Most Viewed
George Iii. On Punctuality
A Beggar's Wedding
A Gamekeeper's Daughter
A Child On Board
Navy Chaplains
The Deaf And Dumb Mother
Marie Antoinette
Dreaming
A Christmas Pudding Extraordinary
The Slave Trade
Least Viewed
Sheridan
Erskine
The Wounded Sailor
300 Scudi (l62), With The Words, "for The Advocate ..
Man--shut It Up--shut It Up! Go Home And Read My Book, P
Questioning
China-ware
Pope The Poet
Marshal De Nevailles
Mimic Reclaimed
|
An Odd Shot
Anecdotes Home
An English frigate was obliged to strike to a French vessel
of superior force. The English captain, on resigning his sword, was
reproached by the French commander for having, contrary to the usages of
war, shot pieces of glass from his guns. The English officer, conscious
that no such thing had been done, made inquiry into the matter among his
men, and found the fact to be this. An Irish seaman, just before the vessel
struck, took a parcel of shillings out of his pocket, and swearing the
French should have none of them, wrapped them in a piece of rag, and thrust
them into his gun, exclaiming, "Let us see what a _bribe_ can do!" These
shillings, flying about the vessel, were mistaken by the French for glass.
The above explanation not only satisfied them, but put them in great good
humour with their captives.
Next: A Child on Board
Previous: Precedence
Viewed 2271
|
Random Anecdotes
Garrick And Rich
Ingenious Contrivance
Reclaimed Felons
The Princess Charlotte
William Iii. And St. Evremond
Catalogue Making
The Wounded Sailor
Marshal Boufflers
Charles Vi
A French Mayor
A Gamekeeper's Daughter
Dictionaries
Longs And Shorts
Nash And The Doctor
Mysterious Benefactor
The Gendarmes And The Priest
Denon And De Foe
George The Second
Hanging Judge
Bishop And His Clerks
Johnson And Millar
The Douglas
Brief Explanation
Magnanimous Rebel
An Appropriate Successor
|
Informational
