| Edward Hughes - 1851 - 362 pages
...think you, Foley ? the Admiral has hung out No. 39 (the signal for discontinuing action). You know 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 ; keep... | |
| 1853 - 844 pages
...shoulders, he repeated the words, "I^eave off action? Now, me if I do! You know, Foley," turning to his own captain, " I have only one eye — I have a right to be blind sometimes ! " and then, putting the glass to his blind eye, in that mood of mind •which sports with bitterness,... | |
| Joseph ALLEN (of Greenwich Hospital.) - 1853 - 290 pages
...shrug, ' Now damn me if I do !' He then 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,—... | |
| George Godfrey Cunningham - Great Britain - 1853 - 512 pages
...length made the signal for retreat ; but Nelson exclaimed, " Leave off action now 1 d — me if I do II have only one eye, — I have a right to be blind sometimes." Then, putting the glass to his blind eye, he added, " I really do not see the signal." Shortly afterwards,... | |
| William Freke Williams - 1854 - 818 pages
...39." Then, shrugging his shoulders, he said, "Leave off action?" "damn me if I do! You know, Foley, as I have only one eye, I have a right to be blind sometimes." And then, putting the glass to his blind eye, in that mood of mind which sports with bitterness, he... | |
| Sir Archibald Alison - Europe - 1854 - 382 pages
...if shame it should be deemed."— SOÜTHEY, ii. 125. t Tb с signal for discontinuing action. know 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 don't see the signal. Keep mine... | |
| Edward Baines - France - 1855 - 620 pages
...he repeated, and then added with a shrug, " Now, damn me if I do.* You know, Foley," added he, "ai 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,... | |
| Edward Hughes - 1856 - 474 pages
...think you, Foley ? the Admiral has hung out No. 39 (the signal for discontinuing action). You know 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 ; keep... | |
| William James - 1859 - 550 pages
...repeated the words — ' Leave off action ? Now d- — n me if I do ! You know, Foley,' turning to the captain, ' I have only one eye, — I have a right to be blind sometimes ;' — and then putting the glass to his blind eye, in that mood of mind which sports with bitterness,... | |
| L. Contanseau - 1860 - 232 pages
...contest, at length made* the signal for? retreat; but Nelson exclaimed: "Leave off action now! no! I have only one eye;— I have a right to be* blind sometimes." Then, putting the glass fob his blind eye, he added: "I really do not see the signal." Shortly afterwards... | |
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