 | Enos Bronson - 1810 - 462 pàgines
...He desired not to be earned below, but be left to die upon deck. The flames soon mastered the ship. By the prodigious light of this conflagration, the situation of the two fleets could now be perceived, the colours being clearly distinguishable. About ten o'clock the Orient blew ир. The tremendous... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1813 - 276 pàgines
...ship. Her sides had just been painted ; and the oil-jars, and paint-buckets, were lying on the poop. By the prodigious light of this conflagration, the situation of the two fleets could now be perceived, the colours of both being clearly distinguishable. About ten o'clock the ship blew up. This... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 532 pàgines
....sired ' not to be carried below, but to be left to die upon deck.' The flames soon mastered the ship. By the prodigious light of this conflagration, the situation of the two fleets could now be perceived, the colours being clearly distinguishable. About ten o'clock, the L'Orient blew up. The... | |
 | Edward Baines - 1818 - 582 pàgines
...wound only a quarter of an hour. Soon after • nine o'clock the Orient struck her colours and CHAP. V. appeared in flames. The fire spread with astonishing...o'clock the ship blew up with a tremendous explosion, whieh was succeeded by a silence not less awful. The firing, as if by common consent, instantly ceased... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1820 - 636 pàgines
...his ship. Her sides had just been painted, and the oil jars and paint-buckets were lying on the poop. By the prodigious, light of this conflagration, the situation of the two fleets could now be perceived, the colours of both being clearly distinguishable. About ton o'clock the ship blew up, with... | |
 | Englishman - 1824 - 420 pàgines
...his ship. Her sides had just been painted, and the oil-jars and paint-buckets were lying on the poop. By the prodigious light of this conflagration, the situation of the two fleets could now be perceived, the colours of both being clearly distinguishable. About ten o'clock the ship blew up, with... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1830 - 354 pàgines
...ship. Her sides had just been painted ; and the oil-jars, and paint-bucket, were lying on the poop. By the prodigious light of this conflagration, the situation of the two fleets could now be perceived, the colours of both being clearly distinguishable. About ten o'clock the ship blew up, with... | |
 | 1836 - 884 pàgines
...ship. Her sides had just been painted ; and the oil-jars, and paint-bucket, were lying on the poop. By the prodigious light of this conflagration, the situation of the two fleets could now be perceived, the colours of both being clearly distinguishable. About ten o'clock the ship blew up, with... | |
 | 1836 - 480 pàgines
...ship. Her sides had just been painted ; and the oil-jars, and paint-bucket, were lying on the poop. By the prodigious light of this conflagration, the situation of the two fleets could now be perceived, the colours of both being clearly distinguishable. About ten o'clock the ship blew up, with... | |
 | 1843 - 320 pàgines
...ship. Her sides had just been painted ; and the oil-jars, and paint-bucket, were lying on the poop. By the prodigious light of this conflagration, the situation of the two fleets could now be perceived, the colours of both being elearly distinguishable. About ten o'clock the ship blew up, with... | |
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... dead; he had received three wounds, yet would not leave his post; a fourth cut him almost in two. He desired not to be carried below, but to be left to die upon deck. 
