 | Alexandre Olivier Exquemelin - 1771 - 704 pagine
...vifit him at Panama, and bring " our commiffions on the muzzles of our guns, at " which time he fliould read them as plain as the " flame of gunpowder could make them." At this ifland of Tavoga, captain Sawkins would fain have ftaid longer to wait for the rich fliip abovementioned... | |
 | 1853 - 588 pagine
...would come and visit him at Panama, und bring our commissions on the muzzles of our guns, at wliich time he should read them as plain as the flame of gunpowder could make them.' "» There can be no reasonable doubt that this is the origin of the Musquito.Protectorate, and that... | |
 | Frederick Whymper - 1877 - 364 pagine
...come up, they would come and visit him at Panama, and bring their commissions on the muzzles of their guns; at which time he should read them as plain as the flame of gunpowder could make them." But Sawkins's bravado never came to anything, and he was shortly afterwards killed at Puebla Nueva.... | |
 | Hubert Howe Bancroft - 1883 - 796 pagine
...they were come up" they would visit him at Panama and bring their "Commissions on the Muzzles of their Guns, at which time he should read them as plain as the Flame of Gunpowder could make them." On the 15th of May, contrary to the wish of Sawkins, the fleet sailed to the isle of Otoque,34 and... | |
 | Hubert Howe Bancroft - 1883 - 794 pagine
...they were come up" they would visit him at Panama and bring their "Commissions on the Muzzles of their Guns, at which time he should read them as plain as the Flame of Gunpowder could make them." On the 15th of May, contrary to the wish of Sawkins, the fleet sailed to the isle of Otoque, 34 and... | |
 | William Clark Russell - 1889 - 244 pagine
...Captain Sawkins responded in a style which he may have borrowed from the tragedies of Nathaniel Lee : "That as yet all his company were not come together;...plain as the flame of gunpowder could make them." All this was mere windy, hectoring talk, and nothing followed it. The buccaneers were growing mutinous... | |
 | William Clark Russell - 1889 - 212 pagine
...Captain Sawkins responded in a style which he may have borrowed from the tragedies of Nathaniel Lee : "That as yet all his company were not come together;...plain as the flame of gunpowder could make them." All this was mere windy, hectoring talk, and nothing followed it. The buccaneers were growing mutinous... | |
 | William Clark Russell - 1889 - 210 pagine
...Nathaniel Lee : "That as yet all his company were not come together; but that when they were come up, wo would come and visit him at Panama, and bring our...plain as the flame of gunpowder could make them." All this was mere windy, hectoring talk, and nothing followed it. The buccaneers were growing mutinous... | |
 | Alexandre Olivier Exquemelin - 1893 - 600 pagine
...complain for the damages we had already done them ? " To this message Captain Sawkins sent back for answer, " That as yet all his company were not come...Island of Tavoga, Captain Sawkins would fain have stayed longer, to wait for the rich ship above-mentioned, that was coming from Peru ; but our men were... | |
 | John Masefield - 1906 - 424 pagine
...desired to know who had signed the pirates' commissions. To this message Captain Sawkins sent back for answer : " That as yet all his company were not come...plain as the flame of gunpowder could make them." With this thrasonical challenge the pirates set sail for Otoque, another of the islands in the bay... | |
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That as yet all his company were not come together ; but that when they were come up we would come and visit him at Panama, and bring our commissions on the muzzles of our guns, at which time he should read them as plain as the flame of gunpowder could... 
