 Frank Hastings commenced that course of honourable service which must ever connect his name with the emancipation of Greece.' See also p. 370, where it is mentioned that Hastings saved a vessel. He did so by going out on the bowsprit under a heavy fire...  History of the Greek revolution - Page 423by Thomas Gordon - 1832Full view - About this book
 | George Finlay - Greece - 1861 - 404 pages
...did so by going out on the bowsprit under a heavy fire of musketry.—Vol. ii. 441. Gordon adds, " If ever there was a disinterested and really useful...keeping the Karteria afloat for the last six months. . . . His ship, too, was the only one in the Greek navy where regular discipline was maintained." The... | |
 | GEORGE FINALY - 1877 - 460 pages
...vessel. He did so by going out on the bowsprit under a heavy fire of musketry (ii. 441). Gordon adds, 'If ever there was a disinterested and really useful...keeping the Karteria afloat for the last six months AJ>. 18 j 2.] Chios was said to contain nearly one hundred thousand inhabitants ; in the month of August... | |
 | George Finlay - Byzantine Empire - 1877 - 462 pages
...vessel. He did so by going out on the bowsprit under a heavy fire of musketry (ii. 441). Gordon adds, 'If ever there was a disinterested and really useful...keeping the Karteria afloat for the last six months His ship, too, was the only one in the Greek navy where regular discipline was maintained.' The sum... | |
 | George Finlay - Byzantine Empire - 1877 - 460 pages
...vessel. He did so by going out on the bowsprit under a heavy fire of musketry (ii. 441). Gordon adds, ' If ever there was a disinterested and really useful...keeping the Karteria afloat for the last six months Chios was said to contain nearly one hundred thousand inhabitants ; in the month of August it was supposed... | |
 | George Finlay - Byzantine Empire - 1877 - 464 pages
...of musketry \ii. 441). Gordon adds, 'If ever there was a disinterested and really useful Philhellenc it was Hastings: he received no pay, and had expended...keeping the Karteria afloat for the last six months AD Chios was said to contain nearly one hundred thousand inhabitants ; in the month of August it was... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1910 - 1200 pages
...Zante on the ist of June. General Gordon, who served in the war and wrote its history, says of him: " If ever there was a disinterested and really useful...keeping the ' Karteria ' afloat for the last six months. His ship, too, was the only one in the Greek navy where regular discipline was maintained." . See Thomas... | |
 | Hugh Chisholm - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1910 - 1006 pages
...Zante on the ist of June. General Gordon, who served in the war and wrote its history, says of him: " If ever there was a disinterested and really useful...keeping the ' Karteria ' afloat for the last six months. His ship, too, was the only one in the Greek navy where regular discipline was maintained." See Thomas... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1910 - 1002 pages
...Gordon, who served in the war ud wrote its history, says of him: " If ever there was a eUnterested and really useful Philhellene it was Hastings. He...keeping the ' Karteria ' afloat for the last six months. His ship, too, was the only one in the Greek navy where regular *"T*t;iT* was maintained." S« Thomas... | |
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