 | Archibald Alison - Europe - 1860 - 702 pages
...meeting Captain Foley, said, " What think you, Foley ? the admiral has hung out No. 39. f You know I have only one eye ; I have a right to be blind sometimes." And * " The fire," he said, " is too hot for Nelson to oppose ; a retreat must be made. I am aware... | |
 | Philip Henry Stanhope (5th earl.) - 1862 - 510 pages
...persevere. " Leave off action !" he cried ; " now d me if I do ! You know, Foley" — and here he turned to his Captain — "I have only one eye ; — I have a right to be blind sometimes ;" and then, putting the glass up to his blind eye, he added bitterly, " I really do not see the signal... | |
 | Augusta Blanche Berard - Great Britain - 1862 - 468 pages
...he exclaimed to one of his captains : " What think you, the admiral has hung out No. 39.* You know I have only one eye ; I have a right to be blind sometimes." Then putting the glass to his blind eye, he continued, " I really don't see the signal. Keep mine for... | |
 | William Freke Williams - 1864 - 786 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... | |
 | Charles Duke Yonge - 1866 - 552 pages
..." Yes, my Lord." " Mind you keep it so." Presently he turned to his Captain : " You know, Foley, 1 have only one eye. I have a right to be blind sometimes ; " and, putting his glass to his blind eye, he added, " I really don't see the signal." Admiral Graves,... | |
 | Book - 1867 - 662 pages
..." he repeated, and then added, with a shrug, " Now, d me if I do! You know, Foley," added he, " as I have only one eye, I have a right to be blind sometimes. And then, with an archness peculiar to his character, putting the gloss to his blind eye, ho exclaimed,... | |
 | Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - Great Britain - 1867 - 496 pages
...! " he cried ; " now d me if I do ! You know, Foley " — and here he turned to his Captain — " 1 have only one eye ; — I have a right to be blind sometimes ; " and then, putting the glass up to his blind eye, he added bitterly, " I really do not see the signal... | |
 | François Quesnel - 1869 - 360 pages
...of his lost arm in a manner which always indicated great emotion. ' You know, Foley,' turning to the captain, ' I have only one eye — I have a right to be blind sometimes :' — and then putting his glass to his blind eye, in that mood of mind which sports16 with bitterness,1'... | |
 | 1872 - 692 pages
...in all the excitement of action, pacing the quarter-deck. "You know, Foley," said he, speaking to a captain, " 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." Presently... | |
 | F. Peel - English language - 1874 - 144 pages
...think you, Foley? The Admiral has hung out No. 39 (the signal for discontinuing the 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 mine... | |
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