"Pocock" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... In August, 1761, Sir G. Pocock took Havannah, the capital of Cuba. In September Commodore Cornish and Colonel Draper took Manilla, the principal of the Philippine Islands; and the treasures found in Manilla alone exceeded the sum here mentioned by Walpole, and yet did not equal ...
— Letters of Horace Walpole - Volume I • Horace Walpole |
