 | Robert Southey - 1813 - 306 sider
...sun shone on the sails of the enemy ; and their well formed line, with their numerous three deckers, made an appearance which any other assailants would...what a fine sight yonder ships would make at Spithead ! The French admiral, from the Bucentaure, beheld the new manner in which his enemy was advancing,... | |
 | 1814 - 258 sider
...sun shone on the sails of the enemy ; and their well formed line, with their numerous three deckers, made an appearance which any other assailants would...what a fine sight yonder ships would make at Spithead ! The French admiral, from the Bucentaure, beheld the new manner in which his enemy was advancing,... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1830 - 354 sider
...light winds from the south-west. The sun shone on the sails of the enemy ; and their well-formed line, with their numerous three-deckers, made an appearance which any other assailants would have thought for-« midable ; — but the British sailors only admired the beauty and the splendour of the spectacle... | |
 | 1836 - 480 sider
...light winds from the southwest. The sun shone on the sails of the enemy ; and their well formed line, with their numerous three-deckers, made an appearance...have thought formidable; but the British sailors only adored the beauty and splendour of the •ctacle; and, in full confidence of ning what they saw, remarked... | |
 | Edward George E.L. Bulwer- Lytton (1st baron.) - 1839 - 174 sider
...look at our own ' Spithead.' "* * The sun shone on the sails of the enemy, and their well-formed line, with their numerous three-deckers, made an appearance..."What a fine sight yonder ships would make at Spithead !" Ibid. IX. At the head of the line goes the " Victory"* With Nelson on the deck; And on his breast... | |
 | Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton - 1839 - 172 sider
...could in our place have stood, * The sun shone on the sails of the enemy, and their well-formed line, with their numerous three-deckers, made an appearance...What a fine sight yonder ships would make at Spithead ?" — Southey'a Nelson. t " The Victory," Nelson's ship. j He wore that day, as usual, Iiis admiral's... | |
 | Edward George E.L. Bulwer- Lytton (1st baron.) - 1839 - 172 sider
...look at our own ' Spithead.' "* * The sun shone on the sails of the enemy, and their well-formed line, with their numerous three-deckers, made an appearance which any other assailants would hare thought formidable. But the British sailors only admired the beauty and the splendour of the spectacle... | |
 | Edward George E.L. Bulwer- Lytton (1st baron.) - 1841 - 578 sider
...look at our own ' Spithead.' "* * The sun shene on the sails of the enemy, and their well-formed line, with their numerous three-deckers, made an appearance...What a fine sight yonder ships would make at Spithead !" Ibid. IX. At the head of the line goes the " Victory"* With Nelson on the deck ; And on his breast... | |
 | 1843 - 320 sider
...light winds from- the south-west. The sun shone on the sails of the enemy ; and their well-formed line, with their numerous three-deckers, made an appearance...splendour of the spectacle ; and, in full confidence of wjnhing what they saw, remarked to each other, what a fine sight yonder ships would make at Spithead... | |
 | 1843 - 332 sider
...would be particularly aimed at. The sun shone on the sails of the enemy, and their wellformed line, with their numerous three-deckers, made an appearance...the British sailors only admired the beauty and the splendor of the spectacle. Ten minutes before twelve they opened their fire. Eight or nine of the ships... | |
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A long swell was setting into the bay of Cadiz ; our ships, crowding all sail, moved majestically before it, with light winds from the south-west. The sun shone on the sails of the enemy ; and their well-formed line, with their numerous three-deckers,... 
