 | Arthur Collins, Sir Egerton Brydges - Aristocracy (Social class) - 1812 - 748 pages
...observations. A shot through the mainmast knocked a few splinters about him; he observed with a smile, It is warm work, and this day may be the last to any of us at a moment; and then added, with emotion, but mark you, I would not be elsewhere for thousands. When... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1813 - 306 pages
...mainmast knocked the splinters about ; and he observed to one of his officers, with a smile : " It is warm work ; and " this day may be the last to any of us et at a moment :" — and then stopping short at the gangway, added, with emotion — " But mark you... | |
 | 1814 - 760 pages
...main-mast knocked the splinters about ; and he observed to one of his officers, with a smile: *' Jt is warm work; and this day may be the last to any of us at a moment :"— and then stopping short at the gangway, added, with emotion — " But mark you !... | |
 | H. R. Duff - Scotland - 1815 - 574 pages
...contrast them with Nelson's conduct during the hottest fire at Copenhagen ; — when he exclaimed, " It is warm work ; and this day may be the last to any of us at a moment ; but, mark you ! I would not be elsewhere for thousands." James was equally careful of... | |
 | 1836 - 884 pages
...the mainmast knocked the splinters about; and he observed to one of his officers with a smile, ' It is warm work ; and this day may be the last to any of us at a moment:' — and then stopping short at the gangway, added, with emotion — ' But mark you !... | |
 | 1838 - 120 pages
...shot from the main mast knocked a few splinters about us : he observed to me with a smile that, ' It is warm work, and this day may be the last to any of us at a moment ;' and then stopping short at the gangway, he used an expression never to be erased from... | |
 | sir Archibald Alison (1st bart.) - 1841 - 764 pages
...superior officer (2). In the midst of this terrific cannonade Nelson was rapidly walking the quarter deck. A shot through the mainmast scattered splinters around...officers with a smile, "This is warm work; and this «lay may be the last to any of us in a moment : hut mark me, I would not be elsewhere for thousands."... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Nelson (Viscount), Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - Admirals - 1845 - 604 pages
...A shot through the mainmast knocked a few splinters about us. He observed to me, with a smile, ' It is warm work, and this day may be the last to any of us at a moment ;' and then stopping short at the gangway, he used on expression never to be erased from... | |
 | Horatio Nelson (1st visct.) - 1845 - 594 pages
...A shot through the mainmast knocked a few splinters about us. He observed to me, with a smile, ' It is warm work, and this day may be the last to any of us at a moment ;' and then stopping short st tiie gangway, he used an expression never to be erased from... | |
 | Horatio Nelson (1st visct.) - 1845 - 586 pages
...A shot through the mainmast knocked a few splinters about us. He observed to me, with a smile, ' It is warm work, and this day may be the last to any of us at a moment ;' and then stopping short at the gangway, he used an expression never to be erased from... | |
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