 | 1813 - Počet stránok 566
...sports with bitterness, he exclaimed, ' I really do not see the signal !' Presently he exclaimed, ' Damn the signal! Keep mine for closer battle flying ! That's...way I answer such signals ! Nail mine to the mast !' " Nelson embraced a favourable opportunity during the action to open a negotiation, and, retiring... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1813 - Počet stránok 306
...with bitterness, he exclaimed, " I " really do not see the signal !" Presently he exclaimed, " Damn the signal ! Keep " mine for closer battle flying...way I answer such signals. Nail mine to " the mast !" Admiral Graves, who was so situated that he could not discern what was done on board the Elephant,... | |
 | 1813 - Počet stránok 550
...exclaimed, ' I really do not see the signal !' Presently he exclaimed, ' Damn the signal! Keep mine lor closer battle flying ! That's the way I answer such signals ! Nail mine to the mast!'" Nelson embraced a favourable opportunity during the action te open a negotiation, and, retiring into... | |
 | 1814 - Počet stránok 760
...sports with bitternoss, he exclaimed, " I really do not see the signal !" Presently he exclaimed, " Damn the signal ! Keep mine for closer battle flying !...way I answer such signals. Nail mine to the mast." ' Vol. ii. p. 121 — 124. After the battle, as he left his ship, he said, in bitter sportiveness :... | |
 | 1833 - Počet stránok 646
...blind eye, he added, "I really do not see the signal." Shortly afterwards, he vociferated, " D — the signal ! — keep mine for closer battle flying!...the way I answer such signals. Nail mine to the mast !" In half an hour from this time, the Danes began to slacken their fire, and several of their ships... | |
 | 1833 - Počet stránok 600
...really do not see the signal." Shortly afterwards, he vociferated, " D — the signal ! — keep minefor closer battle flying! — That's the way I answer such signals. Nail mine to the mast !" In half an hour from this time, the Danes began to slacken their fire, and several of their ships... | |
 | sir Archibald Alison (1st bart.) - 1835 - Počet stránok 830
...to his blind eye, he exclaimed, " I really don't see the signal. Keep mine for closer battle still flying. That's the way I answer such signals. Nail mine to the mast." Admiral Graves and the other ships, looking only to Nelson, continued the combat with unabated vigour... | |
 | Englishmen - 1836 - Počet stránok 260
...blind eye, he added, " I really do not see the signal." Shortly afterwards, he vociferated, " D — the signal ! — keep mine for closer battle flying...the way I answer such signals. Nail mine to the mast !" In half an hour from this time the Danes began to slacken their fire, and several of their ships... | |
 | 1837 - Počet stránok 260
...have a right to be blind sometimes. Hang the signal ! keep mine for closer battle flying ; that is the way I answer such signals ; — nail mine to the mast !" At length about two, the greater part of the Danish line had ceased to fire ; some of their lighter ships... | |
 | sir Archibald Alison (1st bart.) - 1843 - Počet stránok 882
...to his blind eye, he exclaimed, " I really don't see the signal. Keep mine for closer battle still flying. That's the way I answer such signals. Nail mine to the mast." Admiral Graves O and the other ships, looking only to Nelson, con* " The fire," he said, " is too hot... | |
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Foley," turning to the captain, "I have only one eye, — I have a right to be blind sometimes... 
