The Pocket Guide to the West Indies: British Guiana, British Honduras, the Bermudas, the Spanish Main, and the Panama CanalSifton, Praed, 1923 - 479 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 16 - And the sun went down, and the stars came out far over the summer sea, But never a moment ceased the fight of the one and the fifty-three. Ship after ship, the whole night long, their high-built galleons came, Ship after ship, the whole night long, with her battle-thunder and flame; Ship after ship, the whole night long, drew back with her dead and her shame.
الصفحة 410 - The canal shall be free and open to the vessels of commerce and of war of all nations observing these Rules, on terms of entire equality, so that there shall be no discrimination against any such nation, or its citizens or subjects, in respect of the conditions or charges of traffic, or otherwise.
الصفحة 54 - Noble Sir George Summers went hence to heaven, Whose well-tried worth that held him still imploid Gave him the knowledge of the world so wide ; Hence 'twas by Heaven's decree that to this place He brought new guests and name to mutual grace ; At last his soul and body being loth to part He here bequeathed his entrails and his heart.
الصفحة 397 - The waves became his winding-sheet; the waters were his tomb; But for his fame the ocean sea was not sufficient room.
الصفحة 87 - Paleologus in Llandulph Church, Cornwall : HERE LYETH YE BODY OF FERDINANDO PALEOLOGUS DESCENDED FROM YE IMPERIAL LYNE OF YE LAST CHRISTIAN EMPERORS OF GREECE CHURCHWARDEN OF THIS PARISH 1655-1656, VESTRYMAN, TWENTYE YEARS.
الصفحة 142 - ... specified exceptions) the laws of Trinidad should operate in Tobago, and those of Tobago cease to operate so far as they conflicted with the laws of Trinidad; that all future Ordinances of the Legislature of the Colony should extend to Tobago, with the proviso that the Legislature should be able to enact special and local ordinances and regulations applicable to Tobago as distinguished from the rest of the Colony. This Order in Council was brought into effect on 1st January 1899 by a Proclamation...
الصفحة 211 - Spanish succession it was captured by the British forces under Admiral Sir George Rooke and ceded to Great Britain by the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713.
الصفحة 270 - Whole streets with their inhabitants were swallowed up by the opening of the earth, which when shut upon them squeezed the people to death, and in that manner several were left with their heads above ground, and others covered with dust and earth, by the people who remained in the place.
الصفحة 421 - This steeple they no sooner had discovered than they began to show signs of extreme joy, casting up their hats into the air, leaping for mirth, and shouting, even just as if they had already obtained the victory and entire accomplishment of their designs.
الصفحة 55 - Heaven gives us friends to bless the present scene ; Resumes them, to prepare us for the next.