 | Europe - 1786 - 506 pages
...indiliinft clamour, with lamentable cries and groans, proceeded (during the (hört intervals of ceiïation) from all quarters; and a little before, midnight a...floated in, upon which were twelve men, who only, ont of three- fröre, which were on board their launch, hadefcaped. Thefc circumfiances convinced us... | |
 | 874 pages
...indiftin£k clamour, with lamentable cries and groans, proceeded (during the fhort intervals of ceflation) from all quarters ; and a little before midnight,...in, Upon which were twelve men, who -only, out of three fcore which were on board their launch, had efcaped. Thefe circumftances con. vinccd us, that... | |
 | Periodicals - 1788 - 404 pages
...indiftinct clamour, with lamentable cries and groans, proceeded (during the fhort intervals of ceflation) from all quarters ; and a little before midnight,...over the enemy ; yet we did not conceive that the victory was fo complete as the fucceeding morning evinced. Our firing was therefore continued, though... | |
 | 1791 - 822 pages
...lamentable cries and groans, proceeded (during the fh irt intervals o, ccfl'ation) from »II qtimers ; and a little before midnight a wreck floated in, upon...threefcore which were on board their launch, had efcaped. Thcfe circumltances convinced us that we had gained an advantage over the enemy ; yet we did not conceive... | |
 | Books and bookselling - 512 pages
...indiitinft clamour, with lamentable cries and groans, proceeded (during the (hort intervals of ccflation) from all quarters ; and a little before midnight a...launch, had efcaped. Thefe circumftances convinced us tliat wex had gained an advantage over the enemy ; yet we did not conceive that the viftory had been... | |
 | Fraternal organizations - 1837 - 474 pages
...indistinct clamour, with lamentable cries and groans, proceeded (during the short intervals of cessation) from all quarters ; and a little before midnight,...floated in, upon which were twelve men, who only, out of three score which were on board their launch, had escaped. The circumstances convinced us that we had... | |
 | Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith - American periodicals - 1838 - 604 pages
...indistinct clamour, with lamentable cries and groans, proceeded (during the short intervals of cessation) from all quarters; and a little before midnight a wreck floated in with twelve men, all who had escaped out of three score, which were on board their launch. Though sure... | |
 | The Mirror of Literature,Amusement,and Instruction VOL.XXXII - 1838 - 474 pages
...indistinct clamour, with lamentable cries and groans, proceeded (during the short intervals of cessation) from all quarters ; and a little before midnight a wreck floated in with twelve men, all who had escaped out of threescore, which were on board their launch. Though sure... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1838 - 594 pages
...indistinct clamour, with lamentable cries and groans, proceeded (during the short intervals of cessation) from all quarters ; and a little before midnight a wreck floated in with twelve men, all who had escaped out of three score, which were on board their launch. Though sure... | |
 | 1838 - 472 pages
...indistinct clamour, with lamentable cries and groans, proceeded (during the short intervals of cessation) from all quarters; and a little before midnight a wreck floated in with twelve men, all who had escaped out of threescore, which were on board their launch. Though sure... | |
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Our artillery, at this period, must have caused dreadful havoc amongst them. An indistinct clamour, with lamentable cries and groans, proceeded (during the short intervals of cessation) from all quarters; and, a little before midnight, a wreck floated... 
