 | James Stanier Clarke, Stephen Jones, John Jones - 1799 - 714 pages
...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 most resolute man, to split and...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
...approaching him in his last agony. Then Sir Riehard, as it was past hope, ' commanded the master 'gunner, whom he knew to be a most resolute man, to split and...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... | |
 | William James Linton - 1852 - 94 pages
...round a dying lion, wary of approaching him in his last agony. Then Sir Richard, as it was past hope, ' commanded the master-gunner, whom he knew to be a...victory to the Spaniards ; seeing in so many hours they were not able to take her, having had above fifteen hours' time, above ten thousand men, and fiftythree... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Henry T. Steele - 1852 - 610 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 and...victory to the Spaniards ; seeing in so many hours they were not able to take her, having had above fifteen hours' time, above ten thousand men, and fifty-... | |
 | 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 by estimation eight hundred shot of great artillery throiigh him, 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 they were not able to take her, having had above fifteen hours time, above ten thousand men, and fifty-three... | |
 | Alfred Henry Alston - 1860 - 498 pages
...fought for fifteen hours, and 'having, by estimation, eight hundred shot of great artillery through him, commanded the master-gunner, whom he knew to" be a...victory to the Spaniards ; seeing in so many hours they were not able to take her, having had above fifteen hours time, above ten thousand men, and fifty-three... | |
 | Charles Clement Cotterill - 1868 - 380 pages
...eight hundred shot of great artillery, besides many assaults and entries, and that himself and the ship must needs be possessed by the enemy, who were...able to take her, having had fifteen hours' time, about ten thousand men, and fifty and three sail of men-of-war to perform it withal, and persuaded... | |
 | James Anthony Froude - 1868 - 458 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 and...victory to the Spaniards ; seeing in so many hours they were not able to take her, having had above fifteen hours' time, above ten thousand men, and fifty-three... | |
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... 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... 
