 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 shall endure; — Nelson's last signal : — " England expects every man to do his duty !" It was received throughout...  The Life of Nelson - Page 253by Robert Southey - 1813Full view - About this book
 | Charles Eliot Norton, Kate Stephens, George Henry Browne - Literature - 1895 - 328 pages
...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...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 it breathed,... | |
 | Robert Southey - Admirals - 1896 - 376 pages
...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...last signal: — "ENGLAND EXPECTS EVERY MAN TO DO HIS DUTY I"1 It Was T6ceived throughout the fleet with a shout of answering acclamation, made sublime by... | |
 | Robert Southey - Admirals - 1896 - 354 pages
...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...the language, or even the memory, of England shall endure;—Nelson's last signal:—"ENGLAND EXPECTS EVERY MAN TO DO HIS DUTY!" 1 It was received throughout... | |
 | Robert Southey - Admirals - 1896 - 378 pages
...wa8 a signal wanting. Captain Blackwood eTer? "y" made answer that he thought the whole fleet duty" seemed very clearly to understand what they were about....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 it breathed... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - Biography - 1897 - 340 pages
...seemed very clearly to understand what they were about " These words were scarcely spoken before the signal was made, which will be remembered as long...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 it breathed... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - Literary Criticism - 1897 - 324 pages
...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...were about. " These words were scarcely spoken before the signal was made, which will be remembered as long as the language or even the memory of England... | |
 | Alfred Thayer Mahan - Admirals - 1897 - 524 pages
...with a signal;" and he asked if he did not think there was one yet wanting. Blackwood replied that the whole fleet seemed very clearly to understand what they were about, and were vying with each other to get as near as possible to the leaders of the columns. Upon this... | |
 | Andrew Lang, Donald Grant Mitchell - Literature - 1898 - 558 pages
...with a signal; " and he asked if he did not think there was one yet wanting. Blackwood replied that the whole fleet seemed very clearly to understand what they were about, and were vying with each other to get as near as possible to the leaders of the columns. Upon this... | |
 | Richard Garnett, Léon Vallée, Alois Brandl - Anthologies - 1899 - 434 pages
...with a signal ; " and he asked if he did not think there was one yet wanting. Blackwood replied that the whole fleet seemed very clearly to understand what they were about, and were vying with each other to get as near as possible to the leaders of the columns. Upon this... | |
 | Richard Garnett - 1899 - 432 pages
...with a signal ; " and he asked if he did not think there was one yet wanting. Blackwood replied that the whole fleet seemed very clearly to understand what they were about, and were vying with each other to get as near as possible to the leaders of the columns. Upon this... | |
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