 | Thomas Crampton - 1868 - 136 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... | |
 | Francis Jacox - 1871 - 378 Seiten
...wounded, was distinctly heard." 1 One of those incurable Scotticisms in which Sir Archibald abounds. It is of the close of the action at Copenhagen that...record, we are reminded, that a battle between two amides was once broken off by an earthquake. Such an event would be felt like a miracle ; but no incident... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck - 1872 - 740 Seiten
...tremendous explosion, which was followed by a pause not less awful. The firing immediately ceased; and the first sound which broke the silence was the...water from the vast height to which they had been projected by the explosion. The combat recommenced with the ships to leeward of the centre, and continued... | |
 | John Heywood (ltd.) - 1872 - 252 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...and the first sound which broke the silence was the sound of her shattered masts and yards falling into the water from the vast height to which they had... | |
 | John Daniel Morell - 1873 - 494 Seiten
...last, and continued to fire from the lower deck. This tremendous explosion was followed by a silence7 not less awful ; the firing immediately ceased on both sides ; and the first sound that broke the silence was the dash of her shattered masts and yards falling into the water from the... | |
 | English literature - 1874 - 274 Seiten
...from the lower deck. The tremendous explosion was followed by a silence not less awful; the firing ceased on both sides, and the first sound which broke the silence, was the dash of her shattered yards falling into the water from the vast height to which they had been exploded. It is upon record... | |
 | Famous historical scenes - 1875 - 648 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...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... | |
 | John Cunningham Geikie - 1877 - 424 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... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1877 - 410 Seiten
...of both being clearly distinguishable. About ten o'clock the ship blew up. 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... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1878 - 306 Seiten
...stood the danger to the last, and continued to fire from the lower deck. This tremendous explosion wy followed by a silence not less awful. The firing immediately...to which they had been exploded. It is upon record that a battle between two armies was once broken off by an earth2 " This is not true. On L'Orient's... | |
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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... 
