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Dawlish Chronicles : Naval Artists of the 18th Century – Part 5
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Duty and Daring in the Heyday of Empire. Friday, 7 August 2015. Naval Artists of the 18th Century – Part 5. A View of Nevis from St Kitts by Nicholas Pocock, 1790. This is an area Pocock knew well from his days as master of a merchant ship. The Consultation" - circa 1810. A situation Pocock would have. Been familiar with as a master - heavy weather and decisions need to be made. Pocock's log book of the Betsy. National Maritime Museum D1784. View of Charleston, South Caroline, 1767. The Frigate HMS Triton.
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Dawlish Chronicles : June 2015
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Duty and Daring in the Heyday of Empire. Tuesday, 30 June 2015. Blood in the Streets, Amsterdam 1886. Kermis on the Haarlemer Plein, Amsterdam " by George Hendrik Breitner (1857-1923). With acknowledgement to the Amsterdam Museum. One such occasion was in 1876 when the Burgermeester – Mayor – of Amsterdam announced that the annual September Carnival “ Kermis. As illustrated in a French magazine. Street fighting in the Jordaan 26th July 1886. Note stones and shutters thrown from above). Commanded by Lieut...
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Dawlish Chronicles : March 2015
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Duty and Daring in the Heyday of Empire. Tuesday, 31 March 2015. Diplomacy at Sea: USS Miantonomoh 1866/67. Two recent blogs described the loss of low-freeboard monitors in the open sea, the Dutch Adder. In 1882 and the Russian Rusalka. In 1893. In both cases the inadvisability of taking vessels designed for protected coastal waters into open-sea conditions was a major contributory factor to the disasters. By Francois G. Roux (1811-82). Had made her spectacular debut. Details are provided in the table.
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Dawlish Chronicles : April 2015
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Duty and Daring in the Heyday of Empire. Friday, 24 April 2015. The SS Arctic Disaster 1854. In my recent blog about the loss of the steamer SS Utopia. In Gibraltar harbour in 1891 I commented on the fact that for almost a century insufficient provision of lifeboats a major factor in marine tragedies. Only the Titanic. Loss in 1912 was to evoke a sufficient measure of outrage for the problem to be finally addressed, even if the rules are not always enforced today. The spectacular loss of the SS Arctic.
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thistlebear: December 2014
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Monday, December 29, 2014. Two years ago today, I published my first post to this blog. I'd been an avid reader of blogs for a long time and thought it might be fun to have my own, but I wasn't sure I had enough to say. Thursday, December 25, 2014. Merry Christmas from our family to yours! Tuesday, December 23, 2014. Saturday, December 20, 2014. I realized that I've already made it to December 20 without watching Love Actually. And I think I'll remedy this tonight. After that, A Christmas Story. After st...
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A Visitor's Guide to Victorian England: DAY 9: 12 DAYS OF VICTORIAN CHRISTMAS CARDS
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A Visitor's Guide to Victorian England. Michelle Higgs's guide to the weird and wonderful world of Victorian England. Saturday, 20 December 2014. DAY 9: 12 DAYS OF VICTORIAN CHRISTMAS CARDS. On Day 9 of '12 Days of Victorian Christmas Cards', I give you mice pulling a cracker! Or is it a sweet? I can't tell but it's another typically Victorian subject for a Christmas card featuring cute animals. Unless, of course, they are friendly pet rats. 21 December 2014 at 02:03. 21 December 2014 at 09:30. Ōtūmoetai...
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Serving Through Words: Story Excerpts
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A Writer's Ramblings About Books, History, and Bible Truths. Excerpt from "The Countess of Altamont". Charles' bound hands rested on the edge of the cart that bounced him past the crowd lining the street. The wheels creaked and squeaked, working with jeering voices to create a symphony of torture. Something hit his head and back. Slime dripped down the side of his face, slapping him with the odor of rotten egg. An old woman spit as the cart jostled him past her. "Scum! E officer on horseback prepared the...
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road trips with the redhead | a blog by Suzan Lauder | Page 2
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Road trips with the redhead. A blog by Suzan Lauder. Skip to primary content. Skip to secondary content. Newer posts →. Learning from my Mistakes: What’s Chunking? October 3, 2016. Many authors know their ending at the beginning of writing, or at least part way through, but I tend to write the end after the story arc is complete. None of this is wrong, and there are other methods that work, too. Chunking the big fears. I procrastinated several times while writing my novels, particularly when continuity i...
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The Lothians: (3) Carlton House London - A Virtual Tour of the State Apartments on the Principal Floor
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An Eclectic Appreciation of Things Old, Stately, Quirky or Simply of Historical Interest. Monday, 1 April 2013. 3) Carlton House London - A Virtual Tour of the State Apartments on the Principal Floor. An enlargement of part of a watercolour of the. Circular Dining Room by Charles Wild, 1819. The full image appears further down this page. Source : Wikipedia Commons]. Should you reference this Blog elsewhere, please cite. Http:/ the-lothians.blogspot.com. Lady Sarah Spencer wistfully commented that, " He c...
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Serving Through Words: About Me
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A Writer's Ramblings About Books, History, and Bible Truths. Gwendolyn Gage is an aspiring author, one of ten contestants to semi-final in the Historical Romance category of the 2013 ACFW Genesis Contest. Novels are packed with adventure and humor, and it's Gwendolyn's ambition and prayer that her readers will come away from her stories and blog with a desire for more of God. Writing reading, and research. Gwendolyn blogs every other Tuesday at " Serving Through Words. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). A Moonb...