| James Grant - 1873 - 594 páginas
...hardly persuade themselves to believe what they had done ; whilst the Spaniards comforted themselves with the belief that they were devils and not men who had destroyed them in such a manner." When the news of this glorious success reached England, the Parliament... | |
| 1879 - 496 páginas
...hardly persuade themselves to believe what they had done ; whilst the Spaniards comforted themselves with the belief that they were devils, and not men, who had destroyed them in such a manner." When the news of this glorious success reached England, the Parliament... | |
| William Henry Davenport Adams - 1879 - 216 páginas
...with what courage soever endowed, would ever undertake it ; whilst the Spaniards comforted themselves with the belief that they were devils and not men who had destroyed them in such a manner. And it can hardly be imagined how small loss the English sustained... | |
| Theophilus Dwight Hall - 1880 - 228 páginas
...hardly persuade themselves to believe what they had done ; whilst the Spaniards comforted themselves with the belief that they were devils and not men who had destroyed them in such a manner. So much a strong resolution of bold and courageous men can bring to... | |
| William Henry Davenport Adams - 1882 - 408 páginas
...wilh what courage soever endowed, would ever undertake it ; whilst the Spaniards comforted themselves with the belief that they were devils and not men who had destroyed them in such a manner. And it can hardly be imagined how small loss the * HEPWORTH DIXON,... | |
| James Walter (major, Lancs. artillery volunteers.) - 1882 - 506 páginas
...hardly persuade themselves to believe what they had done; while the Spaniards comforted themselves with the belief that they were devils, and not men, who had destroyed them in such a manner." Blake was not of the modern, self-seeking fraternity ; he knew bis... | |
| Philip George and son, ltd - 1883 - 280 páginas
...hardly persuade themselves to believe what they had done ; while the Spaniards comforted themselves with the belief that they were devils and not men who had destroyed them in such a manner." " England now once more occupied the proud position she had held... | |
| 1884 - 286 páginas
...hardly persuade themselves to believe what they had done; while the Spaniards comforted themselves with the belief that they were devils and not men who had destroyed them in such a manner." u England now once more occupied the proud position she had held... | |
| William Henry Davenport Adams - 1885 - 264 páginas
...courage soever endued, would ever underVOL. I. L take it ; whilst the Spaniards comforted themselves with the belief that they were devils and not men who had destroyed them in such a manner." Even scurrilous Heath, in his ' Flagellum,' is Englishman enough... | |
| Alfred Guy L'Estrange - 1886 - 388 páginas
...their position and the batteries on shore. Clarendon tells us that ' the Spaniards comforted themselves with the belief that they were devils and not men who had so destroyed them.' In 1653 the Parliament decided to sell the greater part of the royal estate at... | |
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