 French ; who, with all their skill, and all their courage, and all their advantages of numbers and situation, were upon that element on which, when the hour of trial comes, a Frenchman has no hope. Admiral Brueys was a brave and able man; yet the indelible...  British battles on land and sea - Side 266av James Grant - 1873Uten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | Enos Bronson - 1810 - 462 sider
...were on that element upon which, when the hour of trial comes, a Frenchman has no hope. Admiral Brueys was a brave and able man; yet the indelible character...opinion that the English had missed him, "because, not finding themselves supérieur in numbers, they did not think it prudent to try their strength with... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1815 - 494 sider
...letter, boasted that the English had missed him, " because, not finding themselves superior in numbers, they did not think it prudent to try their strength...him." The moment was now come in which he was to be fatally undeceived. The shores of the hay of Abonkir were soon lined with spectators, who beheld the... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1813 - 276 sider
...upon that element, on which, when the hour of trial comes, a Frenchman has no hope. Admiral Bfueys was a brave and able man ; yet the indelible character...come in which he was to be undeceived. A French brig was instructed to decoy the English, by manoeuvring so as to tempt them toward a shoal lying off the... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1813 - 274 sider
...upon that element, on which, when the hour of trial comes, a Frenchman has no hope. Admiral Brueys was a brave and able man; yet the indelible character...did not think it prudent to try their strength with him.—The moment was now come in which he was to be undeceived. A French brig was instructed to decoy... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1813 - 278 sider
...upon that element, on which, when the hour of trial comes, a Frenchman has no hope. Admiral Brueys was a brave and able man ; yet the indelible character...being superior in force, they did not think it prudent to.try their strength with him. — The moment was now eome in which he was to be undeceived. A French... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1814 - 292 sider
...upon that element, on which, when the hour of trial comes, a Frenchman has no hope. Admiral Brueys was a brave and able man ; yet the indelible character...opinion, that the English had missed him, because, not bring wiprnor in force, they did not think it prudent to «ry their strength with him. — Th« mnmrnt... | |
 | 1815 - 488 sider
...letter, boasted that the English had missed him, " because, not finding themselves superior in numbers, they did not think it prudent to try their strength...him." The moment was now come in which he was to be fatally undeceived. The shores of the hay of Aboukir were soon lined with spectators, who beheld the... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 532 sider
...upon which, when the hour of trial comes, a Frenchman has no hope. Admiral Brueys was a brave and an able man ; yet the indelible character of his country broke out in one of his letters, in which he said the English had missed him, ' because, not finding themselves superior in numbers,... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1820 - 636 sider
...upon that element, on which, when the hour of trial conies, a Frenchman has no hope. Admiral Brueys was a brave and able man ; yet the indelible character...come in which he was to be undeceived. A French brig was instracted to decoy the English, by manoeuvring so as tempt them towards a shoal lying off the... | |
 | Englishman - 1824 - 420 sider
...upon that element, on which, when the hour of trial comes, a Frenchman has no hope. Admiral Brueys was a brave and able man ; yet the indelible character...him.— The moment was now come in which he was to b« undeceived. A French brig was instructed to decoy the English, by manoeuvring so as to tempt them... | |
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