Orne, as I suppose you do not wish to fight against your own countrymen, you are at liberty to retire below the water-line.' It was not long after this, before I retired from the quarter-deck to the cock-pit.” It may be well here to supplement THE NAVAL HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES - Page 288by WILLIS J. ABBOT - 1890Full view - About this book
| George Coggeshall - Privateering - 1856 - 540 pages
...away and ran down for the Guerriere. At this moment, Captain Dacres politely said to me: ' Captain Orne, as I suppose you do not wish to fight against your own countrymen, you are at liberty to go below the water-line.' It was not long after this before I retired from the quarter-deck to the... | |
| George Coggeshall - History - 1856 - 514 pages
...away and ran down for the Guerriere. At this moment, Captain Dacres politely said to me : i Captain Orne, as I suppose you do not wish to fight against your own countrymen, you are at liberty to go below the water-line/ It was not long after this before I retired from the quarter-deck to the cock-pit... | |
| George Coggeshall - Privateering - 1861 - 576 pages
...and ran down for the Guerriere. At this moment, Captain Dacres politely said to me: ' Captain One, as I suppose you do not wish to fight against your own countrymen, you are at liberty to go beloAV the water-line.' It was not long after this before I retired from the quarter-deck to the... | |
| Ira Nelson Hollis - United States - 1900 - 348 pages
...filled away and ran down for the Guerriere. At this moment Captain Dacres politely said to me: ' Captain Orne, as I suppose you do not wish to fight against your own countrymen, you are at liberty to go below the water-line.' It was not long after this before I retired from the quarter-deck to the... | |
| ira n. hollis - 1900 - 350 pages
...away and ran down for the Guerri¿re. At this moment Captain Dacres politely said to me: ‘Captain Orne, as I suppose you do not wish to fight against your own countrymen, you are at liberty to go below the water-line.' It was not long after this before I retired from the quarter-deck to the... | |
| Ira Nelson Hollis - United States - 1900 - 344 pages
...filled away and ran down for the Guerriere. At this moment Captain Dacres politely said to me: ' Captain Orne, as I suppose you do not wish to fight against your own countrymen, you are at liberty to go below the water-line.' It was not long after this before I retired from the quarter-deck to the... | |
| Francis Whiting Halsey - United States - 1912 - 228 pages
...and ran down for the Guerrière. At this moment, Captain Dacres politely said to me : "Captain Orme, as I suppose you do not wish to fight against your own countrymen, you are at liberty to go below the water-line." It was not long after this before I retired from the quarter-deck to the... | |
| Readers - 1916 - 410 pages
...and ran down for the Gnerrttre. At this moment, Captain Dacres politely said to me : " Captain Orme, as I suppose you do not wish to fight against your own countrymen, you are at liberty to go below the water-line." It was not long after this before I retired from the quarter-deck to the... | |
| Edwin Almiron Greenlaw - Patriotic literature, American - 1918 - 348 pages
...and ran down for the Guerriere . At this moment, Captain Dacres politely said to me, "Captain Orme, as I suppose you do not wish to fight against your own countrymen, you are at liberty to go below the water-line." It was not long after this before I retired from the quarter-deck to the... | |
| Allen Johnson - United States - 1920 - 258 pages
...filled away and ran down for the Guerriere. At this moment Captain Dacres politely said to me: "Captain Orne, as I suppose you do not wish to fight against your own countrymen, you are at liberty to go below the water-line." It was not long after this before I retired from the quarter-deck to the... | |
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