 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 682 pages
...man that brought ships to contemn castles on shore, which had ever been thought very formidable, but were discovered by him to make a noise only, and to fright those who could rarely be hurt by them. He was the first that infused that proportion of courage into seamen, by making... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 542 pages
...man that brought ships to contemn castles on shore, which had ever been thought very formidable, but were discovered by him to make a noise only, and to fright those who could rarely be hurt by them. He was the first that infused that proportion of courage into seamen, by making... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1825 - 750 pages
...man that brought ships to contemn castles on shore, which had ever been thought very formidable, but were discovered by him to make a noise only, and to fright those who could rarely be hurt by them. He was the first that infused that proportion of courage into seamen, by making... | |
 | Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon - Great Britain - 1826 - 668 pages
...practice, BOOK to keep his ship and his men out of danger ; which ' had been held in former times a point of great ability and circumspection ; as if the principal...to make a noise only, and to fright those who could rarely be hurt by them. He was the first that infused that proportion of courage into the seamen, by... | |
 | Edward Hyde (1st earl of Clarendon.), earl of Clarendon Hyde (Edward) - Great Britain - 1826 - 670 pages
...practice, BOOK to keep his ship and his men out of danger ; which . had been held in former times a point of great ability and circumspection ; as if the principal...to make a noise only, and to fright those who could rarely be hurt by them. He was the first that infused that proportion of courage into the seamen, by... | |
 | Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon - Great Britain - 1826 - 666 pages
...practice, BOOK to keep his ship and his men out of danger ; which . had been held in former times a point of great ability and circumspection ; as if the principal...to make a noise only, and to fright those who could rarely be hurt by them. He was the first that infused that proportion of courage into the seamen, by... | |
 | Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon - Great Britain - 1826 - 668 pages
...and his men out of danger ; which . had been held in former times a point of great abi- 1657. lity and circumspection ; as if the principal art requisite...to make a noise only, and to fright those who could rarely be hurt by them. He was the first that infused that proportion of courage into the seamen, by... | |
 | Library - 1827 - 712 pages
...Clarendon says : " Blake was the first man thatdeclined the old track. He was the first man who brought ships to contemn castles on shore, which had been...very formidable, and were discovered by him to make noise only, and to frighten those who could be rarely hurt by them. He was the first that infused that... | |
 | Old Sailor - Naval biography - 1826 - 534 pages
...that " he was the first man who brought ships to contemn castles on shore, which had ever been thought very formidable, and were discovered by him to make a noise only, and to fright those who could rarely be hurt by them. He was the first that infused that degree of 46 47 courage into seamen, by... | |
 | Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) - Biography - 1833 - 606 pages
...in practice, to keep his ship and men out of danger, which had been held, in former times, a point of great ability and circumspection ; as if the principal...to make a noise only, and to fright those who could rarely be hurt by them. He was the first that infused that proportion of courage into the seamen, by... | |
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He was the first man who brought the ships to contemn castles on shore, which had been thought ever very formidable, and were discovered by him to make a noise only, and to fright those who could rarely be hurt by them. He was the first that infused that... 
