This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1850 edition. Excerpt: ... num ber of powerful, unpainted, tawny-coloured lineof-battle ships, which it is conceived have only to be awakened to rush upon and devour their foe. On close examination, however, it appears that these tremendous-looking creatures--although many of them have no less than a hundred and twenty mouths--have ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1850 edition. Excerpt: ... num ber of powerful, unpainted, tawny-coloured lineof-battle ships, which it is conceived have only to be awakened to rush upon and devour their foe. On close examination, however, it appears that these tremendous-looking creatures--although many of them have no less than a hundred and twenty mouths--have neither legs to run with, teeth to bite with, nor hearts to fight with; in other words, they have neither masts, guns, nor crew! The two former, it is said, can be supplied in a few days, nay, if necessary, almost in one; but as regards the third, there remains to be proposed, to be debated, and to be agreed on by the three branches of the Imperial Parliament, in what manner, at what price, and by what laws this "tertium quid " of the Admiralty is to be obtained: and thus, strange to say, although the British people have had thirty-five years to consider the question; although as regards number of ships they have the largest navy in the world; and although they both chant and declare that "the wooden walls of Old England" are impregnable, they remain the only civilised nation on the surface of the globe that not only has forgotten to organise its maritime population, but has actually, by Act of Parliament, made it an exception to that Law of Nature, by which the rest of the population, by militia ballot, have very properly been made liable to serve their country, if required!! and thus, just as in Indian mythology the Gentoos believed that the world rested on a tortoise, without considering how, in boundless space, that creature was to be supported; so do they rest for protection upon "wooden walls," which in a sudden emergency they will find rest upon nothing! In fact, it may truly be said, that we are without the...
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Good. Octavo. First edition. xiv, [1], 410 pp. Original 3/4 leather over marbled boards, gilt, raised bands, black leather spine label, marbled endpapers and page ends. Rubbing, fraying to upper head of spine. Foxing to prelims, occasional toning and spotting. Signature of Sir Gilbert Heathcote, Normanton to title page. "An alarmist essay suggested by the elevation of Prince Louis Napoleon to the post of president of the French republic." (DCB).
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