Sea Passages : A Naval Anthology and Introduction to the Study of English (Paperback)

Introduction; 1588. The coming of the Armada Charles Kingsley; 1588. The lighting of the beacons Lord Macaulay; 1588. The defeat of the Armada James A. Froude; 1591. The last flight of the Revenge Lord Tennyson; 1652. How the first Dutch war began Lord Clarendon; 1655. How Blake destroyed the navy of Tunis Robert Blake; 1657. The battle of Santa Cruz Thomas Carlyle; 1657. The passing of Robert Blake Gerald Massey; 1666. The four days' battle Samuel Pepys; 1703. The death of Samuel Pepys John Evelyn; 1711. In memory of Sir Clowdisley Shovel Joseph Addison; 1741. The cockpit in time of battle Tobias Smollett; 1741. The castaway William Cowper; 1743. How Anson took the great galleon Richard Walter; 1759. Hawke Sir Henry Newbolt; 1759. The battle of Quiberon Bay Lord Hawke; The life of the ship Sir Geoffrey Callender; 1778. The saucy Arethusa Prince Hoare; 1799. Examination for lieutenant Captain Marryat; 1801. The battle of Copenhagen Robert Southey; In memory of Nelson Robert Browning; 1805. Outward bound Thomas Hardy; Nelson A. C. Swinburne; 1805. Trafalgar: the opening moves Sir Geoffrey Callender; 1805. The storm that followed the battle Thomas Hardy; 1805. How the news of Trafalgar reached England Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch; Ye mariners of England Thomas Campbell; 1815. How HMS Bellerophon captured the emperor Napoleon Admiral Sir Frederick Maitland; Home thoughts from the sea Robert Browning; 1837. 'The fighting Temeraire' W. M. Thackeray; The English admirals R. L. Stevenson; 1914. England to the sea R. E. Vernede; 1914. The battle of Heligoland Lord Chatfield; 1940. 'The navy is here' Winston S. Churchill; The Three Bells J. G. Whittier; For further reading; Glossary; Index.