Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 96W. Blackwood., 1864 |
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... passed a law in Congress forbidding the use of fermented liquors on board all the ships of war . It was one of those sweeping pieces of legislation that men enact when driven to do something , they know not exactly what , by the ...
... passed a law in Congress forbidding the use of fermented liquors on board all the ships of war . It was one of those sweeping pieces of legislation that men enact when driven to do something , they know not exactly what , by the ...
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... passed through the dreaded ordeal , and received the precious document setting forth that he was duly qualified to take upon himself the charge and com- mand of a lieutenant in her Ma- jesty's fleet . The amount of in- struction which ...
... passed through the dreaded ordeal , and received the precious document setting forth that he was duly qualified to take upon himself the charge and com- mand of a lieutenant in her Ma- jesty's fleet . The amount of in- struction which ...
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... Passed through this ordeal , and arrived at the position of a com- missioned officer of the fleet , a young man found himself , except in rare instances , entirely devoid of any save professional knowledge , and that even of a very ...
... Passed through this ordeal , and arrived at the position of a com- missioned officer of the fleet , a young man found himself , except in rare instances , entirely devoid of any save professional knowledge , and that even of a very ...
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... passing their lives in such a state of general ignorance , were compelled to begin at the very rudiments of learning ... passed through that establishment at the outset of their career . This most unsatisfactory state of matters ...
... passing their lives in such a state of general ignorance , were compelled to begin at the very rudiments of learning ... passed through that establishment at the outset of their career . This most unsatisfactory state of matters ...
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... passing messenger , nippers , and stop- pers , and bending and bitting a cable , and the use of compressors ... passed in the training - ship , and even this would not have been sufficient to gain a satisfactory knowledge of all ...
... passing messenger , nippers , and stop- pers , and bending and bitting a cable , and the use of compressors ... passed in the training - ship , and even this would not have been sufficient to gain a satisfactory knowledge of all ...
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