 | Tobias Smollett - 1760 - 498 Seiten
...among the moals and iflands, on which he hoped they would pay dear for their raflmefs and impetuofity, whil,e he and his officers, who were perfectly acquainted with the navigation, could either ftay, and lake advantage of the difafter, or, if hard prefled, retire through channels unknown to the... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - 1785 - 486 Seiten
...the ftioals and iflands, on which he hoped they would pay dear for their rafiinefs and impetuofity, while he and his officers, who were perfectly acquainted with the navigation, could either ftay, and take advantage of the difafter, or, if hard prefled, retire through channels unknown to the... | |
 | David Hume - 1810 - 576 Seiten
...proper to play a more artful game, though it did not succeed according to his expectation. He kept his fleet in a body, and retired close in shore, with...the English squadron among the shoals and islands, Voi,. IV. Z on which he hoped they would pay dear for their rashness and impetuosity, while he and... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - 1810 - 580 Seiten
...proper to play a more artful game, though it did not succeed according to his expectation. He kept his fleet in a body, and retired close in shore, with...the English squadron among the shoals and islands, Vpl. IV, Z on which he hoped they would pay dear for their rashness and impetuosity, while he and his... | |
 | Robert Bisset - 1810 - 578 Seiten
...and arrived in Quiberon Bay, which the enemy had then reached. The French admiral retired close to shore, with a view to draw the English squadron among the shoals and islands, on which he expected they would he wrecked ; while he himself and his officers, perfectly acquainted with the navigation... | |
 | David Hume - 1810 - 568 Seiten
...and arrived in Quiberon Bay, which the enemy had then reached. The French admiral retired close to shore, with a view to draw the English squadron among the shoals and islands, on which he expected they would be wrecked ; while he himself and his officers, perfectly acquainted with the navigation... | |
 | Robert Bisset - 1816 - 834 Seiten
...and arrived in Quiberon Bay, which the enemy had then reached. The French admiral retired close to shore, with a view to draw the English squadron among the shoals and islands, on which he expected they would he wrecked ; while he himself and his officers, perfectly acquainted with the navigation... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - 1836 - 840 Seiten
...proper to play a more artful game, though it did not succeed according to his expectation : he kept his fleet in a body, and retired close in shore, with...through channels unknown to the British pilots. At half after two the van of the English fleet began the engagement with the rear of the enemy, in the neighborhood... | |
 | Thomas Robert Keppel - 1842 - 478 Seiten
...trusted that our fleet, from their ignorance of the coast, would be destroyed ; while his own officers, perfectly acquainted with the navigation, could either...retire through channels unknown to the British pilots. Conflans, accordingly, put before the wind with all the sail he could carry, and steered directly for... | |
 | Thomas Keppel (hon.) - 1842 - 640 Seiten
...trusted that our fleet, from their ignorance of the coast, would be destroyed ; while his own officers, perfectly acquainted with the navigation, could either...retire through channels unknown to the British pilots. Conflans, accordingly, put before the wind with all the sail he could carry, and steered directly for... | |
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Conflans might have hazarded a fair battle on the open sea without any imputation of temerity ; but he thought proper to play a more artful game, though it did not succeed according to his expectation : he kept his fleet in a body, and retired close in... 
