Journeys through Bookland : a new and original plan for reading applied to the world's best literature for children (1922)
Sylvester, Charles Herbert · Chicago : Bellows-Reeve · leaf 306
ittlewhile the fortress of Fort Christina, which, like an-other Troy, had stood a siege of full ten hours, wascarried by assault without the loss of a single manon either side. Victory, in the likeness of a gigan-tic ox-fly, sat perched upon the cocked hat of thegallant Stuyvesant, and it was… … THE BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR By Robert Southey Note.—The great naval hero of England is Horatio,Viscount Nelson, who was born in September, 1758, in acountry village of Norfolk. Under the guardianship ofhis. uncle, Captain Suckling, he entered the navy as amidshipman when he was but twelve years old,…
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