will not be amiss. Three brief chapters
will suffice.
In the general re-christening
under the Directory of the craft originally
forming the navy of the French monarchy,
the St. Louis line-of-battle ship was
named the Atheiste Such a name, like
some other substituted ones in the F
Revolutionary fleet while proclaiming
the infidel audacity of the ruling power
was yet, tho' not so intended to be,
the aptest name, if one consider it, ever
given to a war-ship; far more so indeed
than the Devastation, the Erebus
(the Hell ) and seem similar names
bestowed upon fighting-ships.
will suffice.
In the general re-christening
under the Directory of the craft originally
forming the navy of the French monarchy,
the St. Louis line-of-battle ship was
named the Atheiste Such a name, like
some other substituted ones in the F
Revolutionary fleet while proclaiming
the infidel audacity of the ruling power
was yet, tho' not so intended to be,
the aptest name, if one consider it, ever
given to a war-ship; far more so indeed
than the Devastation, the Erebus
(the Hell ) and seem similar names
bestowed upon fighting-ships.
will not be amiss. Three brief chapters
will suffice.
In the general re-christening
under the Directory of the craft originally
forming the navy of the French monarchy,
the St. Louis line-of-battle ship was
named the Atheiste Such a name, like
some other substituted ones in the F
Revolutionary fleet while proclaiming
the infidel audacity of the ruling power
was yet, tho' not so intended to be,
the aptest name, if one consider it, ever
given to a war-ship; far more so indeed
than the Devastation, the Erebus
(the Hell ) and seem similar names
bestowed upon fighting-ships.
will suffice.
In the general re-christening
under the Directory of the craft originally
forming the navy of the French monarchy,
the St. Louis line-of-battle ship was
named the Atheiste Such a name, like
some other substituted ones in the F
Revolutionary fleet while proclaiming
the infidel audacity of the ruling power
was yet, tho' not so intended to be,
the aptest name, if one consider it, ever
given to a war-ship; far more so indeed
than the Devastation, the Erebus
(the Hell ) and seem similar names
bestowed upon fighting-ships.
Transcribed by: John Bryant