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" ... commanded the master gunner, whom he knew to be a most resolute man, to split and sink the ship; that thereby nothing might remain of glory or victory to the Spaniards, seeing in so many hours' fight and with so great a navy they were not able to... "
Littell's Living Age - Pagina 87
1855
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The Naval Chronicle, Volume 2

James Stanier Clarke, Stephen Jones, John Jones - 1799 - 714 pagina’s
...Revenge not able to move one way or other, but S3 she was moved with the waves and billow of the sea) commanded the Master Gunner, whom he knew to be a...ship ; that thereby nothing might remain of glory or viftory to the Spaniards : seeing in so many hours fight, and with so great a Navy they were not able...
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The British Admirals: With an Introductory View of the Naval ..., Volume 3

Robert Southey - 1834 - 378 pagina’s
...themselves unto God and to the mercy of none else, and commanded the master gunner, whom he knew for a most resolute man, to split and sink the ship, "...might remain of glory or victory to the Spaniards. The gunner readily consented; but the captain and the master were of another opinion : the enemy, they...
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The English republic, ed. by W.J. Linton, Volume 1

William James Linton - 1851 - 808 pagina’s
...round a dying lion, wary of approaching him in his last agony. Then Sir Riehard, as it was past hope, ' commanded the master 'gunner, whom he knew to be a...ship, that thereby ' nothing might remain of glory or \ ictory to the Spaniards ; seeing ia so many hours they ' were not able to take her, having had above...
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Eclectic Magazine: Foreign Literature, Volume 27

John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Henry T. Steele - 1852 - 610 pagina’s
...works all shot in pieces, and the ship herself, unable to move, was settling slowly in the sea ; the ;For the soul is dead that slumbers, And things are...not spoken of the soul. " Not enjoyment, and not so hours' time, above ten thousand men, and fifty- three menof-war to perform it withal ; and persuaded...
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The Plaint of Freedom. (To the Memory of Milton)

William James Linton - 1852 - 94 pagina’s
...approaching him in his last agony. Then Sir Richard, as it was past hope, ' commanded the master-gunner, whom he knew to be a most resolute, man, to split...were not able to take her, having had above fifteen hours' time, above ten thousand men, and fiftythree men of war, to perform it withal ; and persuaded...
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Littell's Living Age, Volume 1;Volume 37

1853 - 848 pagina’s
...his crew killed or wounded, and himself disabled, "commanded the muster's gunner, whom he knew to he a most resolute man, to split and sink the ship, that...might remain of glory or victory to the Spaniards." SID RICHARD GREXVILLE. A hundred men for fifteen hours Beat back ten thousand ; morn shall see One...
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Titan: A Monthly Magazine..., Volume 3

1854 - 542 pagina’s
...having fought for fifteen hours, and having by estimation eight hundred shot of great artillery throiigh him, commanded the master gunner, whom he knew to...were not able to take her, having had above fifteen hours time, above ten thousand men, and fifty-three men-of-war to perform it withal ; and persuaded...
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Seamanship: And Its Associated Duties in the Royal Navy : Together with a ...

Alfred Henry Alston - 1860 - 498 pagina’s
...'having, by estimation, eight hundred shot of great artillery through him, commanded the master-gunner, whom he knew to" be a most resolute man, to split...were not able to take her, having had above fifteen hours time, above ten thousand men, and fifty-three men-of-war to perform it withal, and persuaded...
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Ships and sailors, ancient and modern, by C.C. Cotterill and E.D. Little

Charles Clement Cotterill - 1868 - 380 pagina’s
...or other, but as she was moved with the waves and billow of the sea), commanded the master-gunner, whom he knew to be a most resolute man, to split and...victory to the Spaniards, seeing in so many hours' fight and with so great a navy they were not able to take her, having had fifteen hours' time, about...
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Short Studies on Great Subjects

James Anthony Froude - 1870 - 550 pagina’s
...dying lion, and wary of approaching him in his last agony. Sir Richard, seeing that it was past hopei having fought for fifteen hours, and * having by estimation...were not able to take her, having had above fifteen hours' time, above ten thousand men, and fifty-three men-of-war to perform it withal ; and persuaded...
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