 Hardy, who was a few steps from him, turning round, saw three men raising him up. " They have done for me at last, Hardy ! " said he. " I hope not ! " cried Hardy. " Yes," he replied ; " my back-bone is shot through...  The Life of Nelson - Page 261by Robert Southey - 1828Full view - About this book
 | Thomas Budd Shaw, sir William Smith - 1864 - 554 pages
...heat of action. He fell upon his face, on the spot which was covered with his poor secretary's blood. Hardy, who was a few steps from him, turning round,...mind, he observed, as they were carrying him down the latlder, that the tiller ropes, which had been shot away, were not yet replaced, and ordered that new... | |
 | Arthur Bailey Thompson - Great Britain - 1865 - 748 pages
...a party of seamen lifting i beloved commander. " They have done for me at hut, Hardy !" he said. " I hope not," cried Hardy. " Yes " he replied, " My back-bone is shot through." As he was being carried below Nelson observed that the tiller-ropes which had been shot away had not... | |
 | Nelson Thomas and sons, ltd - 1866 - 408 pages
...heat of action. He fell upon his face on the spot which was covered with his poor secretary's blood. Hardy, who was a few steps from him, turning round,...as they were carrying him down the ladder, that the tiller-ropes, which had been shat away, were not yet replaced, and ordered that new ones should be... | |
 | Readers - 1866 - 408 pages
...heat of action. He fell upon his face on the spot which was covered with his poor secretary's blood. Hardy, who was a few steps from him, turning round,...hope not," cried Hardy. " Yes," he replied ; " my back- bone is shot through." Yet even now, not for a moment losing his presence of mind, he observed,... | |
 | Book - 1867 - 662 pages
...heat of action. He fell upon his face, on the spot which was covered with his poor secretary s blood. Hardy, who was a few steps from him, turning round,...saw three men raising him up. " They have done for mo at last, Hardy !" said he. " I hope not," cried Hardy. "Yes, he replied; "my backbone is shot through."... | |
 | Joseph Edwards Carpenter - 1869 - 596 pages
...neat of action. He fell upon his face, on the spot which was covered with his poor secretary's blood. Hardy, who was a few steps from him, turning round,...the ladder, that the tiller ropes, which had been snot away, were not yet replaced, and ordered that new ones should be rove immediately : then, that... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw, William Smith - English literature - 1869 - 420 pages
...on the spot which was covered with his poor secretary's blood. Hardy, who was a few steps from aim, turning round, saw three men raising him up. "They...as they were carrying him down the ladder, that the tiller-ropes, which had been shot away, were not yet replaced, and ordered that new ones should be... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1869 - 810 pages
...hope not," cried Hardj " Yes !" he replied ; " my back-bone is shot through." Yet evei now, not f'or-a moment losing his presence of mind, he observed as they were carrying him down the ladder, that the tiller-ropes which had been shot away, were not yet replaced, and orderec that new ones should be rove... | |
 | 1869 - 506 pages
...of the action. He fell upon his face on the spot which was covered with his poor secretary's blood. Hardy, who was a few steps from him, turning round, saw three men raising him * The woodcuts have been kindly supplied to us from the "Ше oí Nelson," published Ъу William Tegg,... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw, William Smith - English literature - 1850 - 492 pages
...heat of action. He fell upon his face, on the spot which was covered with his poor secretary's blood. Hardy, who was a few steps from him, turning round,...as they were carrying him down the ladder, that the tiller-ropes, which had been shot away, were not yet replaced, and ordered that new ones should be... | |
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