 ... commanded the master gunner, whom he knew to be a most resolute man, to split and sink the ship; that thereby nothing might remain of glory or victory to the Spaniards, seeing in so many hours' fight and with so great a navy they were not able to...  Littell's Living Age - Page 871855Full view - About this book
 | James Stanier Clarke, Stephen Jones, John Jones - 1799 - 714 pages
...Revenge not able to move one way or other, but S3 she was moved with the waves and billow of the sea) commanded the Master Gunner, whom he knew to be a...ship ; that thereby nothing might remain of glory or viftory to the Spaniards : seeing in so many hours fight, and with so great a Navy they were not able... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1834 - 378 pages
...themselves unto God and to the mercy of none else, and commanded the master gunner, whom he knew for a most resolute man, to split and sink the ship, "...might remain of glory or victory to the Spaniards. The gunner readily consented; but the captain and the master were of another opinion : the enemy, they... | |
 | William James Linton - 1851 - 806 pages
...round a dying lion, wary of approaching him in his last agony. Then Sir Riehard, as it was past hope, ' commanded the master 'gunner, whom he knew to be a...ship, that thereby ' nothing might remain of glory or \ ictory to the Spaniards ; seeing ia so many hours they ' were not able to take her, having had above... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Henry T. Steele - 1852 - 610 pages
...works all shot in pieces, and the ship herself, unable to move, was settling slowly in the sea ; the ;For the soul is dead that slumbers, And things are...not spoken of the soul. " Not enjoyment, and not so hours' time, above ten thousand men, and fifty- three menof-war to perform it withal ; and persuaded... | |
 | William James Linton - 1852 - 94 pages
...approaching him in his last agony. Then Sir Richard, as it was past hope, ' commanded the master-gunner, whom he knew to be a most resolute, man, to split...were not able to take her, having had above fifteen hours' time, above ten thousand men, and fiftythree men of war, to perform it withal ; and persuaded... | |
 | 1853 - 848 pages
...his crew killed or wounded, and himself disabled, "commanded the muster's gunner, whom he knew to he a most resolute man, to split and sink the ship, that...might remain of glory or victory to the Spaniards." SID RICHARD GREXVILLE. A hundred men for fifteen hours Beat back ten thousand ; morn shall see One... | |
 | 1854 - 542 pages
...having fought for fifteen hours, and having by estimation eight hundred shot of great artillery throiigh him, commanded the master gunner, whom he knew to...were not able to take her, having had above fifteen hours time, above ten thousand men, and fifty-three men-of-war to perform it withal ; and persuaded... | |
 | Alfred Henry Alston - 1860 - 498 pages
...'having, by estimation, eight hundred shot of great artillery through him, commanded the master-gunner, whom he knew to" be a most resolute man, to split...were not able to take her, having had above fifteen hours time, above ten thousand men, and fifty-three men-of-war to perform it withal, and persuaded... | |
 | Charles Clement Cotterill - 1868 - 380 pages
...or other, but as she was moved with the waves and billow of the sea), commanded the master-gunner, whom he knew to be a most resolute man, to split and...victory to the Spaniards, seeing in so many hours' fight and with so great a navy they were not able to take her, having had fifteen hours' time, about... | |
 | James Anthony Froude - 1870 - 550 pages
...dying lion, and wary of approaching him in his last agony. Sir Richard, seeing that it was past hopei having fought for fifteen hours, and * having by estimation...were not able to take her, having had above fifteen hours' time, above ten thousand men, and fifty-three men-of-war to perform it withal ; and persuaded... | |
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