 | Alexander Slidell Mackenzie - 1841 - 284 Seiten
...first, her stern and mizzen-mast being last seen. " A little after ten," says Jones in his report, " I saw, with inexpressible grief, the last glimpse of the Bon Homme Richard." The grief was a natural one, but far from being destitute of consolation ; the closing scene of the... | |
 | John Paul Jones - 1845 - 416 Seiten
...ship from sinking. They did not abandon her till after nine o'clock ; the water was then up to the lower deck, and a little after ten I saw, with inexpressible...of my officers lost all their clothes and effects. Sinking of the Ton Ilumnie Richard. " Having thus endeavoured to give a clear and simple relation of... | |
 | Alexander Slidell Mackenzie - 1845 - 310 Seiten
...surrendering, must have been much augment* This was a mistake. Jones says, in his official letter ; " No lives were lost with the ship, but it was impossible...of my officers lost all their clothes and effects." ed by these observations, and by what he must have seen of the motley composition of the Richard's... | |
 | Robert Sears - 1847 - 470 Seiten
...ship from sinking. They did not abandon her till after nine o'clock ; the water was then •up to the lower deck, and a little after ten I saw, with inexpressible...books, and papers ; and several of my officers lost all theii clothes and effects. " Having thus endeavored to give a clear and simple relation of the circumstances... | |
 | Robert Sears - 1848 - 448 Seiten
...ship from sinking. They did not abandon her till after nine o'clock ; the water was then up to the lower deck, and a little after ten I saw, with inexpressible grief, the last glimpse of the Bon Hmnme Richard. No lives were lost with the ship, bul it was impossible to save the stores of any sort... | |
 | Robert Sears - 1850 - 448 Seiten
...ship from sinking. They did not abandon her till after nine o'clock ; the water was then up to the lower deck, and a little after ten I saw, with inexpressible...lost all their clothes and effects. " Having thus endeavored to give a clear and simple relation of the circumstances and events that have attended the... | |
 | John Frost - 1850 - 462 Seiten
...ship from sinking. They did not abandon her till after nine o'clock ; the water was then up to the lower deck, and a little after ten I saw, with inexpressible grief, the last glimpse of the Bon-Homme Richard. No lives were lost with the ship, but it was impossible to save the stores of any... | |
 | John Henry Sherburne - 1851 - 434 Seiten
...old ship from sinking. They did Dot abandon her till after 9 o'clock ; the water was then up to the lower deck, and a little after ten, I saw with inexpressible...lost all their clothes and effects. " Having thus endeavored to give a clear and simple relation of the circumstances and events that have attended the... | |
 | John Henry Sherburne - 1851 - 422 Seiten
...old ship from sinking. They did not abandon her till after 9 o'clock ; the water was then up to the lower deck, and a little after ten, I saw with inexpressible...lost all their clothes and effects. " Having thus endeavored to give a clear and simple relation of the circumstances and events that have attended the... | |
 | John Frost - 1853 - 822 Seiten
...ship from . sinking. They did not abandon her till after nine o'clock ; the water was then up to the lower deck, and a little after ten I saw, with inexpressible grief, the fast glimpse of the Bon Homme Richard. No lives were lost with the ship, but it was impossible to save... | |
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Richard. No lives were lost with the ship, but it was impossible to save the stores of any sort whatever. I lost even the best part of my clothes, books, and papers; and several of my officers lost all their clothes and effects. 
