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The armament at Toulon consisted of thirteen ships of the line, seven forty-gun frigates, with twenty-four smaller vessels of war, and nearly
The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson Southey, Robert, 1774-1843 1993
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On the afternoon of July 12, the forty-gun Phoenix and the Rose, twenty guns, with the accompanying schooner Tryal and two tenders, were seen to move towards North River.
Washington Richard Harwell 1968
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A forty-gun ship started up East River and opened on the batteries, which responded angrily.
Washington Richard Harwell 1968
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A forty-gun ship started up East River and opened on the batteries, which responded angrily.
Washington Richard Harwell 1968
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On the afternoon of July 12, the forty-gun Phoenix and the Rose, twenty guns, with the accompanying schooner Tryal and two tenders, were seen to move towards North River.
Washington Richard Harwell 1968
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On the afternoon of July 12, the forty-gun Phoenix and the Rose, twenty guns, with the accompanying schooner Tryal and two tenders, were seen to move towards North River.
Washington Richard Harwell 1968
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On the afternoon of July 12, the forty-gun Phoenix and the Rose, twenty guns, with the accompanying schooner Tryal and two tenders, were seen to move towards North River.
Washington Richard Harwell 1968
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A forty-gun ship started up East River and opened on the batteries, which responded angrily.
Washington Richard Harwell 1968
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A forty-gun ship started up East River and opened on the batteries, which responded angrily.
Washington Richard Harwell 1968
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By staying here, and employed, they would liberate us from our enemy close to our door; gratify the Emperor of Russia; protect our Levant trade; and relieve a squadron of our ships from the service: besides giving us one eighty-gun ship, two forty-gun frigates, a Maltese new ship of the line ready for sea, and two frigates.
The Life of the Right Honourable Horatio Lord Viscount Nelson, Volume 2 James Harrison
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