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What people are saying - Write a reviewWe haven't found any reviews in the usual places. Related booksOther editions - View allCommon terms and phrases24-pounders action Algiers American frigate American sailors anchor armed attack batteries blockade boat Boston Navy Yard brig British frigate British ships British squadron broadside Captain Dacres Captain Hull Captain Stewart captured carried carronades chase coast Commodore Congress Consti Constitution's consul crew cruise Cyane Decatur deck Edward Preble enemy enemy's England English escape fight fire flag flagship fleet French frigate FRIGATE CONSTITUTION gale gave Guerriere gun-deck gunboats harbor hauled head heavy hoisted Humphreys Isaac Hull Java John John Adams later Levant Lieutenant line-of-battle-ships long guns marines masts Mediterranean ment merchant-ships Midshipmen Morris nation naval Navy Department night o'clock old Navy peace Philadelphia port President prisoners prize repairs rigging Rodgers sailed seamen sent shore shot side sighted sloop sloop-of-war soon stitution tack tain tion treaty Tripoli Tripolitan Tunis United vessels victory voyage weather William Bainbridge wind windward wounded York Popular passagesPage 219 - Ay, tear her tattered ensign down ! Long has it waved on high, And many an eye has danced to see That banner in the sky ; Beneath it rung the battle shout, And burst the cannon's roar ; — The meteor of the ocean air Shall sweep the clouds no more. " Her deck, once red with heroes... Page 52 - To secure respect to a neutral flag requires a naval force organized and ready to vindicate it from insult or aggression. This may even prevent the necessity of going to war by discouraging belligerent powers from committing such violations of the rights of the neutral party as may, first or last, leave no other option. Page 219 - Shall sweep the clouds no more. Her deck once red with heroes' blood, Where knelt the vanquished foe, When winds were hurrying o'er the flood And waves were white below, No more shall feel the victor's tread, Or know the conquered knee ; — The harpies of the shore shall pluck The eagle of the sea ! Oh, better that her shattered hulk Should sink beneath the wave ; Her thunders shook the mighty deep, And there should be her grave : Nail to the mast her holy flag, Set every threadbare sail, And give... Page 250 - ... with unceasing diligence ; the pride of two peoples to whom naval affairs are so generally familiar has cleared all the details and laid bare all the episodes, and through the sneers which the victors should have spared, merely out of care for their own glory, at every step can be seen that great truth, that there is only success for those who know how to prepare it. Page 30 - If I were to make peace with everybody, what should I do with my corsairs ? what should I do with my soldiers ? They would take off my head for the want of other prizes, not being able to live on their miserable allowance. Page 71 - Newman, his officers, and men. May they arrive in safety at the place of their destination and present to the Dey of Algiers one of the finest specimens of elegant naval architecture which was ever borne on the Piscataqua's waters. Page 169 - It was not long after this before I retired from the quarter-deck to the cock-pit ; of course I saw no more of the action until the firing ceased, but I heard and felt much of its effects ; for soon after I left the deck, the firing commenced on board the Guerriere, and was kept up almost constantly until about six o'clock, when I heard a tremendous explosion from the opposing frigate. The effect of her shot seemed to make the Guerriere reel, and tremble as though she had received the shock of an... Page 37 - They are superior to any European frigate, and if others should be in company, our frigates can always lead ahead and never be obliged to go into action, but on their own terms, except in a calm; in blowing weather our ships are capable of engaging to advantage double-deck ships. Page 183 - PM commenced the action within good grape and canister distance, the enemy to windward, but much further than I wished. At 2 30 our wheel was shot entirely away. Page 168 - At two PM, we discovered a large sail to windward, bearing about North from us. We soon made her out to be a frigate. She was steering off from the wind, with her head to the Southwest, evidently with the intention of cutting us off as soon as possible. Signals were soon made by the... References to this bookFrom Google ScholarMaking the ‘City of Prosperity’: Engineers, Open-Shoppers ...Chad Pearson - 2004 - Labor History References from web pagesJSTOR: The Frigate Constitution, the Central Figure of the Navy ... USS Constitution .faq Constitution: Definition and Much More from Answers.com MM33 Celebrating The History Of The USS Constitution Collection of Caravan Maritime Books Abstracts The Project Gutenberg ebook of us Copyright Renewals, 1959 January ... Bibliographic information
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