 | 1871 - 846 pages
...vessels on the beach! France most undergo her fate." 5. " Give the word!" But no such word Was erer spoke or heard: For up stood, for out stepped, for...Lieutenant ? A Mate — first, second, third ? No such in.™ of mark, and meet With his betters to compete! But a simple Breton sailor pressed by Tourvile... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1871 - 820 pages
...Shove ashore, then blow up, burn the vessels on the beach ! "France must undergo her fate." 5" Give the word ! " But no such word Was ever spoke or heard...Tourville for the fleet, A poor coasting-pilot he, Hervé Riel the Croisickese. 6. And " What mockery or malice have we here ? " cries Hervé Riel ; "... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - Electronic journals - 1871 - 820 pages
...Shove ashore, then blow up, burn the vessels on the beach ! " France must undergo her fate." 5. " Give the word ! " But no such word Was ever spoke or heard...man of mark, and meet With his betters to compete I But a simple Breton sailor pressed by Tourville for the fleet, A poor coasting-pilot he, Herv£ Biel... | |
 | Robert Browning - American poetry - 1872 - 292 pages
...each Shove ashore, then blow up, burn the vessels on the beach ! France must undergo her fate." " Give the word ! " But no such word Was ever spoke or heard...Tourville for the fleet, A poor coasting-pilot he, — Herve Riel the Croisickese. And " What mockery or malice have we here ? " cries Herve Riel. " Are... | |
 | Lewis Baxter Monroe - Readers - 1872 - 418 pages
...Shove ashore, then blow up, burn the vessels on the beach I France must undergo her fate. V. "Give the word!" — But no such word Was ever spoke or...sailor pressed by Tourville for the fleet— A poor coasting pilot he, Herve Riel the Croisickese. VI. And "What mockery or malice have we here?" cries... | |
 | Readers - 1884 - 794 pages
...(Ended Damfreville liis speech.) " Not a minute more to wait ! Let the captains all and each "Give the word! " But no such word "Was ever spoke or heard...first, second, third? No such man of mark, and meet AVith his betters to compete ! But a simple Breton sailor pressed by Tourville for the fleet,— A... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - Elocution - 1873 - 348 pages
...; then blow up, burn the vessels on the beach ! France must undergo her fate." " Give the word I " But no such word \ Was ever spoke or heard ; For up...man of mark, and meet With his betters to compete ! And "What mockery or malice have we here?" cries Herv6 Kiel; "Are you mad, you Halouins? Are you... | |
 | Martha Le Baron Goddard - Sea poetry - 1874 - 248 pages
...Shove ashore, then blow up, burn the vessels on the beach ! France must undergo her fate ! " " Give the word ! " But no such word Was ever spoke or heard...first, second, third ? No such man of mark, and meet \Vith his betters to compete ! But a simple Breton sailor, pressed by Tourville for the fleet, A poor... | |
 | Martha Le Baron Goddard - Sea poetry - 1874 - 236 pages
...beach ! France must undergo her fate ! " " Give the word ! " But no such word Was ever spoke or heard : A captain ? a lieutenant ? a mate, — first, second,...Tourville for the fleet, A poor coasting-pilot he, — Herve" Riel the Croisickese. And " What mockery or malice have we here ? " cried Herv<; Riel. "... | |
 | English poetry - 1876 - 564 pages
...each Shove ashore, then blow up, burn the vessels on the beach ! France must undergo her fate." " Give the word ! " But no such word Was ever spoke or heard...sailor pressed by Tourville for the fleet— A poor coasting pilot he, Herve Riel the Croisickese. And " What mockery or malice have we here ? " cries... | |
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Give the word!" But no such word Was ever spoke or heard; For up stood, for out stepped, for in struck amid all these A Captain? A Lieutenant? A Mate — first, second, third? No such man of mark, and meet With his betters to compete! But a simple Breton... 
