 | John Franklin Genung - English language - 1900 - 702 pages
...Nelson's prayer that the British fleet might be distinguished by humanity in the victory he expected. Setting an example himself, he twice gave orders to cease firing upon the Redoubtable, supposing that she had struck, because her groat guns were silent ; for, as she carried no flag, there was no... | |
 | Ellen M. Cyr - Readers - 1901 - 272 pages
...prayer that the British 5 fleet might be distinguished by humanity in the victory which he expected. Setting an example himself, he twice gave orders to cease firing upon the Redoubtable, supposing that she had struck, because her great guns were silent; for, as she carried no flag, there was no... | |
 | Ellen M. Cyr - Readers - 1901 - 272 pages
...prayer that the British 5 fleet might be distinguished by humanity in the victory which he expected. Setting an example himself, he twice gave orders to cease firing upon the Redoubtable, supposing that she had struck, because her great guns were silent ; for, as she carried no flag, there was no... | |
 | Ida Catherine Bender, Harry Pratt Judson - Readers - 1901 - 266 pages
...prayer that the British fleet might be distinguished by humanity in the victory 5 which he expected. Setting an example himself, he twice gave orders to cease firing upon the Redoubtable, supposing that she had struck, because her great guns were silent ; for, as she carried no flag, there was no... | |
 | John Davis Long - Battles - 1902 - 438 pages
...Nelson's prayer that the British fleet might be distinguished by humanity in the victory he expected. Setting an example himself, he twice gave orders to cease firing upon the Redoubtable, supposing that she had struck, because her great guns were silent ; for, as she carried no flag, there was no... | |
 | Robert Southey - Great Britain - 1902 - 388 pages
...Nelson's prayer, that the British fleet might be distinguished by humanity in the victory he expected. Setting an example himself, he twice gave orders to cease firing upon the Redoubtable, supposing that she had struck, because her great guns were silent ; for, as she carried no flag, there was no... | |
 | Henri Veslot - 1905 - 400 pages
...prayer that the British fleet might be distinguished by humanity in the victory which he expected. Setting an example himself, he twice gave orders to cease firing upon the " Redoutable", supposing that she (1) had struck (2) because her great guns were silent ; for as she... | |
 | J. Gordon Mowat, John Alexander Cooper, Newton MacTavish - 1905 - 636 pages
...the shot should pass through and injure the Temeraire. Twice Nelson gave orders to cease firing on the Redoubtable, supposing she had struck, because her great guns were silent, for as she carried no flag there was no means of instantly ascertaining the fact. From this ship, which... | |
 | Ernest Edwin Speight, Robert Morton Nance - Explorers - 1906 - 448 pages
...Nelson's prayer that the British fleet might be distinguished by humanity in the victory he expected. Setting an example himself he twice gave orders to cease firing upon the Redoubtable, supposing that she had struck, because her great guns were silent, for, as she carried no flag, there was no... | |
 | Robert Southey - Admirals - 1906 - 288 pages
...prayer that the British fleet might be distinguished by humanity in the victory which he expected. Setting an example himself, he twice gave orders to cease firing upon the Redoutable, supposing that she had struck, because her great guns were silent ; for, as she carried... | |
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Redoubtable, supposing that she had struck, because her great guns were silent ; for, as she carried no flag, there was no means of instantly ascertaining the fact. From this ship which he had thus twice spared, he received his death. A ball fired from... 
