 is not a name strong enough for such a scene ; "—he called it a conquest. Of thirteen sail of the line, nine were taken, and two burnt ; of the four frigates, one was sunk ; another, the Artemise, was burnt in a villanous manner by her Captain, M.  The Life of Nelson - Страница 236по Robert Southey - 1813 - 280 странициПълен достъп - Информация за книгата
 | Enos Bronson - 1810 - 462 страници
...escaped, and the victory was the most complete and glorious in the annals of naval history. " Victory," -said Nelson, «is not a name strong enough for such a scene;" he therefore called it a conquest. Of 13 sail of the line 9 were taken and 2 burnt; of the four frigates... | |
 | 1813 - 552 страници
...the French fleet. It amounted almost to a total capture or destruction of the force of the enemy; for of thirteen sail of the line, nine were taken and...burnt: of the four frigates, one burnt, another sunk." " Had Nelson," says his present biographer, " been provided with small craft, nothing could have prevented... | |
 | 1813 - 566 страници
...amounted almost to a total capture or destruction of the force of the enemy ; for of thirteen sale of the line, nine were taken and two burnt : of the four frigates, one burnt, another sunk." " Had Nelson," sa\s his present biographer, "been provided with small craft, nothing could have prevented... | |
 | 1813 - 550 страници
...amounted almost to a , total capture or destruction of the force of the enemy ; for of thirteen bale ot the line, nine were taken and two burnt : of the four frigates, one burnt, another sunk." " Had Nelson," sai « his present biographer, " been provided with sm:ill craft, nothing could have... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 532 страници
...triumph was the most complete, that has ever been recorded in the annals of naval history. " Victory," said Nelson, " is not a name strong enough for such a scene : " he, therefore, called it ' a conquest.' Of thirteen sail of the line, nine were taken and two burnt ; of... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1820 - 636 страници
...escaped ; and the victory was the most complete and glorious in the annals of naval history. " Victory," said Nelson, *' is not a name strong enough for such...were taken, and two burnt ; of the four frigates, one was sunk ; another, the Artemise, was burnt in a villanous manner by her Captain, M. Estandlet, who... | |
 | Englishman - 1824 - 420 страници
...escaped ; and the victory was the most complete and glorious in the annals of naval history. " Victory," said Nelson, " is not a name strong enough for such...were taken, and two burnt; of the four frigates, one was sunk; another, the Artemise, was burnt in a villainous manner by her Captain, M. Estandlet, who... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1830 - 354 страници
...escaped; and the victory was the most complete and glorious in the annals of naval history. " Victory," said Nelson, " is not a name strong enough for such...thirteen sail of the line nine were taken and two burned : of the four frigates, one was sunk, another, the Artemise, was burned in a villanous manner... | |
 | Alexander Keith - 1832 - 336 страници
...them, as well from fear of pestilence, as from loathing and horror which the sight occasioned.'"* " Of thirteen sail of the line, nine were taken, and...; of the four frigates, one burnt, another sunk." — How small a proportion, even after such a scene, of the hundred and eighty-nine sail of the line,... | |
 | Anniversary calendar - 1832 - 600 страници
...Harbour with two frigates, 1785. The glorious and eternal victory in the jaws of NILE, 1798. " Victory," said Nelson, " is not a name strong enough for such a scene ;" he justly called it a conquest. Nine of thirteen sail of the line were taken and two burnt : of the four... | |
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