 We have lately been told . Of two admirals bold* Who engaged in a terrible fight : They met after noon : Which I think -was toofoon ; j4s they both r*n away before night.  The Monitor - الصفحة 4691760 - عدد الصفحات: 502عرض كامل - لمحة عن هذا الكتاب
 | 1756 - عدد الصفحات: 526
...which by his No. 50. THE MONITOR. 475 his own account he might have performed without interruption, and prevented the many farcafms thrown out by an angry.... Of two admirals bold* Who engaged in a terrible fight : They met after noon : Which I think -was toofoon ; j4s they both r*n away before night. Such... | |
 | 1756 - عدد الصفحات: 520
...expected from him, and which by his "own account he might have performed without interruption, and prevented the many farcafms thrown out by an angry...people; of which you will pleafe to infert this one. Of two admirals bold* Who engaged in a terrible fight: We have lately been told Which 1 think was toofoon;... | |
 | William Walker Wilkins - 1860 - عدد الصفحات: 360
...The account of Byng's indecifive aftion is fummed up in the following witty epigram of the day : — We have lately been told Of two admirals bold, Who engaged in a terrible fight; They met after noon, ;R. CLEVELAND*, I pray, to their Lordfliips you'll fay, We are glad, and... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1878 - عدد الصفحات: 516
...to tremble, not only * The French admiral was just as unwilling. Hence the following epigram : — " We have lately been told Of two admirals bold, Who engaged in a terrible tight : They met after noon, Which I think was too soon, As they both ran away before night." t Such... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1878 - عدد الصفحات: 514
...to tremble, not only * The French admiral was just as unwilling. Hence the following epigram : — " We have lately been told Of two admirals bold, Who engaged in a terrible fight : They met after noon, Which I think was too soon, As they both ran away before night." t Such... | |
 | Alexander Charles Ewald - 1879 - عدد الصفحات: 364
...was inferior to that of the enemy, and took shelter beneath the walls of the harbour of Gibraltar. " We have lately been told Of two admirals bold, "Who engaged in a terrible fight : They met after noon, Which I think was too soon, As they both ran away before night." The operations... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1882 - عدد الصفحات: 408
...French Admiral had exhibited as much reluctance to engage as Byng himself. Hence the epigram — " We have lately been told Of two admirals bold, Who engaged in a terrible fight ; They met after noon, Which I think was too soon, As they both ran away before night." A medal... | |
 | Alexander Charles Ewald - 1884 - عدد الصفحات: 668
...took shelter beneath the walls of the harbour of Gibraltar. The ballad-mongers did not spare him. " We have lately been told Of two admirals bold, Who engaged in a terrible fight : They met after noon, Which I think was too soon, As they both ran away before night." In North... | |
 | Thomas Wright - 1904 - عدد الصفحات: 724
...neither party could establish any fair claim to a victory, it was evidcut that both had run away. ' ' We have lately been told Of two admirals bold, Who engaged in a terrible fight ; They met after noon, Which I think was too soon, A« they both ran away before night." So said... | |
 | Douglas Ford - 1907 - عدد الصفحات: 386
...victory. The fleets, to be accurate, had avoided the risk of defeat by running away from each other — "We have lately been told Of two admirals bold, Who engaged in a terrible fight ; They met after noon, Which I think was too soon, And they both ran away before night." With... | |
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