 | William Russell - 1802 - 542 pages
...mariners, unaccustomed to hardships, and unable to manage such unwieldy vessels, allowed them to drive on the western isles of Scotland or on the coast of Ireland, where they were miserably wrecked. Not one half of the fleet returned to Spain, and a still smaller proportion of the soldiers and seamen... | |
 | John Evans - 1803 - 120 pages
...to Spain, by Scotland and Ireland ; a violent tempest overtook him near the Orkneys ; the mariners yielded to the fury of the storm, and allowed their...Ireland, where they were miserably wrecked ! Not half л/ the navy returned to Spain ; and the seamen as well as soldiers who remained, were so overcome... | |
 | Mary Hays - 1803 - 520 pages
...to manage their unweildy vessels, yielded to the fury of the storm, and suffered them to be driven either on the Western isles of Scotland, or on the...miserably wrecked. Not half of the navy returned to Spain, when the seamen and soldiers, dispirited by hardships, by fatigue, and by discomfiture, gave marvellous... | |
 | 1803 - 818 pages
...mariners unaccustomed to such hardships, yielded to the fury of the storm, and allowed their vessels to drive either on the Western Isles of Scotland,...of Ireland, where they were miserably wrecked. Not a half of the navy returned to Spain ; and the seamen as well as soldiers, who remained, were so overcome... | |
 | 1904 - 518 pages
...hardships, yielded to the fury of the storm, and allowed their vessels to drive cither on the \\Vstem Isles of Scotland, or on the coast of Ireland, where they were miserably wrecked. Not a half of the navy returned to Spain ; and the seamen us well as soldiers, who remained, were so overcome... | |
 | David Hume - 1807 - 552 pages
...Spaniards. A violent tempest overtook the Armada after it passed the Orkneys : The ships hadalready lost their anchors, and were obliged to keep to sea:...of Ireland, where they were miserably wrecked. Not a half of the navy returned to Spain ; and the seamen as well as soldiers who remained, were so overcome... | |
 | Mary Hays - 1807 - 528 pages
...to manage their unweildy vessels, yielded to the turj' of the storm, and suffered them to be driven either on the Western isles of Scotland, or on the...miserably wrecked. Not half of the navy returned to Spain, when the seamen and soldiers, dispirited by hardships, by fatigue, and by discomfiture, gave marvellous... | |
 | William Nicholson - 1809 - 716 pages
...after it had passed the Orkneys, and most of the vessels that had escaped from the battle, were driven on the western isles of Scotland, or on the coast of Ireland, where they were miserably wrecked. Such was the termination of this desperate attempt against the liberties of onr country ; the fbregoin!;... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1814 - 510 pages
...resolution ; but was diverted from it by the advice of his confessor. This conclusion of the enterprize would have been more glorious to the English ; but...of Ireland, where they were miserably wrecked. Not a half of the navy returned to Spain ; and the seamen as well as soldiers who remained, were so overcome... | |
 | David Hume - 1812 - 550 pages
...conclusion of the enterprise would have been more glorious to the English ; but the event proved Defeated, almost equally fatal to the Spaniards. A violent tempest...of Ireland, where they were miserably wrecked. Not a half of the navy returned to Spain*; and the seamen as well as soldiers who remained, were so overcome... | |
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... such unwieldy vessels, yielded to the fury of the storm, and allowed their ships to drive either on the western isles of Scotland, or on the coast of Ireland, where they were miserably wrecked. Not a half of the navy returned to Spain ; and the seamen... 
