 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 250by Robert Southey - 1828Full view - About this book
 | Charles Eliot Norton - Readers - 1908 - 352 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... | |
 | Charles H.Sylevester - 1909 - 594 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...the language, or even the memory, of England shall endure—Nelson's last signal:— "England expects every man to do his duty\" It was received throughout... | |
 | James Richard Thursfield - Biography & Autobiography - 1909 - 446 pages
...were made; for Nelson, as we know, made several, including that immortal one which, as Southey says, " will be remembered as long as the language, or even the memory, of England shall endure." But what Collingwood appears to have meant is that no signals were necessary and none were made to... | |
 | John Lawson Stoddard - Anthologies - 1910 - 490 pages
...twenty." Soon afterwards he asked him if he did not think there was a signal wanting. Cap*tain Blackwood made answer that he thought the whole fleet seemed...remembered as long as the language, or even the memory, or England shall endure — Nelson's last signal : — " England expects every man to do his duty !"... | |
 | JOEL COOK - 1910 - 742 pages
...that every man will do his duty," a signal of which Southey said in his life of the hero, that it " will be remembered as long as the language, or even the memory, of England shall endure." It is said that Villeneuve when he heard the vigorous shouting was much affected by it, so that he... | |
 | Will David Howe - Readers - 1912 - 330 pages
...twenty." Soon afterwards he asked him if he did not think there was a signal warning. 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... | |
 | Great Britain - 1912 - 154 pages
...he thought the whole fleet seemed very * The entire memorandum is in James, iv., 23-25 (ed. 1837). clearly to understand what they were about. These...endure — Nelson's last signal — " ENGLAND EXPECTS THAT EVERY MAN WILL DO HIS DUTY !" It Was T6ceived throughout the fleet with a shout of answering acclamation,... | |
 | George Benjamin Woods - England - 1916 - 1604 pages
...twenty." Soon afterwards he asked him if he did not think there was a signal wanting. Captain Blaekwood love or wine 65 That panted forth a flood of rapture...vaunt, . thing wherein we feel there is some hidden received throughout the fleet with a shout of answering acclamation, made sublime by the spirit which... | |
 | Robert Southey - Admirals - 1916 - 376 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...memory, of England shall endure; — Nelson's last signal1 : — "ENGLAND EXPECTS EVERY MAN TO DO HIS DUTY!" 1. Nelson's last signal. The form at first... | |
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