 | 1836 - 884 Seiten
...stood the danger till the last, and continued to fire from the lower deck. This tremendous explosion was followed by a silence not less awful : the firing...from the vast height to which they had been exploded. " About seventy of the Orient's crew were saved by the English boats. Among the many hundreds who perished,... | |
 | 1836 - 480 Seiten
...stood the danger till the last, and continued to fire from the lower deck. This tremendous explosion was followed by a silence not less awful : the firing...from the vast height to which they had been exploded. " About seventy of the Orient's crew were saved by the English boats. Among the many hundreds who perished,... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1836 - 320 Seiten
...stood the danger till the last, and continued to fire from the lower deck. This tremendous explosion was followed by a silence not less awful : the firing...sound which broke the silence, was the dash of her chattered masts and yards, falling into the water from the vast height to which they had been exploded.... | |
 | Philip Alexander Prince - 1838 - 702 Seiten
...ceased on both sides ; and thî first sound which broke the silence. was the dash of shattered roa*t¿ and yards, falling into the water from the vast height to which they had been forced. Only seventy out of гоагл hundred of the Orient's crew were saved, and those by the English... | |
 | sir Archibald Alison (1st bart.) - 1841 - 764 Seiten
...a silence still more awful, interrupted only, after the lapse of some minutes, by the splash of the shattered masts and yards falling into the water from the vast height to which they liad been thrown. The British ships in the vicinity, with admirable coolness had made preparations... | |
 | 1843 - 320 Seiten
...danger till the last, and continued to fire from the lower deck. This tremendous explosion was fallowed by a silence not less awful : the firing immediately...silence, was the dash of her shattered masts and yards, faHing into the water from the vast height to which they had been exploded. It is upon record, that... | |
 | Philip Alexander Prince - 1843 - 790 Seiten
...that was felt to the very bottom of every vessel. The tremendous explosion was followed by a stillness not less awful : the firing immediately ceased on...first sound which broke the silence, was the dash of shattered masts and yards, falling into the water from the vast height to which they had been forced.... | |
 | Joseph Lloyd Brereton - 1844 - 24 Seiten
...her giant frame, And falls in thousand wrecks — a cataract of flame !+ 4 "This tremendous explosion was followed by a silence not less awful : the firing...the vast height to which they had been exploded." — Soathey'i Life of Nelton. The startled Arab heard the distant sound, And deem'd dread Azrael shook... | |
 | J. R. Miller - 1844 - 742 Seiten
...instantly ceased on both sides, and the first sound which broke the portentous stillness was the dash of shattered masts and yards falling into the water from the vast height to which they had been cast by the explosion. Only about seventy of the crew could be saved by the English boats. The Orient... | |
 | Half hours - 1847 - 580 Seiten
...stood the danger to the last, and continued to fire from the lower deck. This tremendous explosion was followed by a silence not less awful : the firing...to which they had been exploded. It is upon record, that a battle between two armies was once broken off by an earthquake :— such an event would be felt... | |
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This tremendous explosion was followed by a silence not less awful : the firing immediately ceased on both sides ; and the first sound which broke the silence was the dash of her shattered masts and yards falling into the water from the vast height to... 
