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Page 596
... fire upon her , and the fleet . The firing was done Not a shot found a more in a tentative way than an attack . billet , and the American fleet made no response . Meantime the question was widely discussed throughout America as to the ...
... fire upon her , and the fleet . The firing was done Not a shot found a more in a tentative way than an attack . billet , and the American fleet made no response . Meantime the question was widely discussed throughout America as to the ...
Page 603
... fire when ready , Gridley , " said the commo dore , and at nineteen minutes of six o'clock , at a distance of 5,500 yards , the starboard 8 - inch gun in the forward turret roared forth a complement to the Spanish forts . Presently ...
... fire when ready , Gridley , " said the commo dore , and at nineteen minutes of six o'clock , at a distance of 5,500 yards , the starboard 8 - inch gun in the forward turret roared forth a complement to the Spanish forts . Presently ...
Page 604
... fire from all our guns , but laughed at danger and chatted good humoredly . A few nervous fellows could not help dodging mechanically when shells would burst right over them or close aboard , or would strike the water and passed ...
... fire from all our guns , but laughed at danger and chatted good humoredly . A few nervous fellows could not help dodging mechanically when shells would burst right over them or close aboard , or would strike the water and passed ...
Page 605
... fire slackened . On finishing this run Commodore Dewey decided to give the men breakfast , as they had been at the guns two hours with only one cup of coffee to sustain them . * Action ceased temporarily at twenty - five minutes of ...
... fire slackened . On finishing this run Commodore Dewey decided to give the men breakfast , as they had been at the guns two hours with only one cup of coffee to sustain them . * Action ceased temporarily at twenty - five minutes of ...
Page 606
... fire to the Don Juan de Austria , Marquis Duero , the Isla de Cuba and the Correo . The large transport Manila and many tugboats and small craft fell into our hands . " Capture or destroy Spanish squadron , " were Dewey's orders . Never ...
... fire to the Don Juan de Austria , Marquis Duero , the Isla de Cuba and the Correo . The large transport Manila and many tugboats and small craft fell into our hands . " Capture or destroy Spanish squadron , " were Dewey's orders . Never ...
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Page 498 - And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? "For the living to the dead? To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.
Page 763 - There is but one living and true God, everlasting, without body, parts, or passions ; of infinite power, wisdom, and goodness; the Maker and Preserver of all things both visible and invisible. And in unity of this Godhead, there be three persons, of one substance, power, and eternity; the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost.
Page 716 - Thy servant kept his father's sheep, and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock : and I went out after him, and smote him, and delivered it out of his mouth : and when he rose against me, I caught him by his beard, and smote him, and slew him. Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear : and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God.
Page 678 - I go to prepare a place for you, that where I am, there ye may be also.
Page 760 - Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth : for he shall not speak of himself ; but whatsoever he shall hear that shall he speak : and he will show you things to come.
Page 480 - If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no child, the wife of the dead shall not marry without unto a stranger: her husband's brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to wife, and perform the duty of an husband's brother unto her.
Page 497 - There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch, or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.
Page 756 - Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have.
Page 763 - And the Catholic Faith is this, that we worship one God in Trinity, and Trinity in Unity ; Neither confounding the Persons nor dividing the Substance.
Page 826 - When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; What is man, that thou art mindful of him; and the son of man, that thou visitest him? For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honor. Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet...