 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
 | Harry Pratt Judson, Ida C. Bender - Readers - 1901 - 268 pages
...struck the epaulette on his left shoulder, about a quarter after one, just in the 15 heat of action. Hardy, who was a few steps from him, turning round,...cried Hardy. " Yes," he replied, " my backbone is snot through ! " 20 Yet, even now, not for a moment losing his presence of mind, he observed, as they... | |
 | Robert Southey - Great Britain - 1902 - 388 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. "Yes,"h« replied ; " my backbone is shot through ! " Yet even now, not for a moment losing his presence... | |
 | John Davis Long - Battles - 1902 - 438 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,...up. "They have done for me at last, Hardy," said he. The Battle of Trafalgar " I hope not ! " cried Hardy. " Yes," he replied, " my back-bone is shot through... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1903 - 888 pages
...who was a few steps from him, turning round, a* three men raising him up. 'They have done for ncit earth is mirror'd on the skies ! While lakes and valleys, drown'd in dewy light, And rich delusions, ^ rt tven now, not for a moment losing his presence of mind, he observed, as they were carrying him... | |
 | Henri Veslot - 1905 - 400 pages
...action. He fell upon his face on the spot which was covered with his poor secretary's blood. Hardy(4), who was a few steps from him, turning round, saw three men raising him up. " They have done forme at last, Hardy, " said he. " I hope not (5) ! " cried Hardy. " Yes ", he replied, " my backbone... | |
 | Ernest Edwin Speight, Robert Morton Nance - Explorers - 1906 - 448 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... | |
 | Robert Southey - Admirals - 1906 - 288 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,..." I 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,... | |
 | Ludwig Herrig - English literature - 1906 - 844 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 386 raising him up. 'They have done for me at last, Hardy,' said he. 1 hope not,' cried Hardy. 'Yes!'... | |
 | Edward Latham - Quotations - 1906 - 434 pages
...would grudge taxation. They've done for me at last, Hardy ! LORD NELSON (1758-1805) — Dying words. "I hope not!" cried Hardy. "Yes," he replied. " my back-bone is shot through." He afterwards asked Hardy to kiss him (Diet. Nat. Biog., vol. xl. , p. 206 ; Southey, Life, ch. 9,... | |
 | Robert Southey - Sailors - 1907 - 102 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,...he replied ; " my back-bone is shot through." Yet down the ladder, that the tiller ropes, which had been shot away, were not yet replaced, and ordered... | |
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