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" Blackwood made answer, that he thought the whole fleet seemed very clearly to understand what they were about. These words were scarcely spoken before that signal was made which will be remembered as long as the language, or even the memory of England,... "
The Life of Nelson - Page 250
by Robert Southey - 1828
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The Progressive English reading books, Volume 4

Nelson Thomas and sons, ltd - 1866 - 408 pages
...! " Soon afterwards he asked him if he did not think there was a signal wanting. Captain Blackwood made answer, that he thought the whole fleet seemed...ENGLAND EXPECTS EVERY MAN TO DO HIS DUTY!" It was received throughout the fleet with a shout of answering acclamation, made sublime by the spirit which...
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The History of the British Navy: From the Earliest Period to the ..., Volume 2

Charles Duke Yonge - 1866 - 552 pages
...poop, when Nelson asked him if he did not think there was still a signal wanting ? Blackwood replied that he thought the whole fleet seemed very clearly to understand what they were about, and to vie with each other which should get first into action. He had scarcely uttered the words when...
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The book of battles; or, Daring deeds by land and sea [ed. by E. Shelton and ...

Book - 1867 - 662 pages
...he asked him if THE BOOK OF BATTLES. be did not think there was a signal wanting. Captain Blackwood made answer that he thought the whole fleet seemed...as the language or even the memory of England shall énäure — Nelson's last signal, " ENGLAND EXPECTS EVERY MAN TO DO HIS DUTY !" Nelson wore that day,...
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The Shipwrecked mariner

1869 - 506 pages
...and he asked Capt. Blackwood if he did not think there was one yet wanting. Capt. Blackwood answered that he thought the whole fleet seemed very clearly to understand what they were about, and to vie with each other who should first get nearest to the 'Victory' or 'Royal Sovereign.' These...
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Portrait Gallery of Eminent Men and Women of Europe and America ..., Volume 1

Evert Augustus Duyckinck - Biography - 1872 - 740 pages
...line with itiuch skill on the larboard tack. Then appeared that signal — Nelson's last signal — which will be remembered as long as the language or even the memory of England shall endure :—" England expects every man to do his duty." It was received throughout the fleet with a responsive...
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The Royal readers. (Roy. sch. ser.). Ser.3. No.1,2 [2 eds.], 4, Volume 6

Nelson Thomas and sons, ltd - 1873 - 408 pages
...twenty !" Soon afterwards he asked him if he did not think there was a signal wanting. Captain Blackwood made answer, that he thought the whole fleet seemed...ENGLAND EXPECTS EVERY MAN TO DO HIS DUTY !" It was received throughout the fleet with a shout of answering acclamation, made sublime by the spirit which...
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The life of Nelson. With illustr. by Westall

Robert Southey - 1877 - 410 pages
...twenty." Soon afterwards he asked him if he did not think there was a signal wanting. Captain Blackwood made answer that he thought the whole fleet seemed...England expects every man to do his duty !" It was received throughout the fleet with a shout of answering acclamation, made sublime by the spirit which...
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The life of Nelson. Ed. by W.E. Mullins

Robert Southey - Admirals - 1878 - 306 pages
...twenty." Soon afterwards he asked him if he did not think there was a signal wanting. Captain Blackwood made answer, that he thought the whole fleet seemed...endure — Nelson's last signal — "ENGLAND EXPECTS THAT EVERY MAN WILL DO HIS DUTY!"2 It was received throughout the fleet with a shout of answering acclamation,...
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The British Parliament ... The pearls and mock pearls of history ...

Abraham Hayward - Biography - 1878 - 482 pages
...Southey, Nelson asked Captain Blackwood if he did not think there was a signal wanting. 'Blackwood made answer that he thought the whole fleet seemed very clearly to understand what they were about. The words were scarcely spoken before that signal was made which will be remembered as long as the...
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Blackie's graded readers, ed. by M. Paterson, Part 8

Maurice Paterson - 1880 - 392 pages
...twenty." Soon afterwards he asked him if he did not think there was a signal wanting. Captain Blackwood made answer that he thought the whole fleet seemed...ENGLAND EXPECTS EVERY MAN TO DO HIS DUTY!" It was received throughout the fleet with a shout of answering acclamation, made sublime by the spirit which...
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