 | 1833 - 600 pages
...now ! d — me if I do! I have only one eye, — I have a rigjit to be blind sometimes." Then, puttmg the glass to his blind eye, he added, " I really do...Shortly afterwards, he vociferated, " D — the signal ! — keep minefor closer battle flying! — That's the way I answer such signals. Nail mine to the... | |
 | sir Archibald Alison (1st bart.) - 1835 - 830 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 then putting the glass to his blind eye, he exclaimed, " I really don't see the signal. Keep... | |
 | Englishmen - 1836 - 260 pages
...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...Shortly afterwards, he vociferated, " D — the signal ! — keep mine for closer battle flying ! That's the way I answer such signals. Nail mine to the mast... | |
 | 1836 - 884 pages
...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 to be blind sometimes:' and then, putting his glass to his blind eye, in that mood of mind which sports with bitterness, he... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Nelson (Viscount), Matthew Henry Barker - 1836 - 500 pages
...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,... | |
 | 1837 - 260 pages
...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 - 416 pages
...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 to be blind sometimes : ' — and then putting the glass to his blind eye, in that mood of mind which sports with bitterness,... | |
 | William James - 1837 - 412 pages
...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 to be blind sometimes : ' — and then putting the glass to his blind eye, in that mood of mind which sports with bitterness,... | |
 | 1838 - 120 pages
...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... | |
 | Robert Baird - 1842 - 386 pages
...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 sometimes :" • — and then putting the glass to his blind eye, he exclaimed, " I really do not see the signal."... | |
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You know, Foley, I have only one eye — I have a right to be blind sometimes... 
