 I cannot resist the pleasure I have in making it known to their lordships. The Temeraire was boarded by accident, or design, by a French ship on one side and a Spaniard on the other ; the contest was vigorous ; but in the end the combined ensigns were...  Naval poems - Page xxvby Thomas Downey - 1813 - 184 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Cobbett - Great Britain - 1805 - 544 pages
...Temeraire was boarded by accident, o; design, by a French ship, on one side, and * Spaniard on die other ; the contest was vigorous, but, in the end, the combined ensigns were torn from the poop, and the British hoisted in their places. — Such a battle could not be fought without sustaining... | |
 | Laurence Hynes Halloran - Trafalgar, Battle of, 1805 - 1806 - 154 pages
...was boarded, by accident " or design, by a French ship on one side, and a Spaniard " on the other. The contest was vigorous ; but in the " end, the combined ensigns were torn from the poop, and " the British hoisted in their places." 309. Nor loss Britannia, from each flaming side,... | |
 | Laurence Hynes Halloran - Trafalgar, Battle of, 1805 - 1806 - 154 pages
...was boarded, by accident " or design, by a French ship on one side, and a Spaniard " on the other. The contest was vigorous; but in the " end, the combined ensigns were torn from the poop, and " the British hoisted in their places." 309. Nor less Britannia, from each Baming side, &c.... | |
 | Archibald Duncan - 1806 - 380 pages
...Temeraire was boarded by accident, or design, by a French ship on one side, and a, Spaniard on the other; the contest was vigorous, but, in the end, the combined ensigns were torn from the poop, and the British hoisted in their places. " Such a buttle could not be fought without sustaining... | |
 | William Hamilton Drummond - Trafalgar, Battle of, 1805 - 1806 - 142 pages
...invincible spirit of British seamen when engaging the enemies of their country. The contest, he adds, was vigorous, but, in the end, the combined ensigns were torn from the poop, and the British hoisted in their place." Indeed, when we consider the great superiority of numbers... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1810 - 386 pages
...Temeraire was boarded by accident, or design, by a French ship on one side, and a Spaniard on the other; the contest was vigorous, but, in the end, the combined ensigns were torn from the poop, and the British hoisted in their place. " Such a battle (continues the brave admiral) could not... | |
 | Thomas Mortimer - 1810 - 532 pages
...Temeraire was boarded by accident, or design, by a French ship on one side, and a Spaniard on the other; the contest was vigorous; but in the end, the combined ensigns were torn from the poop, and the British hoisted in their places^ " Such a battle could not be fought without sustaining... | |
 | Edward Pelham Brenton - Great Britain - 1824 - 588 pages
...Temeraire was boarded, by accident or design, by a French* ship on one side, and a Spaniard on the other; the contest was vigorous; but in the end, the combined ensigns were torn from the poops, and the British hoisted in their places. Such a battle could not be fought without sustaining a great... | |
 | Cuthbert Collingwood Baron Collingwood, George Lewis Newnham Collingwood - Admirals - 1828 - 610 pages
...Temeraire was boarded by accident or design, by a French* ship on one side, and a Spaniard on the other ; the contest was vigorous : but in the end, the combined ensigns were torn from the poops, and the British hoisted in their places. Such a battle could not be fought without our sustaining a... | |
 | Englishmen - 1836 - 260 pages
...Temeraire was boarded by accident, or design, by a French ship on one side and a Spaniard on the other ; the contest was vigorous ; but in the end the combined ensigns were torn from the poop, and the British hoisted in their places. " Such a battle could not be fought without sustaining... | |
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