...awful: the firing immediately ceased on both sides; and the first sound which broke the silence, was the dash of her shattered masts and yards, falling...height to which they had been exploded. It is upon recordj^that a battle between two armies was once broken off by an earthquake :—such an event 20...

...awful : the firing immediately ceased on both sides; and the first sound which broke the silence was the dash of her shattered masts and yards, falling into the water from 324 325 the vast height to which they had been exploded. It is upon record, that a battle between two...

...awful: the firing immediately ceased on both sides; and the first sound which broke the silence was the dash of her shattered masts and yards, falling...earthquake :* such an event would be felt like a miracle; hut no incident in war, produced by human means, has ever equalled the sublimity of this co-instantaneous...

...first sound was the fall of her shattered masts and yards, which had been carried to a vast height. It is upon record that a battle between two armies was once broken off by an earthquake ; such a tiling would be felt like a miracle: but no incident produced in war by human means, has ever equalled...

...('Life of Nelson'), in describing the battle of the Nile and the blowing up of the Orient, says, " It is upon record that a battle between two armies was once broken off by an earthquake." What battle is here referred to ? JAJ SWANS. — It is familiarly known that the distinctive name of...