 | Stewarton - France - 1806 - 396 pages
...violent, but all equally impracticable. The next morning, when, as usual, he went to see the manoeuvres of his flotilla, and the embarkation and landing of...but that moment six of your vessels, after taking down their sails, cast anchors with the greatest sangfroid,just without the reach of our shot. In an... | |
 | Stewarton - France - 1900 - 388 pages
...violent, but all equally impracticable. The next morning, when, as usual, he went to see the manoeuvres of his flotilla, and the embarkation and landing of...he looked so pale that he almost excited pity. Your cruisers, however, as if they had been informed of the situation of our hero, approached unusually... | |
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Duroc, and deliberating on a thousand methods of destroying the insolent islanders ; all equally violent, but all equally impracticable. The next morning, when, as usual, he went to see the manoeuvres of his flotilla, and the embarkation and landing of... 