 This tremendous explosion was followed by a silence not less awful: the firing immediately ceased on both sides; and the first sound which broke the silence was the dash of her shattered masts and yards falling into the water from the vast height to which...  The Life of Nelson - Страница 242по Robert Southey - 1813 - 280 странициПълен достъп - Информация за книгата
 | Enos Bronson - 1810 - 462 страници
...first sound was the fall of her shattered masts and yards, which had been carried to a vast height. It is upon record that a battle between two armies was once broken off by an earthquake; such a thing would be felt like a miracle: but no incident produced in war by human means, has ever equalled... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 532 страници
...first sound was the fall of her shattered masts and yards, which had been carried to an immense height. It is upon record, that ' a battle between two armies was once broken off by an earthquake.' Such a thing would be felt like a miracle : but no incident, produced in war by. him tun means, has ever... | |
 | Edward Baines - 1818 - 582 страници
...ceased on both sides, and the first sound which broke the portentous stillness, was the dash of the shattered masts and yards falling into the water from the vast height to which they had been cast by the explosion. It is upon record, that a battle between two armies was once broken off by an... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1820 - 636 страници
...: the firing immediately 0«4&d ofl.-both sides ; and the first sound which broke the silence, w4ft the dash of her shattered masts and yards falling into the water frailly fih£; vast height to which they had been exploded. It is upon jaecoril^ ,that a battle between... | |
 | J. R. Miller - 1825 - 490 страници
...instantly censed on both sides, &nd the first sound which broke the portentous stillness was the dash of shattered masts and yards falling into the water from the vast height to which they had been cast by tho explosion. Only about seventy of the crew could be saved by the English boat*. Tho Orient... | |
 | Sir Archibald Alison - 1835 - 772 страници
...a silence still more awful, interrupted only, after the lapse of some minutes, by the splash of the shattered masts and yards falling into the water from the vast height to which they had been thrown. The British ships in the vicinity, with admirable coolness, had made preparations to avoid... | |
 | sir Archibald Alison (1st bart.) - 1835 - 698 страници
...a silence still more awful, interrupted only, after the lapse of some minutes, by the splash of the shattered masts and yards falling into the water from the vast height to which they had been thrown. The British ships in the vicinity, with admirable coolness, had made preparations to avoid... | |
 | 1836 - 480 страници
...awful : the firing immediately ceased on both sides ; and the first sound which broke the silence, was the dash of her shattered masts and yards, falling...from the vast height to which they had been exploded. " About seventy of the Orient's crew were saved by the English boats. Among the many hundreds who perished,... | |
 | 1836 - 884 страници
...awful : the firing immediately ceased on both sides ; and the first sound which broke the silence, was the dash of her shattered masts and yards, falling...from the vast height to which they had been exploded. " About seventy of the Orient's crew were saved by the English boats. Among the many hundreds who perished,... | |
 | Philip Alexander Prince - 1838 - 702 страници
...ceased on both sides ; and thî first sound which broke the silence. was the dash of shattered roa*t¿ and yards, falling into the water from the vast height to which they had been forced. Only seventy out of гоагл hundred of the Orient's crew were saved, and those by the English... | |
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