 | Book - 1867 - 662 pagina’s
..." 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, " I really... | |
 | Laura Valentine - 1868 - 314 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 he exclaimed, " Keep my signal for close action flying ! That's the way I answer such... | |
 | François Quesnel - 1869 - 360 pagina’s
...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' he exclaimed, '... | |
 | Laura Valentine - 1869 - 638 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 he exclaimed, " Keep my signal for close action flying ! That's the way I answer such... | |
 | 1872 - 692 pagina’s
...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...sometimes ; " and then putting the glass to his blind eye, he exclaimed, " I really do not see the signal." Presently he exclaimed, " Keep mine for closer battle... | |
 | Charles Rathbone Low - 1872 - 544 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 he exclaimed, ' Keep my signal for close action flying ! That is the way I answer such... | |
 | F. Peel - 1874 - 144 pagina’s
...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 for closer battle still flying. That's the... | |
 | Book - 1874 - 174 pagina’s
..."No, never while an enemy's flag is flying." He also observed 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 really... | |
 | John Jacob Anderson - 1876 - 514 pagina’s
...think you, Foley, the admiral has hung out No. 39 [the signal for discontinuing action]. You know 1 have only one eye; I have a right to be blind sometimes;' and then putting th<i glass to his blind eye, he exclaimed, ' I really don't see the signal. Keep mine for closer battle... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1877 - 410 pagina’s
...repeated the words — " Leave off action ! Now damn 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, " Damn the signal ! Keep mine for closer battle flying ! That's the way... | |
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I have only one eye — I have a right to be blind sometimes... 
