 | Thomas Joseph Pettigrew - 1849 - 710 pagina’s
...; and, after explaining to him what it meant, observed to one of his Captains, '' You know, Foley, I have only one eye — I have a right to be blind sometimes ;" and, putting his glass to his blind eye, exclaimed, " I really do not see the sienal." When Lord Nelson... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1851 - 362 pagina’s
...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 mine for closer battle still flying. That's the... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1853 - 288 pagina’s
...he repeated the words, " Leave off action ! Now, damn me if T do ! You know, Foley," turning to the captain, " I have only one eye ; I have a right to...putting the glass to his blind eye, in that mood of inind which sports with bitterness, he exclaimed, " I really do not see the signal !" Presently he... | |
 | Joseph ALLEN (of Greenwich Hospital.) - 1853 - 290 pagina’s
...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,— 'I... | |
 | J. Bradshawe Walker - 1853 - 166 pagina’s
...eye, and I have a right to be blind sometimes;' and putting his glass to his blind eye, in that mood which sports with bitterness, he exclaimed, ' I really do not see the signal.' Presently ho exclaimed, ' Keep my signal for close action flying! that is the way I answer such signals.... | |
 | George Godfrey Cunningham - 1853 - 512 pagina’s
...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 pagina’s
...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."...that mood of mind which sports with bitterness, he added : " I really don't see the signal. Keep mine for closer battle flying ! — that's the way I... | |
 | Sir Archibald Alison - 1854 - 382 pagina’s
...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 for closer battle still flying. That's the... | |
 | Edward Baines - 1855 - 620 pagina’s
...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, " I really... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1856 - 474 pagina’s
...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 mine for closer battle still flying. That's the... | |
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