 | Robert Southey - 1896 - 354 strani
...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 the glass to his blind eye, in that mood of mind which sports with bitterness, he exclaimed, " I really do not see the signal!... | |
 | Archibald Forbes - 1896 - 822 strani
...me if I do ! " Captain Foley stood near : Nelson turned towards him. " Foley," said he, " you know I have only one eye : I have a right to be blind sometimes." He levelled his telescope, and applying his blind eye, said : " I really do not see the signal." It... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1896 - 378 strani
...words — « Leave off action ! Now damn Death 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, he exclaimed, « I really do not see the signal... | |
 | Alfred Thayer Mahan - 1897 - 540 strani
...a shrug, ' Now damn 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 the glass to his blind eye, he exclaimed, ' I really... | |
 | Alfred Thayer Mahan - 1897 - 518 strani
...a shrug, ' Now damn 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 the glass to his blind eye, he exclaimed, ' I really... | |
 | 1897 - 790 strani
...repeated. "Now, damn me if I do!" Then, turning to his Captain (Foley), he exclaimed, "You know, Foley, I have only one eye — I have a right to be blind sometimes," and putting the spyglass to his blind eye he exclaimed, " I really do not see the signal." There can be... | |
 | 1897 - 760 strani
...repeated. " Now, damn me if I do!" Then, turning to his Captain (Foley), he exclaimed, " You know, Foley, 1 have only one eye — I have a right to be blind sometimes," and putting the spyglass to his blind eye he exclaimed, " I really do not sec the signal." There can be... | |
 | 1897 - 1092 strani
...how Nelson applied his telescope to his blind eye, observing to Captain Foley, "You know, Foley, 1 have only one eye — I have a right to be blind sometimes." But how few of us have ever reflected on the full meaning of Nelson's conduct, the assumption of tremendous... | |
 | William Henry Fitchett - 1898 - 392 strani
...I'm hanged if I do." " You know, Foley," he said, turning to his captain, " I've only one eye ; I've a right to be blind sometimes." And then putting the glass to his blind eye, he exclaimed, " I really do not see the signal ! " He dismissed the incident by saying, " D the signal ! Keep mine for closer... | |
 | Archibald Wilberforce - 1898 - 608 strani
..."I'm hanged if I do." "You know, Foley," he said, turning to his captain, "I've only one eye; l^ve a right to be blind sometimes." And then putting the glass to his blind eye, he exclaimed, "I really do not see the signal!" He dismissed the incident by saying, "D the signal! Keep mine for closer action... | |
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I have only one eye — I have a right to be blind sometimes... 
