In the very midst of the excitement at the moment of storming the breach in the Canton wall, on the -morning of November 29, the admiral took the following precautions: " Before the landing took place, I assembled the officers, and urgently impressed... The Avenger– A Narrative; and Other Papers - 227 psl.autoriai: Thomas De Quincey, George Croly - 1859 - 327 psl.Visos knygos peržiūra - Apie šią knygą
| 1850 - 1222 psl.
...assembled the officers and urgently impressed upon them (aa I had previously done by written order) the necessity of restraining the men from molesting...have pleasure in bearing testimony to the forbearance and good conduct of the seamen and marines. No straggling took place, and when the orders were given... | |
| Thomas De Quincey - 1857 - 174 psl.
...savagery. Then it was — and in an evil hour for himself, if we prove faithful to our duty 129 — that Yeh dispersed everywhere his offers of blood-money...of the Bogue and Anunghoy Forts, mounting jointly 410 guns, the dastardly mandarins in command had secured boats for their own escape, but had left their... | |
| 1857 - 594 psl.
...excitement at the moment of storming the breach in the Canton wall, on the morning of November 29: — ' Before the landing took place, I assembled the officers,...of the Bogue and Anunghoy Forts, mounting jointly 410 guns, the dastardly mandarins in command had secured boats for their own escape, but had left their... | |
| Great Britain. Parliament - 1857 - 1174 psl.
...assembled the officers and urgently impressed upon them (as I had previously dono by written order) the necessity of restraining the men from molesting...have pleasure in bearing testimony to the forbearance and good conduct of the seamen and marines. No straggling took place, and when the orders were given... | |
| 1857 - 736 psl.
...assembled the officers and urgently impressed upon them (as 1 had previously done by written order) the necessity of restraining the men from molesting...have pleasure in bearing testimony to the forbearance and good conduct of the seamen and marines. . No straggling took place, and when the orders were given... | |
| George Wingrove Cooke - 1858 - 508 psl.
...assembled the officers, and urgently impressed upon them (as I had previously done by written order) the necessity of restraining the men from molesting...have pleasure in bearing testimony to the forbearance and good conduct of the seamen and marines. No straggling took place, and when the orders were given... | |
| Thomas De Quincey - 1859 - 340 psl.
...plenipotentiary, having rights of his own, and knowing how to maintain them. Instead of flying for a few hours7 shelter from Chinese wrath to poor trembling Macao,...Forts, mounting jointly four hundred and ten guns, the dastardly mandarins in command had secured boats for their own escape, but had left their followers... | |
| 1859 - 1152 psl.
...assembled the officers and urgently impressed upon them (as I had previously done by written order) the necessity of restraining the men from molesting...have pleasure in bearing testimony to the forbearance and good conduct of the seamen and marines. No straggling took place, and when the orders were given... | |
| Thomas De Quincey - 1864 - 342 psl.
...offers of blood-money to murderers. Yet, in Mr. Cobden's eyes, Yeh is an injured man. Now, on the othsr side, hear Admiral Seymour's vigilant interposition...Forts, mounting jointly four hundred and ten guns, the dasto.rdly mandarins in command had secured boats for their own escape, but had left their followers... | |
| Thomas De Quincey - 1873 - 618 psl.
...offers of blood-money to murderers. Yet, in Mr. Cobden's eyes, Yeh is an injured man. Now, on the othsr side, hear Admiral Seymour's vigilant interposition...Forts, mounting jointly four hundred and ten guns, the dastardly mandarins in command had secured boats for their own escape, but had left their followers... | |
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