| Edward Hawke Locker - 1831 - Страниц: 436
...the 20th of July, 1588, the long expected Armada was descried off the Eddystone rock, advancing in form of a crescent, the horns of which were seven miles asunder : their whole force amounted to one hundred and thirty ships of war, carrying thirty thousand troops,... | |
| Thomas Lathbury - 1840 - Страниц: 172
...attacking the English fleet in the harbour. He had been ordered to sail towards * TURNER'S Elizabeth, 075. the Channel; but in consequence of the fisherman's...the Duke of Medina changed his course and proceeded towards Calais, in the hope, undoubtedly, of being succoured by the Duke of Parma. The English admiral... | |
| John Lothrop Motley - 1860 - Страниц: 582
...appearance. The ships seemed arranged for a pageant, in honour of a victory already won. Disposed in form of a crescent, the horns of which were seven miles asunder, those gilded, towered, floating castles, with their gaudy standards and their martial music, moved... | |
| John Lothrop Motley - 1861 - Страниц: 598
...appearance. The ships seemed arranged for a pageant, in honour of a victory already won. Disposed in form of a crescent, the horns of which were seven miles asunder, those gilded, towered, floating castles, with their gaudy standards and their martial music, moved... | |
| John Tillotson - 1865 - Страниц: 510
...display. It was a grand naval pageant, a triumph — only the victory had not been achieved. Disposed in the form of a crescent, the horns of which were seven miles asunder, their gilded, towered, floating citadels, fluttered with embroidered flags; and while martial music... | |
| George Etell Sargent - 1866 - Страниц: 392
...appearance. The ships seemed arranged for a pageant in honour of a victory already won. Disposed in form of a crescent, the horns of which were seven miles asunder, those gilded, towered, floating castles, with their gaudy standards and their martial music, moved... | |
| John Lothrop Motley - 1867 - Страниц: 596
...appearance. The ships seemed arranged for a pageant, in honour of a victory already won. Disposed in form of a crescent, the horns of which were seven miles asunder, those gilded, towered, floating castles, with their gaudy standards and their martial music, moved... | |
| John Lothrop Motley - 1888 - Страниц: 586
...appearance. The ships seemed arranged for a pageant, in honour of a victory already won. Disposed in form of a crescent, the horns of which were seven miles asunder, those gilded, towered, floating castles, with their gaudy standards and their martial music, moved... | |
| John Tillotson - 1870 - Страниц: 1154
...was a grand naval pageant — a trinmphant victory— only the victory had not yet been won. Disposed in the form of a crescent, the horns of which were seven miles asunder, were gilded, towered, floating citadels, fluttering with blazoned and broidered banners ; with martial... | |
| George E. Sargent, George Etell Sargent - 1871 - Страниц: 296
...appearance. The ships seemed arranged for a pageant in honour of a victory already won. Disposed in form of a crescent, the horns of which were seven miles asunder, those gilded, towered, floating castles, with their goodly standards and their martial music, moved... | |
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