 | Horatio Nelson Nelson (Viscount), Matthew Henry Barker - 1836 - 500 pagina’s
...adding with a shrug, " Now damn me if 1 do." He then observed to Captain Foley, " You know, Foley, I have only one eye ; I have a right to be blind sometimes ;" and, with an archness peculiar to his charactert putting the glass to his blind eye, he exclaimed, " Really,... | |
 | Englishmen - 1836 - 260 pagina’s
...length made the signal for retreat ; but Nelson exclaimed, " Leave off action now ! d — me if I do ! I 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 James - 1837 - 412 pagina’s
...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...bitterness, he exclaimed, ' I really do not see the signal.' Presently he exclaimed, ' D — n the signal ! keep mine for closer battle flying ! That's the way... | |
 | William James - 1837 - 416 pagina’s
...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...bitterness, he exclaimed, * I really do not see the signal.' Presently he exclaimed, ' D — n the signal ! keep mine for closer battle flying ! That's the way... | |
 | 1837 - 260 pagina’s
...repeated the words, — " Leave off action ! No, hang me if I do! you know, Foley," turning to the captain, "I have only one eye ; I have a right to be blind sometimes. Hang the signal ! keep mine for closer battle flying ; that is the way I answer such signals ; —... | |
 | William James - 1837 - 632 pagina’s
...the greatest naval captain of the age. " Leave off action? Now d — n me if I do! You know, Foley, I have only one eye, — I have a right to be blind 6ometimes."f On the subject of the " optional flag," in reference to the Acasta, we shall quote from... | |
 | 1838 - 120 pagina’s
...shrug, ' Now d— me if I do.' 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 his glass to his blind eye, he exclaimed — '... | |
 | John Campbell - 1841 - 604 pagina’s
...When this was pointed out to Nelson, he turned to captain Foley. saying, " You know, Foley, I have but one eye — I have a right to be blind sometimes :"...blind eye, in that mood of mind which sports with hitterness, he exclaimed, " I really do not see the signal." Presently he added, " Damn the signal!... | |
 | Robert Baird - 1842 - 386 pagina’s
...draw off his fleet. This Nelson refused to do ; and turning to the captain of his ship, he said : " I have only one eye — I have a right to be blind...• — and then putting the glass to his blind eye, he exclaimed, " I really do not see the signal." The captains of the ships of the line, seeing that... | |
 | sir Archibald Alison (1st bart.) - 1841 - 764 pagina’s
...Captain r'olcy, said, " What think you, Foley, the admiral has bung out No. ЗУ (Г)). You know 1 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 for closer battle still flying. That's the... | |
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I have only one eye — I have a right to be blind sometimes... 
