 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
 | Improved illustrated reader - 1885 - 266 pages
...the action. 3. 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,...Yes," he replied, " my backbone is shot through." 4. Yet even now, not for a moment losing his presence of mind, he observed, as they were carrying him... | |
 | Arthur Martin Wheeler - Great Britain - 1886 - 402 pages
...heat of action. He fell upon his face, on the spot which was covered by 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... | |
 | Robert Southey - Great Britain - 1890 - 424 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,...last, Hardy," said he. — " I hope not," cried Hardy. — 20 " Yes ! " he replied ; " my back-bone is shot through." Yet even now, not for a moment losing... | |
 | John Franklin Genung - English language - 1892 - 518 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,...backbone is shot through.' Yet even now, not for a mom«nt losing his presence of mind, he observed, as they were carrying him down the ladder, that the... | |
 | Thomas Nelson Publishers - Books and reading - 1893 - 444 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,...last, Hardy," said he. "I hope not," cried Hardy. "Yea," he replied ; " my back-bone is shot through." Yet even now, not for a moment losing his presence... | |
 | John Franklin Genung - English language - 1893 - 520 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,...done for me at last, Hardy,' said he. 'I hope not,' crfed Hardy. 'Yes!' he replied; 'my backbone is shot through.' Yet even now, not for a moment losing... | |
 | Charles Morris - France - 1893 - 370 pages
...his face. " They have done for me, at last, Hardy," he said, as his captain ran to his assistance. " I hope not!" cried Hardy. " Yes," he replied; " my backbone is shot through." A thorough sailor to the last, he saw, as they were carrying him below, that the tiller ropes which... | |
 | Charles Eliot Norton, Kate Stephens, George Henry Browne - Literature - 1895 - 328 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... | |
 | Charles Morris - 1895 - 374 pages
...his face. " They have done for me, at last, Hardy," he said, as his captain ran to his assistance. " I hope not !" cried Hardy. " Yes," he replied ; " my backbone is shot through." A thorough sailor to the last, he saw, as they were carrying him below, that the tiller ropes which... | |
 | Robert Southey - Admirals - 1896 - 376 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,...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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