 | English literature - 1756 - 724 pages
...fignal was made to prime, when fhe was then to fcuttle her decks, every thing elfe being prepared ¿t the time and place allowed of. The enemy now began to appear from the malt-head. I called in the cruifers ; and when they had joined me, 1 tacked towards the enemy, and... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1788 - 596 pages
...as a fire fhip, but without damaging her as a frigate, till the fignal was made to prime, when fhe was then to fcuttle her decks, every thing elfe being...allowed of. The enemy now began to appear from the maft head; I called in the cruifers, and when they had joined me, I tacked towards the enemy, and formed... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1788 - 586 pages
...as a fire fhip, buc without damaging her as a frigate, till the fignal was made to prime, when fhe was then to fcuttle her decks, every thing elfe being...allowed of. The enemy now began to appear from the maft head ; I called in the cruifers, and when they had joined me, I tacked towards the enemy, and... | |
 | Robert Beatson - Great Britain - 1790 - 622 pages
...fire-fhip, but without damaging her as a frigate ; till " .the fignal was made to prime, when (lie was then to fcuttle " her decks, every thing elfe being prepared, as the time and ** place allowed off. " The enemy now began to appear from the mart-head. I " called in the cruizers; and when they... | |
 | John Charnock - 1796 - 452 pages
...ferve as a firefhip, but without damaging her as a frigate, till the fignal was made to prime, when ihe was then to fcuttle her decks, every thing elfe being...allowed of. The enemy now began to appear from the mall-head. I called in the cruifers ; and when they had joined me I tacked towards the enemy and formed... | |
 | John Charnock - Great Britain - 1796 - 454 pages
...frigate, till the figna! was made to prime, when fhe >vas then to fcuttle her decks, every thins; elfc being prepared as the time and place allowed of. The enemy now began to appear from the mail-head. I called in the cmilirs; and when they had joined me I tacked towards the enemy and formed... | |
 | Archibald Duncan - 1805 - 418 pages
...the signal was made to prime, when she was to scuttle her decks, every thing else being prepared that the time and place allowed of. The enemy now began to appear from the masthead. I called in the cruizcrs, and when they had joined me, I tacked towards the enemy and formed... | |
 | John Campbell - Admirals - 1814 - 546 pages
...signal was made to prime ; when " she was then to scuttle her decks, every thing eke " being prepared at the time and place allowed of. " The enemy now began to appear from the mast head, " I called in the cruisers, and when they had joined me, I " tacked towards the enemy, and... | |
 | Sir William Laird Clowes, Sir Clements Robert Markham, Alfred Thayer Mahan, Herbert Wrigley Wilson, Theodore Roosevelt, Leonard George Carr Laughton - Great Britain - 1898 - 668 pages
...frigate ; till the signal was made to prime, when she was then to scuttle her decks, everything else prepared, as the time and place allowed of. " The enemy now began to appear from the mast-head. I called in the cruisers ; and, when they had joined me, I tacked towards the enemy, and... | |
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... was then to fcuttle her decks, every thing elfe being prepared as the time and place allowed of. The enemy now began to appear from the mall-head. 