 Turkish galley well manned, and we believed we should be all carried away slaves, for this man had so laden his ship with goods for Spain, that his guns were useless, though the ship earned sixty guns. He called for brandy ; and after he had well drunken,...  The Westminster Review - Page 5081829Full view - About this book
 | 1826 - 240 pages
...saw coming towards us, with full sail", a Turkish galley, well manned, and we believed we should be carried away slaves ; for this man had so laden his...guns were useless, though the ship carried sixty. He called for brandy, and after he had well drunken and all his men, which were near two hundred, he... | |
 | 1825 - 492 pages
...a Dutchman (which is enough to say), but truly I think the greatest beast I every saw of his kind. When we had just passed the Straits, we saw coming towards us, a Turk isli galley, well manned, and we believed we should be carried away for slaves ; for our man... | |
 | Louisa Stuart Costello - Women - 1844 - 436 pages
...tempestuous " animal, new dangers threatened them, and the heroism of the lady was again put to the proof. " When we had just passed the Straits we saw, coming...Turkish galley, well manned, and we believed we should all be carried away slaves, for this man had so laden his ship with goods for Spain that his guns ^were... | |
 | Louisa Stuart Costello - Great Britain - 1844 - 450 pages
...heroism of the lady was again put to the proof. " When we had just passed the Straits we saw, coining towards us, with full sails, a Turkish galley, well manned, and we believed we should all be carried away slaves, for this man had so laden his ship with goods for Spain that his guns were... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - Edinburgh review - 1846 - 790 pages
...say that the occasion called so clearly for their display. During their voyage to Portugal, and— " When we had just passed the Straits, we saw coming...we believed we should be all carried away slaves, fur this man had so laden his ship with goods for Spain, that his guns were useless, though the ship... | |
 | John Frost - Conduct of life - 1846 - 332 pages
...Dutchman (which is enough to 19* say), but truly, I think, the greatest beast I ever saw of his kind. When we had just passed the straits, we saw coming...Turkish galley well manned, and we believed we should be carried away slaves ; for this man had so laden his ship with goods for Spain, that his guns were useless,... | |
 | Tales - Women - 1846 - 248 pages
...a Dutchman ; which is enough to say, but truly, I think, the greatest beast I ever saw of his kind. When we had just passed the Straits, we saw coming...Turkish galley, well manned ; and we believed we should all be carried away slaves, for this man had so laden his ship with goods for Spain, that his guns... | |
 | Half hours - 1847 - 614 pages
...which is enough to say, but truly, I think, the greatest beast I ever saw of his kind. When we had passed the Straits, we saw coming towards us, with...Spain, that his guns were useless, though the ship earned sixty guns. He called for brandy ; and after he had well drunken, and all his men, which were... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - London (England) - 1848 - 328 pages
...Turkish galley, on which occasion she has left the following touching account of her "behaviour : — "When we had just passed the straits, we saw coming...slaves, for this man had so laden his ship with goods from Spain, that his guns were useless, though the ship carried sixty guns ; he called for brandy,... | |
 | English essays - 1852 - 782 pages
...that the occasion called so clearly for their display. During their voyage to Portu gal, and — " When we had just passed the Straits, we saw coming...all carried away slaves, for this man had so laden lus ship with goods for Spain, that his guns were useless, though the ship carried sixty guns. He called... | |
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