 | John Knox Laughton - 1896 - 442 páginas
...passed. The fighting was desultory, but often renewed. "Towards morning," wrote Miller, "my people were so extremely jaded that, as soon as they had hove our sheet-anchor up, they dropped under the capstan bars, and were asleep in a moment in every sort of posture, having been then working at their... | |
 | William Henry Fitchett - 1900 - 438 páginas
...to move towards the French ships not yet engaged ; but, says Miller of the Theseus, "my people were so extremely jaded that as soon as they had hove our sheet-anchor up they dropped under the capstan bars and were asleep in a moment in every sort of posture, having been working at their fullest... | |
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Majestic, chose to be so, to give time to the Goliath, Zealous, and Leander to join us, neither of which were yet moving ; and I sent an officer to tell Hood I waited for them. My people were also so extremely jaded, that as soon as they had hove our... 