| William Cobbett - Great Britain - 1833 - 844 pages
...the slings, and the hull, rigging and sails, very much torn to pieces. The fire was kept ».•;• with equal warmth for 15 minutes longer, when his...main-mast and foremast went, taking with them every •par, excepting the bowsprit ; on seeing this we ceased firing, so that in 30 minutes after we got... | |
| Benjamin Allen - American poetry - 1813 - 142 pages
...minutes his mizenmast went by the board, and his main-yard in the slings, and the hull, rigging and sails very much torn to pieces. The fire was kept up with equal warmth for 15 minutes longer, when_his mainmast and fore-mast went, taking with them every spar, excepting the bowsprit ; on seeing... | |
| Thomas H. Palmer - United States - 1814 - 548 pages
...minutes her mizen-mast went by the board,, and his main-yard in the slings, and the hull, rigging, and sails, very much torn to pieces. The fire was kept...bowsprit ; on seeing this we ceased firing ; so that in thirty minutes after we got fairly alongside the enemv, she surrendered, and had not a spar standing,... | |
| Thomas H. Palmer - United States - 1814 - 504 pages
...minutes her mizt-n-mast went by the board, and his main-yard in the slings, and the hull, rigging, and sails, very much torn to pieces. The fir.e was kept...minutes longer, when his main-mast and fore-mast went, talcing with them every spar, excepting the bowsprit ; on seeing this we ceased firing ; so that in... | |
| Samuel R. Brown - United States - 1815 - 382 pages
...the Gueriiere's mizen mast went by the board, her main yard in the slings, and her hull rigging and sails very much torn to .pieces. The fire was kept up with equal warmth for fifteen minutes longer, when her masts went by the board taking with them every spar except the bowsprit.... | |
| United States - 1815 - 296 pages
...minutes his mizen mast went by the board and his main yard in the slings, and the hull, rigging and sails very much torn to pieces. The fire was kept up with equal warmth for fifteen minutes longer, when his main-mr.st and fore-mast went, taking with them every spar, excepting... | |
| 1813 - 554 pages
...minutes her mizen-mast went by the board, aiid his main-yard in the slings, and the hull, rigging, and sails, very much torn to pieces. The fire was kept...bowsprit; on seeing this we ceased firing; so that in thirty minutes after we got fairly along side the enemy, she surrendered, and had not a spar standing,... | |
| Thomas Wilson - United States - 1817 - 344 pages
...minutes his mizen-mast went by the board, and bis main yard in the slings, and the hull, rigging and sails very much torn to pieces. The fire was kept up with equal warmth for fifteen minutes longer, when his main-mast and fore-mast went, taking with them every spar, excepting... | |
| Heman Allen Fay - United States - 1817 - 294 pages
...minutes her mizen mast went by the board, and her main yard in the slings, and the hull rigging ' and sails very much torn to pieces ; the fire was kept up with equal warmth for 1 5 minutes longer, when her main mast went, taking with it every spar except the bowsprit ; on seeing... | |
| Thomas Wilson - United States - 1819 - 344 pages
...hull, rigging and sails very much torn to pieces. The fire was kept up with equal warmth for fifteen minutes longer, when his main-mast and fore-mast went,...bowsprit. On seeing this we ceased firing, so that id thirty minutes after we got fairly alongside the enemy, she surrendered, and had not a spar standing,... | |
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