 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
 | Will David Howe - Readers - 1912 - 330 pages
...he asked him if he did not think there was a signal warning. 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... | |
 | 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,... | |
 | Elias Hershey Sneath, George Hodges, Edward Lawrence Stevens - Readers - 1913 - 374 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... | |
 | George Benjamin Woods - England - 1916 - 1604 pages
...he asked him if he did not think there was a signal wanting. Captain Blaekwood made answer that he panted forth a flood of rapture so divine. Chorus...vaunt, . thing wherein we feel there is some hidden throughout the fleet with a shout of answering acclamation, made sublime by the spirit which it breathed... | |
 | Robert Southey - Admirals - 1916 - 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...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... | |
 | Edwin Greenlaw, James Holly Hanford - American literature - 1919 - 712 pages
...he asked him if he did not think there was a signal wanting. Captain Blackwood made answer that he h i. i.`4i. throughout the fleet, with a shout of answering acclamation, made sublime by the spirit which it breathed... | |
 | 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
...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... | |
 | 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, throughout the fleet with a shout of answering acclamation, made sublime by the spirit which it breathed... | |
 | Mormons - 1899 - 492 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 what they were about. These words were'scarcely spoken before that signal was made, which will be remembered as long as the language... | |
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