 ... men out of danger ; which had been held in former times a point of great ability and circumspection ; as if the principal art requisite in the captain of a ship had been to be sure to come home safe again. He was the first man...  Men of deed and daring - Page 37by Edward N. Marks - 1861Full view - About this book
 | Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon - Great Britain - 1707 - 496 pages
...irnagin'd ; and defpifed thofe Rules which had been long in pra¿tice, to keep his Ship and his Men out of danger ; which had been held in former times a point of great Ability and Circumfpedtion ; as if the principal Art requifite in the Captain of a Ship had been to be fure to... | |
 | Edward Hyde (1st earl of Clarendon.) - 1717 - 538 pages
...was imagin'd ; and defpifed thofe Rules which had been long in practice, to keep his Ship and his Men out of danger ; which had been held in former times a point of great Ability and Circumfpedtion; as if the principal Art requinte in the Captain of a Ship had been to be fure to come... | |
 | Josiah Burchett - Grand Alliance, War of the, 1689-1697 - 1720 - 938 pages
...imagined ; and defpifed thofe Rules " which had been Jong in practice, to keep his Ship and his Men " out of Danger ; which had been held in former Times a Point of " great Ability and Circumipeaion ; as if the principal Art requi" fite in the Captain of a Ship had been to come home... | |
 | John Hackett - Epitaphs - 1757 - 286 pages
...was imagined, and defpifeil thofe Rules which had been long in Pra&ice;, to keep his Ship and his Men out of Danger ; which had been held in former Times a Point of great Ability and Circumfpection, as if the principal Art requifite in the Captain of a Ship had been to be lure tocome... | |
 | John Bancks - 1760 - 330 pages
...imagined ; and defpifed thofe rules which had been long in praftice, to keep his fhips and his men out of danger, which had been held in former times a point of great ability and circumfpeftion ; as if the principal art requifite in the captain of a fhip, had been to be fure to... | |
 | Biography - 1761 - 474 pages
...imagined, and defpifed thofe-rules which had been long in practice, to keep his fliip and h"is men out of danger; which had been held in former times a point of great ability and circumfpeclion, as if the principal art requifite in the captain of a fhip had been to be fure to come... | |
 | John Bancks - 1779 - 336 pages
...was imagined ; and defpifed thofe rules which had been long in praftice, to keep his mips and his men out of danger, which had been held in former times, a point of great ability and circumfpeftion ; as if the principal art requifite in the captain of a fhip, had been to be fure to... | |
 | John Campbell - Admirals - 1785 - 582 pages
...was imagined ; and de" fpifed thofe rules which had been long in practice, to keep " his (hip and men out of danger, which had been held in '< former times a point of great ability and circumfpeftion ; as " if the principal art requifite in the captain of a (hip, had been " to be fure... | |
 | Thomas Fairfax Baron Fairfax - Great Britain - 1786 - 492 pages
...imagined :' and. defpifed thof^ iules which had been long- in practice-, to keep hifc .{hips and men out of danger, which 'had been held in former times a point 'of great' "ability and circumfpeclio'n ; as if the principal art r-equifite in the captain of a fhip, had been to be fure... | |
 | Charles M'Cormick - Great Britain - 1792 - 534 pages
...was imagined; and defpifed thofe rules which had been long in practice, to keep his fhip and his men out of danger, which had been held in former times a point of great ability and circumfpe6tion, as if the principal art requifite in the captain of a fhip had been to be fure to come... | |
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