 | Sir Archibald Alison - Europe - 1835 - 772 pages
...great fleet, and the unforeseen disasters which frequently on that element defeat the best concerted enterprises ; to the English, as showing that the...always afford security against invasion ; that in Reflections the face of superior maritime forces, her possessions °"e'0f tyg" were for sixteen days... | |
 | sir Archibald Alison (1st bart.) - 1835 - 698 pages
...great fleet, and the unforeseen disasters which frequently on that element defeat the best concerted enterprises; to the English, as showing that the empire...not always afford security against invasion ; that R-fl in the face of superior maritime forces, her possessions °n ti«.- fui|were for sixteen days... | |
 | sir Archibald Alison (1st bart.) - 1841 - 764 pages
...and the unforeseen disasters which frequently on that element defeat the best concerted enteq)rises; to the English, as showing that the empire of the...and that neither the skill of her sailors, nor the îilourof her armies, but the fury of the elements, saved them from danger hnhe most vulnerable part... | |
 | sir Archibald Alison (1st bart.) - 1843 - 828 pages
...unforeseen disasters which frequently on that 1796. clement defeat the best concerted enterprizes. To the English, as showing that the empire of the...face of superior maritime forces, her possessions had been for sixteen days at the mercy of the enemy, and that neither the skill of her sailors, nor... | |
 | G. B. Prunetti - 1846 - 782 pages
...English, as showing that the empire of the sens does not always afford security against invnsion ; that, in the face of superior maritime forces, her...and that neither the skill of her sailors nor the valor of her armies, but the fury of the elements, saved them from danger in the most vulnerable part... | |
 | Sir Archibald Alison - Europe - 1854 - 372 pages
...disasters which frequently on the former element defeat the best-concerted enterprises; to the British, as showing that the empire of the seas does not always...face of superior maritime forces, her possessions had been for sixteen days at the mercy of the enemy, and that neither the skill of her sailors nor... | |
 | sir Archibald Alison (1st bart.) - 1854 - 376 pages
...disasters which frequently on the former element defeat the best-concerted enterprises; to the British, as showing that the empire of the seas does not always...face of superior maritime forces, her possessions had been for sixteen days at the mercy of the enemy, and that neither the skill of her sailors nor... | |
 | Henry Wager Halleck - Crimean War, 1853-1856 - 1861 - 496 pages
...great fleet ; and the unforeseen disasters which frequently, on that element, defeat the best concerted enterprises. To the English, as showing that the empire...and that neither the skill of her sailors nor the valor of her armies, but the fury of the elements, saved them from danger in the most vulnerable part... | |
 | Henry Wager Halleck - Crimean War, 1853-1856 - 1862 - 492 pages
...great fleet ; and the unforeseen disasters which frequently, on that element, defeat the best concerted enterprises. To the English, as showing that the empire...and that neither the skill of her sailors nor the valor of her armies, but the fury of the elements, saved them from danger in the most vulnerable part... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Military Affairs - Canals - 1862 - 544 pages
...not /u-/i>/,i afford »ecvnty againut inrnsion ; that, in the face of superior maritime ire»-*, lier possessions were for sixteen days at the mercy of the enemy; and lat neither the skill of her sailors, nor the valor of her armies, but the fury of le elemente, saved... | |
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To the English, as showing that the empire of the seas does not always afford security against invasion ; that, in the face of superior maritime forces, her possessions... 
