Anderson, you know that I always wished to die in this way." He frequently asked " are the French beaten ?" and at length, when he was told they were defeated in every point, he said, " It is a great satisfaction for me to know we have beaten the French."... Annals of the Wars of the Nineteenth Century - Side 162av Sir Edward Cust - 1862Uten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
| Alexander Chalmers - 1815 - 570 sider
...he was told they were defeated in every point, he said, " It is a great satisfaction for me to know we have beaten the French." — " I hope the people of England will be satisfied, I hope my country will do me justice." Having mentioned the name of his venerable mother,... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1815 - 564 sider
...he was told they were defeated in every point, he said, " It is a great satisfaction for me to know we have beaten the French."—" I hope the people of England will be satisfied, I hope my country will do me justice." Having mentioned the name of his venerable mother,... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1815 - 572 sider
...he was told they were defeated in every point, he said, " It is a great satisfaction for me to know we have beaten the French." — " I hope the people of England will be satisfied, I hope my country will do me justice." Having mentioned the name of his venerable mother,... | |
| George Robert Gleig - 1832 - 422 sider
...then asked, ' Are the French beaten ? ' and which he repeated to every one he knew as they came in. ' I hope the people of England will he satisfied ; I hope my country will do me justice ! Anderson, you will see my friends as soon as you can. Tell them every thing. Say to my mother ' Here... | |
| Edward Hughes - 1856 - 474 sider
...was all hut extinct, when he exclaimed, in words which will ever thrill in every British heart. — ' I hope the people of England will he satisfied ; I hope my country will do me justice.' Released in a few minutes after from his sufferings, he was wrapped hy his attendants in his military... | |
| Book - 1867 - 662 sider
...those whose merit had given them claims to promotion. A few minutes before his death ho exclaimed, " I hope the people of England will he satisfied. I hope my country will do me justice." Then, turning to an aide-de-camp, he desired to bo remembered to his sister, and, feebly pressing Colonel... | |
| 1876 - 952 sider
...when he was told they were defeated in every point, he said, " It is a great satisfaction to M to know we have beaten the French. I hope the people of England will be satisfied. I hope my country will do me justice." " Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the... | |
| William Anderson - 1867 - 772 sider
...way." He frequently asked, " Are the French heaten?" And when told that they were, he exclaimed, " I hope the people of England will he satisfied ; I hope my country will do me justice." He spoke affectionately of his mother and his relatives, inquired after the safety of his aides-de-camp,... | |
| Frederic Rowland Marvin - 1900 - 294 sider
...when he was told they were defeated in every point, he said, "It is a great satisfaction to me to know we have beaten the French. I hope the people of England will be satisfied. I hope my country will do me justice." Having mentioned the name of his venerable mother,... | |
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