 | 1813 - 550 Seiten
...off action! Now damn me if I do! You know, Folcy,' turning to the captain, ' I have only one eye—I have a right to be blind sometimes :'—and then putting the glass to Ms blind eye, in that mood of mind which sports with bitterness, he exclaimed, ' I really do not see... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 532 Seiten
...any notice of it.* The signal-lieutenant meeting him at the next turn, * " You know, Foley," said he to the Captain, " I have only one eye, I have a right to be blind sometimes. Dn the signal! Hoist mine for closer battle; that is the way I answer such signals. Nail mine to the... | |
 | John James M'Gregor - 1821 - 466 Seiten
...signal was made to leave off action, "You know, Foley," replied the hero, " 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 <lo not see the signal. Keep mine for closer battle flying ! Nail it to the... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - 1824 - 494 Seiten
...cease, which Nelson at first disregarded; but being repeated, he observed to his captain, " as you know I have only one eye, I have a right to be blind sometimes. Hoist mine," added he, emphatically, " for closer battle: that is the way I answer such signals. Nail... | |
 | William James - 1826 - 620 Seiten
...Foley,' turning to the captain,' I have only one eye,—I have a right to be blmd sometimes:'—and then, putting the glass to his blind eye, in that...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 1... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1827 - 310 Seiten
...action ? "Now, damn 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,...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 I... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1830 - 354 Seiten
...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...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 1 answer... | |
 | 1833 - 614 Seiten
...bitterness, " Leave off the action ! Now, d—n me if I do. You know, Foley, I have only one eye, and have a right to be blind sometimes ; " and then, putting the glass to his blind eye, observed, " I really do not see the signal." " I should be most ungrateful," said his Lordship in a... | |
 | 1833 - 600 Seiten
...which Nelson ordered to be acknowledged ; but 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,... | |
 | 1834 - 530 Seiten
...bitterness, “Leave off the action! Now, d —n me if I do. You know, Foley, I have only one eye, and have a right to be blind sometimes;” and then, putting the glass to his blind eye, observed, “I really do not see the signal.” Captain Foley continued on the Baltic station until... | |
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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 exclaimed, " I really do not see the signal. 
