 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1867 - 370 Seiten
...great ability and circumspection, as if the principal art requisite in the captain of a ship had been to come home safe again. He was the first man who...thought ever very formidable, and were discovered by him only to make a noise, and to fright those who could hardly be hurt by them. He was the first that infused... | |
 | English authors - 1869 - 458 Seiten
...in practice, to keep his ship and his men out of danger; which had been held in former times a point of great ability and circumspection; as if the principal...to make a noise only, and to fright those who could rarely be hurt by them. He was the first that infused that proportion of courage into the seamen, by... | |
 | Sir Edward Cust - 1869 - 338 Seiten
...track, and brought ships to contemn castles on shore which had ever been thought very formidable, but were discovered by him to make a noise only, and to fright those who could rarely be hurt by them." A furious cannonade was forthwith opened from Blake capSt. Mary's, which was... | |
 | Charles Rathbone Low - 1872 - 544 Seiten
...Clarendon, the great historian of the CivU War, says of him : — " He was the first man who brought ships to contemn castles on shore, which had been...to make a noise only, and to fright those who could rarelybe hurt bythem; and though he had been very well imitated and followed, he was the first that... | |
 | James Grant - 1873 - 594 Seiten
...Exploit.] CAPTURE OF THE GALLEONS. 3°9 the first man to contemn castles on shore, which had been thought very formidable, and were discovered by him to make a noise only. He was the first that infused that proportion of courage into seamen, by making them see by experience... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1877 - 464 Seiten
...in practice to keep his ship and his men out of danger, which had been held in former times a point of great ability and circumspection, as if the principal...thought ever very formidable, and were discovered by bim only to make a noise and to fright those who could rarely be hurt by them. He was the first that... | |
 | Edward Talbot D. Foxcroft - 1876 - 100 Seiten
...again. He was the first who brought ships " to contemn Castles on shore, which had ever been " thought very formidable, and were discovered by him " to make a noise only, and to fright them that could " rarely be hurt by them. He taught seamen to fight " in fire as upon water, and was... | |
 | James Walter (major, Lancs. artillery volunteers.) - 1882 - 506 Seiten
...long in practice to keep his ship and men out of danger, which had been held in former times a point of great ability and circumspection; as if the principal...to make a noise only, and to fright those who could rarely be hurt by them. He was the first that infused that proportion of courage into the seamen, by... | |
 | Arthur Penrhyn Stanley - 1882 - 634 Seiten
...practice, to keep his ship and his men out of danger ; which had been held in former times a point of great ability and circumspection, as if the principal...formidable, and were discovered by him to make a noise only, aud to fright those who could rarely be hurt by them. He was the first that infused that proportion... | |
 | Edmund Yates, E. M. (Abdy-Williams) Whgishaw, Walter Sichel, Ernest Belfort Bax - 1882 - 758 Seiten
...the captain of a ship had been to be sure to come home safe again. He was the first man who brought ships to contemn castles on shore which had been thought...and were discovered by him to make a noise only, and merely to frighten those who could not be hurt by them." Blake in his assault upon the Barbaresque... | |
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He was the first man who brought the ships to contemn castles on shore, which had been thought ever very formidable, and were discovered by him to make a noise only, and to fright those who could rarely be hurt by them. He was the first that infused that... 
