 | Henry Adams - 1890 - 496 páginas
...Every morning at daybreak," according to his story,1 " we set about arresting the progress of all the vessels we saw, firing off guns to the right and left...ship that was running in heave to, or wait until we bad leisure to send a boat on board ' to see,' in our lingo, ' what she was made of.' I have frequently... | |
 | Thomas Barclay - 1894 - 456 páginas
...well known. " Every morning at daybreak," he writes, " we set about arresting the progress of all the vessels we saw, firing off guns to the right and left...until we had leisure to send a boat on board ' to see,',in our lingo, 'what she was made of.' I have frequently known a dozen, and sometimes a couple... | |
 | John Pancoast Gordy - 1900 - 634 páginas
...their methods. " Every morning at daybreak," he said, " we set about arresting the progress of all the vessels we saw, firing off guns to the right and left...to, or wait until we had leisure to send a boat on board'to see,'in our lingo, 'what she was made of.' I have frequently known a dozen and sometimes a... | |
 | French Ensor Chadwick - 1915 - 336 páginas
...years of Jefferson's administration, he says: "Every morning at daybreak during our stay off New York we set about arresting the progress of all vessels...dozen, and sometimes a couple of dozen ships, lying to, a league or two off the port, losing their fair wind, their tide and, worse than all, their market,... | |
 | French Ensor Chadwick - 1915 - 312 páginas
...years of Jefferson's administration, he says: "Every morning at daybreak during our stay off New York we set about arresting the progress of all vessels...dozen, and sometimes a couple of dozen ships, lying to, a league or two off the port, losing their fair wind, their tide and, worse than all, their market,... | |
 | French Ensor Chadwick - 1915 - 314 páginas
...years of Jefferson's administration, he says: "Every morning at daybreak during our stay off New York we set about arresting the progress of all vessels...dozen, and sometimes a couple of dozen ships, lying to, a league or two off the port, losing their fair wind, their tide and, worse than all, their market,... | |
 | Allen Johnson - 1921 - 390 páginas
...of this execrated frigate. Every morning at daybreak, we set about arresting the progress of all the vessels we saw, firing off guns to the right and left...of." I have frequently known a dozen, and sometimes 1 Professor William E. Lingelbach in a notable article on "England and Neutral Trade" in The Military... | |
 | 1921 - 612 páginas
...of this execrated frigate. Every morning at daybreak, we set about arresting the progress of all the vessels we saw, firing off guns to the right and left...of." I have frequently known a dozen, and sometimes 1 Professor William E. Lingelbach in a notable article on " England and Neutral Trade" in The Military... | |
 | Allen Johnson - 1921 - 376 páginas
...of this execrated frigate. Every morning at daybreak, we set about arresting the progress of all the vessels we saw, firing off guns to the right and left...of." I have frequently known a dozen, and sometimes 1 Professor William E. Lingelbach in a notable article on "England and Neutral Trade" in The Military... | |
 | Ian W Toll - 2006 - 614 páginas
...described how it was done: Every morning at daybreak, we set about arresting the progress of all the vessels we saw, firing off guns to the right and left to make every ship that was running in heave-to, or wait until we had leisure to send a boat on board "to see," in our lingo, "what she was... | |
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York we set about arresting the progress of all vessels we saw, firing off guns to the right and left, to make every ship that was running in heave to, or wait until we had leisure to send a boat on board 'to see,' in our lingo, 'what she was made of. 
