 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
 | Edwin Greenlaw, James Holly Hanford - American literature - 1919 - 714 pages
...twenty." Soon afterwards he asked him if he did not think there was a signal wanting. Captain Blaekwood est efficacy and extraction of that living intellect...other hand, unless wariness be used, as good almost received throughout the fleet, with a shout of answering acclamation, made sublime by the spirit which... | |
 | James Richard Thursfield - Great Britain - 1920 - 440 pages
...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... | |
 | Charles Herbert Sylvester - Children's literature - 1922 - 530 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... | |
 | Harry Morgan Ayres, Frederick Morgan Padelford - English literature - 1924 - 942 pages
...wanting. Captain Blackwood made answer that he thought the whole fleet seemed * The French admiral. I said — " Shall I send for Sophia and Anne?" —...scarcely afterwards gave any sign of consciousness, received throughout the fleet with a shout of answering acclamation, made sublime by the spirit which... | |
 | Mormons - 1899 - 492 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...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... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - American literature - 1994 - 518 pages
...asked him, if he did not think there was a signal wanting. Capt. Blackwood made answer, that he diought the whole fleet seemed very clearly to understand...'ENGLAND EXPECTS EVERY MAN TO DO HIS DUTY!' It was received throughout the fleet widi a shout of answering acclamation, made sublime by the spirit which... | |
 | Carl Edmund Rollyson - Authors, English - 2005 - 321 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 very clearly to understand what they were about. [3] These words were scarcely spoken before that signal was made, which will be remembered as long... | |
 | Anonymous - History - 1861 - 640 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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