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 79по Robert Southey - 1883 - 351 странициПълен достъп - Информация за книгата
| Enos Bronson - 1810 - 462 страници
...the French fleet would have left Aboukir Bay. These, however, were all that escaped, and the victory was the most complete and glorious in the annals of...«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... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1815 - 494 страници
...condition to support her, she was recalled. These, however, were all that escaped ; and the victory was the most complete and glorious in the annals of naval history, uniting indeed, as was said in the House of Commons, all those qualities by which other victories had... | |
| 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 two burnt: of the four frigates, one burnt, another sunk." " Had Nelson," says his present biographer, " been provided with small craft,... | |
| 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,... | |
| 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,... | |
| 1815 - 488 страници
...condition to support her, she was recalled. These, however, were all that escaped ; and the victory was the most complete and glorious in the annals of naval history, uniting indeed, as was said in the House of Commons, all those qualities by which other victories had... | |
| Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 532 страници
...however, were all that escaped; and the triumph was the most complete, that has ever been recorded in the annals of naval history. " Victory," said Nelson,...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
...fleet would have left-Aboukir Bay. These four vessels, however, were all that escaped ; and the victory was the most complete and glorious in the annals of...one was sunk ; another, the Artemise, was burnt in a villanous manner by her Captain, M. Estandlet, who having fired a broadside at the Theseus, struck... | |
| Robert Southey - 1830 - 354 страници
...never obtained the rank of earl for either of those victories which he lived to enjoy, though the one was the most complete and glorious" in the annals of naval history, and the other the most important in Its consequences of. Any which was achieved during the whole war.... | |
| 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 two burnt ; of the four frigates, one burnt, another sunk." — How small a proportion, even after such a scene, of the hundred and eighty-nine... | |
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