The Library of Historic Characters and Famous Events of All Nations and All Ages, Volume 6Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Frank Weitenkampf, John Porter Lamberton Art library publishing Company, 1904 |
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... Bon Homme Richard and the Serapis ROCHAMBEAU : Siege and Surrender of Yorktown . CORNWALLIS : Lafayette and Cornwallis in Virginia . ALCIBIADES : The Mutilation of the Herma NICIAS : Destruction of the Athenians at Syracuse MARCELLUS ...
... Bon Homme Richard and the Serapis ROCHAMBEAU : Siege and Surrender of Yorktown . CORNWALLIS : Lafayette and Cornwallis in Virginia . ALCIBIADES : The Mutilation of the Herma NICIAS : Destruction of the Athenians at Syracuse MARCELLUS ...
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... Bon Homme Richard , " as this was the title which the gallant French had given to the translation of Franklin's " Poor Richard's Almanac . " Jones soon found himself invested with the captaincy of a fleet , and for a time it was ...
... Bon Homme Richard , " as this was the title which the gallant French had given to the translation of Franklin's " Poor Richard's Almanac . " Jones soon found himself invested with the captaincy of a fleet , and for a time it was ...
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... BON HOMME RICHARD AND THE Serapis . The battle between the " Bon Homme Richard " and the " Serapis " is invested with an heroic interest of the highest stamp . On the 23d of September , Jones ' squadron consisted of the " Richard ...
... BON HOMME RICHARD AND THE Serapis . The battle between the " Bon Homme Richard " and the " Serapis " is invested with an heroic interest of the highest stamp . On the 23d of September , Jones ' squadron consisted of the " Richard ...
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... Bon Homme Richard " hauled up her courses and rounded to on the weather or larboard quarter of the " Serapis , " within pistol - shot , and steered a nearly parallel course , though gradually edging down upon her . The " Serapis " now ...
... Bon Homme Richard " hauled up her courses and rounded to on the weather or larboard quarter of the " Serapis , " within pistol - shot , and steered a nearly parallel course , though gradually edging down upon her . The " Serapis " now ...
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... Richard " presented . He says : " On my going on board the ' Bon Homme Rich- ard , ' I found her to be in the greatest distress ; her counters and quarters on the lower deck entirely drove in and the whole of her lower - deck guns ...
... Richard " presented . He says : " On my going on board the ' Bon Homme Rich- ard , ' I found her to be in the greatest distress ; her counters and quarters on the lower deck entirely drove in and the whole of her lower - deck guns ...
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