| James Fenimore Cooper - 1840 - 450 páginas
...wounded Turk, who took refuge in the ketch. On the part of the Americans but a single man was hurt. In whatever light we regard this exploit it extorts...perfect manner in which all its parts were executed. Nothing appears to have been wanting, in a military point of view ; nothing was deranged ; nothing... | |
| 1867 - 302 páginas
...been long neglected. " The first captured of these flags is that of the French frigate L ' Insurgente, of forty guns, captured by the Constellation, under...manner in which all its parts were executed.' This flag was the sole relic preserved of that noble frigate. The flag of the Alert marks the opening of... | |
| Charles Morris - 1887 - 560 páginas
...and the commanding officer was raised from the station of a lieutenant to that of a captain. . . . In whatever light we regard this exploit, it extorts...— the boldness in the conception of the enterprise having been surpassed only by the perfect manner in which all its parts were executed. Nothing appears... | |
| Charles Morris - 1913 - 434 páginas
...and the commanding officer was raised from the station of a lieutenant to that of a captain. . . . In whatever light we regard this exploit, it extorts...— the boldness in the conception of the enterprise having been surpassed only by the perfect manner in which all its parts were executed. Nothing appears... | |
| James Fenimore Cooper - 1839 - 666 páginas
...wounded Turk, who took refuge in the ketch. On the part of the Americans but a single man was hurt. In whatever light we regard this exploit, it extorts...being even surpassed by the perfect manner in which •11 its parts were executed. Nothing appears to have been wanting, in a military point of view; nothing... | |
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