 | Richard (of Devizes.) - 1848 - 618 pàgines
...ply their oars strenuously, and dash at the enemy's ships with their beaks. Soon the battle began ; the oars become entangled and they fight hand to hand,...consumes both flint and steel ; it cannot be extinguished l>y water, but is subdued by the sprinkling of sand, and put out by pouring vinegar on it. But what... | |
 | Edward Everett Hale - 1881 - 372 pàgines
...ply their oars strenuously, and dash at the enemy's ships with their beaks. Soon the battle began ; the oars become entangled and they fight hand to hand, having grappled each others' ships together, and they fire the decks with burning oil, which is vulgarly called Greek fire.... | |
 | 1898 - 592 pàgines
...the enemy, but when the vessels got hopelessly mixed up, and the oars became entangled, they fought hand to hand — " having grappled each other's ships...together ; and they fire the decks with burning oil. . . . One galley, unskilfully managed by our men, exposed its flank to the foe ; and, being set on... | |
 | 1903 - 644 pàgines
...ply their oars strenuously, and dash at the enemy's ships with their beaks. Soon the battle began ; the oars become entangled and they fight hand to hand,...decks with burning oil, which is vulgarly called Greek the. That kind of fire with a detestable stench and livid flames consumes both flint and steel ; it... | |
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... stroke of the oars. As they closed, the trumpets sounded on both sides. A terrific clang is roused, and the battle is commenced by the throwing of missiles. Our men implore the Divine assistance, and ply their oars strenuously, and dash at the enemy's... 