 | Richard H. Horne - 1841 - 668 sider
...died shortly after he had been carried from the battle. The last words he was heard to say were, " I hope the people of England will be satisfied! I hope my country will do me justice!" His corpse, wrapped in his military cloak, was hastily buried by the officers of his staff on the ramparts... | |
 | Kentigern (st.) - 1843 - 454 sider
...French beaten ? " And at length when told that they were defeated on every point, he exclaimed, " I hope the people of England will be satisfied; I hope my country will do me justice." He then spoke affectionately of his mother and his relatives, inquired after the safety of his aids-de-camp,... | |
 | Archibald Alison - 1843 - 1154 sider
...extinct, when _ L" he exclaimed, in words which will for ever thrill in igos. every British heart, — " I hope the people of England will be satisfied : I hope my country will do me justice." Released in a few minutes after from his sufferings, he was wrapped by his attendants in his mili-... | |
 | George Lillie Craik, Charles MacFarlane - 1844 - 928 sider
...this way ! — Anderson, are the French beaten ? [This question he put to every one that came in.] I hope the people of England will be satisfied ! I hope my country will do me justice ! — Anderson, you will see my friends as soon as you can. Tell them everything; say to my mother... | |
 | 1847 - 568 sider
...forget to recommend those whose merit had given them claims to promotion. His strength was failing fast, and life was just extinct, when, with an unsubdued...baseness of his posthumous calumniators, he exclaimed, 'I hope the people of England will be satisfied. I hope my country will do me justice.' The battle... | |
 | Charles Dibdin, George Hogarth - 1848 - 468 sider
...unsubdued spirit, lu if anticipating the baseness of his posthumous calumniators, he exclaimed, ' 1 hope the people of England will be satisfied : I hope my country will do me justice.' The battle wai scarcely ended, when his corpse, wrapped in a military cloak, was interred by the officers... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1848 - 456 sider
...strength was fast failing, and life was almost extinct, when, with an unsubdued spirit, he exclaimed, ' I hope the people of England will be satisfied ! I hope my country will do me justice ! ' The battle was scarcely ended, when his corpse, wrapped in a military cloak, was interred by the... | |
 | Henry Wright Phillott - 1849 - 224 sider
...forget to recommend those whose merit had given them claims to promotion. His strength was failing fast, and life was just extinct, when, with an unsubdued...baseness of his posthumous calumniators, he exclaimed, " I hope the people of England will be satisfied ! I hope my country will do me justice .'" The battle... | |
 | Andrew Redman Bonar - 1850 - 474 sider
...bitter agony of spirit which he had long endured was mournfully evidenced. " 1 hope," he exclaimed, " the people of England will be satisfied ! I hope my country will do me justice !'* These sentences were among the last he uttered : his sufferings were not long ; he expired with... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1851 - 362 sider
...all but extinct, when he exclaimed, in words which will ever thrill in every British heart.— ' I hope the people of England will be satisfied ; I hope my country will do me justice.' Released in a few minutes after from his sufferings, he was wrapped by his attendants in his military... | |
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I hope the people of England will be satisfied! I hope my country will do me justice! 
