...a shrug, " Now damn me if I do I " He also observed, I believe to Captain Foley, " You know, Foley, I have only one eye — I have a right to be blind sometimes." And then, with an archness peculiar to his Character, putting the glass to his blind eye, he exclaimed...

...his Life of Nelson (London, 1813), chapter 7, records the story of Nelson's refusal: "Nelson said, 'I have only one eye — I have a right to be blind sometimes': — and then, putting the glass to his blind eye . . . he exclaimed, 'I really do not see the signal!'"...

...Ocean some thousand kilometers south of the Chagos Archipelago had just passed beneath the Columbia. I have only one eye, I have a right to be blind sometimes. . . I really do not see the signal. Lord Nelson, at the Battle of Copenhagen. Southey, Life of Nelson, 1813. CHAPTER 22 .Houston, Texas....

...would give me some clear sign! Like making a large deposit in my name at a Swiss bank. — WOODY ALLEN I have only one eye; I have a right to be blind sometimes. . . I really did not see the signal. — LORD NELSON NOUNS 1 sign, symbol, signification, meaning, connotation,...

...He had deliberately ignored a signal to withdraw, by putting his telescope to his blind eye saying, 'I have only one eye. I have a right to be blind sometimes. I really do not see the signal.' By 180a both enemies needed a breathing space, although they knew the war was not over. They signed...

...the heading for this topic denotes the nature of the injury, rather than a specific external cause. I have only one eye, I have a right to be blind sometimes . . . I really do not see the signal. — Horatio Nelson, At the battle of Copenhagen, 1801, in Life of Nelson Importance of Eye Injuries...

...and ... you must hate a Frenchman as you hate the devil. 8121 8136 (putting telescope to his blind who Something must be left to chance; nothing is sure in a sea fight beyond all others. 8138 (when asked...

...battle of the Nile, 1 79« Robert Southey Life of Nelson (1813) ch. 5 15 I have only one eye, — 1 have a right to be blind sometimes ... I really do not see the signal! dl the battle of Copenhagen, i8ot Robert Southey Life of Nelson ( 1 81 3) ch. 7 16 In honour I gained...

...rear. Charles escaped from the field. but his army was destroyed. 235 236 / have only one eye. - 1 have a right to be blind sometimes;... I really do not see the signalI HORATlO NELSON at the battle of Copenhagen. 1801 workers but excluded domestic servants. agricultural...

...as they went out to their various stations. around him insisted it was there, he merely reiterated, "I have only one eye — I have a right to be blind sometimes — I really do not see the signal!" 5 Sir William Hamilton, husband of Nelson's Emma, behaved with perfect generosity toward his wife's...