 ... boarded through them, and never afterwards fired a great gun during the action. Her tops, like those of all the enemy's ships, were filled with riflemen. Nelson never placed musketry in his tops; he had a strong dislike to the practice, not merely...  The Life of Nelson - Page 262by Robert Southey - 1813Full view - About this book
 | John Davis Long - Battles - 1902 - 438 pages
...those of al] the enemy's ships, were filled with riflemen. Nelson never placed musketry in his tops; he had a strong dislike to the practice, not merely because...individuals may suffer and a commander now and then picked off, but which never can decide the fate of a general engagement. Captain Harvey, in the Temeraire,... | |
 | Robert Southey - Great Britain - 1902 - 388 pages
...with riflemen. Nelson never placed musketry in his tops ; he had a strong dislike to the practise ; not merely because it endangers setting fire to the sails, but also because it it is a murderous sort of warfare, by which individuals may suffer, and a commander now and then be... | |
 | Robert Southey - Admirals - 1906 - 288 pages
...of all the enemy's ships, were filled with riflemen. Nelson never placed musketry in his tops ; he had a strong dislike to the practice, not merely because...Redoutable on the other side. Another enemy was in like manner on board the Temeraire : so that these four ships formed as compact a tier as if they had... | |
 | Ernest Edwin Speight, Robert Morton Nance - Explorers - 1906 - 448 pages
...those of the enemy's ships, were filled with riflemen. Nelson never placed musketry in his tops ; he had a strong dislike to the practice, not merely because...Captain Harvey, in the Temeraire, fell on board the Redoubtable on the other side. Another enemy was in like manner on board the Temeraire, so that these... | |
 | Ludwig Herrig - English literature - 1906 - 844 pages
...all the enemy's ships, were filled with riflemen. Nelson never 335 placed musketry in his tops; he had a strong dislike to the practice, not merely because...also because it is a murderous sort of warfare, by 330 which individuals may suffer, and a commander now and then be picked off, but which never can decide... | |
 | Ocean - 1907 - 264 pages
...of all the enemy's ships, were filled with riflemen. Nelson never placed musketry in his tops ; he had a strong dislike to the practice ; not merely...Captain Harvey, in the Temeraire, fell on board the Redoiibtable on the other side. Another enemy was in like manner on board the Temeraire : so that these... | |
 | Robert Southey - Sailors - 1907 - 102 pages
...of all the enemy's ships, were filled with riflemen. Nelson never placed musketry in his tops ; he had a strong dislike to the practice ; not merely...never can decide the fate of a general engagement. 20 Capt. Harvey, in the Temeraire, fell on board the Redoutable on the other side. Another enemy was... | |
 | Charles Eliot Norton - Readers - 1908 - 352 pages
...of all the enemy's ships, were filled with riflemen. Nelson never placed musketry in his tops ; he had a strong dislike to the practice, not merely because...Captain Harvey, in the Temeraire, fell on board the Redoubtable on the other side ; another enemy was in like manner on board the Temeraire ; so that these... | |
 | Charles Townsend Copeland - Authors, English - 1909 - 666 pages
...those of all the enemy's ships, were filled with riflemen. Nelson never placed musketry in his tops; he had a strong dislike to the practice, not merely because...Captain Harvey, in the Temeraire, fell on board the Redoubtable on the other side. Another enemy was in like manner on board the Temeraire: so that these... | |
 | Charles H.Sylevester - 1909 - 594 pages
...those of all the enemy's ships, were filled with riflemen. Nelson never placed musketry in his tops; he had a strong dislike to the practice, not merely because it endangers setting fire to the sails, tnut also because it is a murderous sort of warfare, by which individuals may suffer, and a commander,... | |
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