 Come cheer up my lads, 'tis to glory we steer ;' the military band of the garrison answering with ' Britons strike home.' The effect of this scene it is difficult to describe : Englishmen were proud of their country ; and foreigners, who beheld the scene,...  Battles of the British Navy - Page 47by Joseph Allen - 1852Full view - About this book
 | Edward Pelham Brenton - Great Britain - 1824 - 588 pages
...line-wall, mole-head, and batteries were crowded from the dock-yard to the ragged staff; the Caesar's band playing, "Come cheer up my lads, 'tis to glory we steer;" the military band of the garrison answering with " Britons strike home." The effect of this scene it is... | |
 | William James - Great Britain - 1837 - 416 pages
...line-wall, mole-head, and batteries, were crowded from the dock-yard to the ragged staff; the Caesar's band playing, ' Come cheer up my lads, 'tis to glory we steer ;' the military band of the garrison answering with ' Britons strike home.' The effect of this scene it is... | |
 | Edward Pelham Brenton - Great Britain - 1837 - 968 pages
...line-wall, mole-head, and batteries, were crowded from the dock-yard to the ragged staff, the Caesar's band playing, " Come cheer up, my lads, 'tis to glory we steer;" the military band of the garrison answering with " Britons, strike home!1' The effect of this scene it... | |
 | William James - 1837 - 412 pages
...line-wall, mole-head, and batteries, were crowded from the dock-yard to the ragged staff; the Caesar's band playing, ' Come cheer up my lads, 'tis to glory we steer ;' the military band of the garrison answering with ' Britons strike home.' The effect of this scene it is... | |
 | Paul Harris Nicolas - 1845 - 438 pages
...wall, mole-head, and batteries were crowded, from the dockyard to the ragged staff,—the Caesar's band playing, " Come cheer up, my lads, 'tis to glory we steer;" the military band of the garrison answering with " Britons, strike home!" It is impossible to describe... | |
 | 1855 - 338 pages
...mole-head, and batteries were crowded, from the dock-yard to the ragged staff, — the Ccesar' s band playing, ' Come, cheer up, my lads, 'tis to glory we steer,' — the military band of the garrison answering with ' Britons, strike home.' The effect of this scene it is... | |
 | 1856 - 416 pages
...mole-head, and batteries were crowded, from the dock-yard to the ragged staff, — the Ctesar's band playing, ' Come, cheer up, my lads, 'tis to glory we steer,' — the military band of the garrison answering with ' Britons, strike home.' The effect of this scene it is... | |
 | William James - 1859 - 548 pages
...line-wall, mole-head, and batteries were crowded from the dockyard to the ragged-staff; the Caesar's band playing, ' Come cheer up my lads, 'tis to glory we steer ;' the military band of the garrison answering with ' Britons strike home.' The effect of this scene it is... | |
 | Military art and science - 1866 - 514 pages
...line-wall, mole-head and batteries, were crowded from the dock-yard to the ragged-staff; the Ca^ar's band playing, ' Come cheer up my lads, 'tis to glory we steer ;' the military band of the garrison answering with ' Briton's strike home.' The effect of this scene it is... | |
 | Charles Rathbone Low - Great Britain - 1872 - 544 pages
...heavy odds against them. " The day was clear," says the gallant Captain Brenton of the flagship, " the whole population of the rock seemed to be in motion...desired to be taken on board their ships to share in thehonours of the approaching conflict." As the Essex passed under the stern of the Audacioun, the... | |
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