 | Scotland - 1897 - 1092 pages
...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 - Battles - 1898 - 392 pages
...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... | |
 | Archibald Wilberforce - Battles - 1898 - 608 pages
..."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!... | |
 | Weldon Thornton - Literary Criticism - 1968 - 568 pages
...by his men that the signal for withdrawal had been hoisted by the commander-in-chief, Nelson said, " 'I have only one eye— I have a right to be blind...that mood of mind which sports with bitterness, he exclaimed, 'I really do not see the signal!' " (Robert Southey's Life of Nelson, chap. VII). Nelson... | |
 | Don Gifford, Robert J. Seidman - Fiction - 1988 - 704 pages
...his Life of Nelson (London, 1813), chapter 7, records the story of Nelson's refusal: "Nelson 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!'" Nelson's insubordination led to a brilliant... | |
 | Richard Earl Hansen - 1996 - 481 pages
...Ocean some thousand kilometers south of the Chagos Archipelago had just passed beneath the Columbia. I have only one eye, I have a right to be blind sometimes. . . I really do not see the signal. Lord Nelson, at the Battle of Copenhagen. Southey, Life of Nelson,... | |
 | Reference - 2003 - 1468 pages
...would give me some clear sign! Like making a large deposit in my name at a Swiss bank. — WOODY ALLEN I have only one eye; I have a right to be blind sometimes. . . I really did not see the signal. — LORD NELSON NOUNS 1 sign, symbol, signification, meaning,... | |
 | Mike Corbishley - History - 1998 - 420 pages
...He had deliberately ignored a signal to withdraw, by putting his telescope to his blind eye saying, 'I have only one eye. I have a right to be blind sometimes. I really do not see the signal.' By 180a both enemies needed a breathing space, although they knew... | |
 | Peter Barss - Medical - 1998 - 410 pages
...the heading for this topic denotes the nature of the injury, rather than a specific external cause. I have only one eye, I have a right to be blind sometimes . . . I really do not see the signal. — Horatio Nelson, At the battle of Copenhagen, 1801, in Life... | |
 | Lincoln P. Paine - History - 2000 - 292 pages
...reportedly erupted: "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";...that mood of mind which sports with bitterness, he exclaimed, "I really do not see the signaL" Presently he exclaimed, "Damn the signal! Keep mine for... | |
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