עמוד 89
... guns . In order to be prepared more completely to work the hydraulic mechanism of the turrets , steam was kept up on two boilers instead of one ; special instructions were given to watch all the details of the hydraulic gear and to re ...
... guns . In order to be prepared more completely to work the hydraulic mechanism of the turrets , steam was kept up on two boilers instead of one ; special instructions were given to watch all the details of the hydraulic gear and to re ...
עמוד 95
... guns should never point toward the Spanish men - of - war . Every morning and evening the crew were put through the ... guns of their primary batteries , and the rapid - firing guns of their secondary batteries , were dis- posed between ...
... guns should never point toward the Spanish men - of - war . Every morning and evening the crew were put through the ... guns of their primary batteries , and the rapid - firing guns of their secondary batteries , were dis- posed between ...
עמוד 127
... gun - trainers work the gun. HE battle between the Amer- ican and Spanish fleets at Manila , on the 1st of May , was the ... guns , and protected by submarine mines on the bottom , or floating between the bot- tom and the surface of the ...
... gun - trainers work the gun. HE battle between the Amer- ican and Spanish fleets at Manila , on the 1st of May , was the ... guns , and protected by submarine mines on the bottom , or floating between the bot- tom and the surface of the ...
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קטעים בולטים
עמוד 138 - Who, doomed to go in company with pain, And fear, and bloodshed, miserable train! Turns his necessity to glorious gain; In face of these doth exercise a power Which is our human nature's highest dower; Controls them and subdues, transmutes, bereaves Of their bad influence, and their good receives...
עמוד 505 - AB, profess faith in God the Father, and in Jesus Christ, his Eternal Son, the true God, and in the Holy Spirit, one God, blessed for evermore ; and do acknowledge the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testament to be given by divine inspiration.
עמוד 397 - ... that if he would give me, weekly, half the money he paid for my board, I would board myself. He instantly agreed to it, and I presently found that I could save half what he paid me.
עמוד 405 - I had in my pocket a handful of copper money, three or four silver dollars, and five pistoles in gold. As he proceeded I began to soften, and concluded to give the coppers.
עמוד 514 - Here is my creed. I believe in one God, the creator of the universe. That He governs it by His providence. That He ought to be worshipped. That the most acceptable service we render to Him is doing good to His other children. That the soul of man is immortal and will be treated with justice in another life respecting its conduct in this.
עמוד 399 - ... the best school of philosophy, morality, and politics that then existed in the province; for our queries, which were read the week preceding their discussion, put us upon reading with attention...
עמוד 396 - I read, and have since often regretted that, at a time when I had such a thirst for knowledge, more proper books had not fallen in my way, since it was now resolved I should not be a clergyman.
עמוד 397 - ... which I was careful to return soon and clean. Often I sat up in my room reading the greatest part of the night, when the book was borrowed in the evening and to be returned early in the morning, lest it should be missed or wanted.
עמוד 515 - Being in conducting me prosperously through a long life, I have no doubt of its continuance in the next, though without the smallest conceit of meriting such goodness.
עמוד 396 - My elder brothers were all put apprentices to different trades. I was put to the grammar school at eight years of age, my father intending to devote me, as the tithe of his sons, to the service of the church. My early readiness in learning to read (which must have been very early, as I do not remember when I could not read ) and the opinion of all his friends that I should certainly make a good scholar encouraged him in this purpose of his. My uncle Benjamin, too...